Sexualization And Objectification

Is the increase in mental health issues to blame on the media’s sexualisation and objectification of female models?
“Women and girls are more likely than men and boys to be objectified and sexualized in a variety of media outlets”, according to Catherine McCall. Over time women in the media have become more and more like sex objects. Teenagers have an increased pressure of looking a certain way put upon them from a young age. There’s many social media sites circling around such as Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Tumblr and a whole lot more and every one of these include photos of unrealistic body types and expectations that trigger teenage minds to wish they were like that. Whether it’s a size 0 model or a size 20 model they all create an unrealistic
So from a young age women tend to only see themselves as a toy for boys. "Sexualisation and objectification undermine a person’s confidence in and comfort with her own body, leading to emotional and self-image problems, such as shame and anxiety." This a major problem in today’s society as it teaches the younger generations that it's normal and is allowed. "For something intangible, a glance can be a powerful thing. It can carry the weight of culture and history, it can cause psychological harm, and it can act as a muzzle" This is only one of many ways of objectification which can cause harm to a women. Not allowing women to have a voice in something that effects them has a huge impact, firstly it allows males to think it’s appropriate for them to think of women in any way they want, and secondly, it shows women no matter how involved they are in any "incident" they have no voice in what
Even though many people believe that women in the media are the main cause of mental illnesses within the younger community some still believe that the objectification should not hinder the thoughts of the younger minds as it is so commonly used. Sexualisation in the media comes into many reports of research on the mental health of the teens of this generation, however I feel like there is more research to be done in order to come to an overall conclusion about how the objectification and sexualisation of the day media and how it affects the younger minds.
In conclusion, society in my eyes needs to learn a lesson. It needs to teach the younger generation not to compare themselves to the girls in the media and just love themselves for themselves, no matter what shape, size, race or sexuality. The world needs to come together as one and stop the amount of mental illnesses that are going around due to lack of body positivity or how women are being tackled by