Miss Representation
Miss Representation
I. Do you believe the media is responsible for the self-esteem and or image of young girls and women? Please explain.
Yes, I do believe media is responsible for the self-esteem and image for young girls and women. Media is something that everyone sees. According to the video people spend more than 10 hours a day looking at media. If someone spends 10 hours a day looking at media, that is almost half of the day. That means that most of the day is spent watching the females in media that are ‘perfect’. After seeing these ‘perfect’ girls everyday for hours on end than yes, they are going to start to believe that they are flawed and they should look like those ‘perfect’ girls or they are not good enough for anything. From a young age little girls are exposed to these false images of women. Those images stay with the little girl that grows to a teenager and then an adult all while believing that she should look more like the girls in media. With not being able to look like these flawless women, females are going to believe they are not good enough.
II. Are men made villains and women victims in this documentary? Please explain your stance by citing examples from the documentary.
Women are made victims in this documentary. An example is when the documentary shows the statistics of how many girls have eating disorders. Also when the documentary talks about how women make 77 cents to every man’s dollar. The video talks about how depression in young girls and women is rising due to the media. Men are not made to be villains. I say they are not made to be villains because they do not ever blame men for creating the image of women. It is media to blame and men conform to what the media is showing them. There was a high school boy who said that there was more to a girl than her body. It was said that turning a human being into a thing is the first step to justifying violence against a person which are what some images in the media portray. People
I. Do you believe the media is responsible for the self-esteem and or image of young girls and women? Please explain.
Yes, I do believe media is responsible for the self-esteem and image for young girls and women. Media is something that everyone sees. According to the video people spend more than 10 hours a day looking at media. If someone spends 10 hours a day looking at media, that is almost half of the day. That means that most of the day is spent watching the females in media that are ‘perfect’. After seeing these ‘perfect’ girls everyday for hours on end than yes, they are going to start to believe that they are flawed and they should look like those ‘perfect’ girls or they are not good enough for anything. From a young age little girls are exposed to these false images of women. Those images stay with the little girl that grows to a teenager and then an adult all while believing that she should look more like the girls in media. With not being able to look like these flawless women, females are going to believe they are not good enough.
II. Are men made villains and women victims in this documentary? Please explain your stance by citing examples from the documentary.
Women are made victims in this documentary. An example is when the documentary shows the statistics of how many girls have eating disorders. Also when the documentary talks about how women make 77 cents to every man’s dollar. The video talks about how depression in young girls and women is rising due to the media. Men are not made to be villains. I say they are not made to be villains because they do not ever blame men for creating the image of women. It is media to blame and men conform to what the media is showing them. There was a high school boy who said that there was more to a girl than her body. It was said that turning a human being into a thing is the first step to justifying violence against a person which are what some images in the media portray. People