I personally as a woman hate being objectified as a "sex object". Women have control over how they present themselves in the world as women. They decide whether they want to be seen as a woman who chase men with money or as a woman who works hard to earn her own money. When women are seen as sex objects it is because that is how women present themselves. I dislike very much being objectified by men who assume that all women are going to go after men with money, but when the media presents us females in that way, all we can say is that not ALL women are like that. Even if we do state this, some people think otherwise. Music videos dress women in little clothing that show too much skin. Obviously women do have the choice to decide if they want to be dressed that way and they have the choice to decide if they even want to be in a music video that will present them in that way in the first place. It's no wonder why women are present as sex objects. Just look at many music videos. In tons of videos women are either dancing very sexual or acting in a sexual way. Is this how women want to keep representing themselves? How are we as women going to say that we are not sex objects when we have a plethora of women representing themselves in that way all over the media!
The media all the time tends to think that in order for a woman to have attention they have to show their bodies or acting in provocative manner when that is not the case! Women constantly in the street are being objectified as sex objects. A random man that I didn’t know came up to me tapped and looked at me up and down with a guile smile on his face as if he expected me to talk back and respond to him. All I could do was look at him and look away. First I didn’t even hear what he had said to me since I was listening to my Ipod. But then I kind of figured out what his point to tapping me was and it was to basically try and get my number. After I just looked at him and looked away I was not only disturbed, but disgusted. It disgusts me how men think that they can just come up to you and say whatever they want expecting us women to respond back with what they want to hear. Well, I plugged my earphone back in and he got upset and started to curse saying nasty things. Saying that I was ugly anyways saying “screw” you anyways I can get better. Now I laughed at that. It was funny to me how someone who gets denied starts to say things like that just because they didn’t get the attention they were expecting to get.
All this falls back on the media. I blame the media for giving high hopes to men who watch men on videos and/or on television in general hit on a woman and be successful with it. It is not ALL the time that they will receive the attention they want. Especially if they are not being respectful. The media once again makes women look like sex objects.
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All this falls back on the media. I blame the media for giving high hopes to men who watch men on videos and/or on television in general hit on a woman and be successful with it. It is not ALL the time that they will receive the attention they want. Especially if they are not being respectful. The media once again makes women look like sex objects.
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Insightful to analyze the role the the media plays in objectification. Unfortunately, when market demands show that "sex sells" and that advertisements that glorify female objectification are the most popular, money becomes the measure of good "cents" if not good sense. There is definitely a relationship between capitalism and social norms. If people in power became more cognizant about the negative effects of objectification then you could still highlight the figure or attributes of women, but in a more tasteful manner. Until those with the money and power become more sensitized, it'll never change. Similarly, if women who are scantily clad are better able to secure the men with money, more women will (unfortunately) sacrifice standards to try to attain his attentions. I have great respect for women who don't compromise themselves or values to attain a partner. Good reflection.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you, Jenny from the Block. The media has huge factor in the way women are perceived by men. I mean if women are depicted in much of media as just sexual objects, men forget that women are actually had more to offer than just her body. Men and Women are affected by this inconsiderate media portrayal of women. I do agree with you men do feel more superior than women and treat them as nothing but a sexual-object. In many music videos, even those with a female artist, women are the same value as the “bling-bling” on Kanye West’s, T-Pains’s, R-Kelly’s, and others chest. Even worst is the effect on females. Girls are exposed to the media so young that I have seen a 5 year old “clapping” or better yet “dropping like its hot”. I was like “whattttt!!” when I saw the 5 year old dancing. Obviously, the 5 year old girl is brain washed to think that women are so supposed to take the role of being just a sexual object. It’s hard to keep the media away from the younger generation because its everywhere, and anywhere. I blame the media for a huge factor of sexual-objectification.
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