Blog #6 - Miss Representation

Personally I think that the video does an excellent job in sending its message that women are not represented as well as they should be in the workplace. However, personally there were a number of things within the video that prohibited me from being as empathetic as I wanted to be. First, one of the biggest issues the women had is how female bodies are objectified throughout the media; they are always dressed provocatively and put in heated situations to stimulate men to attract them to watch. With all this said, the video itself starts off using collages of all these examples. It feels almost hypocritical in a way, because the hook they used in their media piece is exactly what they are saying is the issue with media. Next they bring up the issue of women always having to made up in make up, and that nothing on TV was realistic. Every single one of the interviewers had their makeup and hair done perfectly for this video. Finally, this video is about occupational disadvantages that women face, and yet all the women who were interviewed were women who were directors,founders, and other highly successful positions within their fields. The most influential part of the video for me was when they talked about the girls in third world countries who had almost no chance at occupational success in their preferred fields. Many aspects of the video itself contradicted many of the topics and issues brought up within the video, which makes it more difficult to feel motivated to make a change. The video hurt itself.