Current Events I

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One of the relatively current events that occurred recently related to the issue of sexualization of women in mass media is the discussion of the issue at the Women in the World Summit in 2014 (Pinsky, 2014). One of the young ladies that attended the particular summit was expecting to become motivated about the role of women in the modern society and acquire some knowledge to improve the gender discrimination issue to a more equal extent. However, one of the topics that was discussed in the summit surprised her, as it was neither related to the role of women in the society nor presented from an ethical point of view. The panel members started discussing women and girls using social media, mentioning such statements as “I don’t understand why girls are taking pictures of themselves with their tongues out. Boys don’t want to see that!” or “Instead of doing their math homework, girls are sending nudies!”. The concerning aspect in such a situation was that women were blamed for attempting at being sexually attractive for the opposite sex, whereas such an issue has already been extremely popularized in mass media. The panel members wanted to blame female representatives on social media for trying to behave and be perceived as the socially attractive females they see on mass media, which is definitely not the case in the particular issue. As not only males, but also females are exposed to an increasing amount of women being sexually portrayed on social media and billboards, they start thinking that such a way of posing or attracting attention is not only acceptable but also rewarding in the modern society. However, if the society, and female leaders in particular, is really willing women not to objectify themselves on social media, some attempts need to be taken to eliminate such a huge amount of mass media content that presents women in a sexualized way. Such a situation clearly shows how sexualization of women on mass media changes the perception of the growing females on how they should look or behave, creating a cycle of growing female representatives that attempt at looking exactly as the ones they witness on mass media.

References

Pinsky, P. (2014). Don’t blame girls for their own sexualization. Retrieved on April 28, 2019,        from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dont-blame-girls-for-thei_b_5435604

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