Blog Post 6

Women have been fighting a hard battle throughout the course of history in order to get equal rights. The feminist movement did a lot for women and it challenged many of the stigmas surrounding us. Women no longer just are mothers and caregivers, but they can get jobs and earn a living. Even with great leaps and bounds in social elevation that women have had throughout history, there is still a long way to go. Miss Representation shows a whole slew of things that still need to change. The media tries to lessen the facts and I found myself shocked by the low percentages of women in positions of leadership. I knew there weren’t high numbers, but I didn’t expect them to be so low. However, it’s not actually that surprising when women are bombarded with images that to be in power for our sex means that they are bossy or got their because of their bodies.

Through the media, women are just portrayed as objects. Beauty standards glare at us from everywhere we look. Constantly we see those photoshopped images of models that tell us exactly how we should look. Seeing this, we feel inadequate when we don’t fit the mold. Women spend tons of time and money just trying to achieve the unattainable perfections we are told that will make people like us and give us fulfilment. Media is a machine that tries to keep us consuming it and it knows just how to keep us interested. Sadly, wholesome media isn’t always what sells, so we are constantly surrounded by images and narratives that are negative to us.