The Boys Are Doing Just Fine By Carine M. Feyten

I agree with Jean Kilbourne’s perspective which argues that women are misrepresented by the media because they have to live up to standards of body image that the media creates, which is a significant aspect of a consumer’s self-concept. Women are perceived to be skinny and light complexion. Even though that is not the case, the media continues to impact people. This leads to social comparison, which has an impact one’s self esteem because one then tries to evaluate her appearance by comparing it to the women depicted in these ads. There are however, some limitations to her arguments. For example, if women are as free as she implies then they are free to reject the messages of advertisements. Her argument can only go so far because it is not

This is the thesis set out by "Miss Representation", a documentary directed and produced by actress, activist and documentary filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The documentary gives a good perspective on why the representation of women in the media is so important in our society. The message the film gets across to viewers is that the way women are often portrayed is damaging- to media consumers of all genders and ages. The way the media treats women is the cause of soaring numbers of women who develop eating disorders, the sexualisation of, and violence against women.

The documentary backs up this evidence with statistics. The use ofthe emotional and heart-breaking stories really shed a dark side to the documentary, you really can see the harsh realities that these innocent females go through in day to day life. A powerful story of a girl called Maria explained that her little sistergets bullied and picked on in school due to her not having the model body. This “model “body has come from the media, the advertisements of beautiful models. The young kids that bully Marias sister have been brought up from a young age believing that all females must look like this and if they don’t it is not normal. When you are that young in school you should be enjoying your life and making new friends. No one should be picked on due to their size or weight.The last persuasive technique being used in this documentary is statistics. The use of statistics in this documentary adds a sense of realism to the effect on the young mind through the media portraying females negatively. The most shocking statistic was given by Jackson Katz, which was explaining the male outlook on females. The statistics read, “1 in 4 girls experience teen dating violence, 1 in 6 females are survivors of rate or attempted rape.” (Miss representation). These statistics are horrifying , the severity of the statistics, catches the reader’s attention due to the shocking numbers. It brings to the surface the dark secrets and real number of this actually occurring in today’s society. It makes the reader think about why this is actually happening and what causes this abuse of women. The media objectifying women cannot be a great start.In conclusion, after examining the techniques used in the documentary, Miss Representation shows the negative experiences that

The movie Miss Representation begins with the quote “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any” written by Alice Walker. They use this quote to speak to the audience because society today is so caught up in being what they see in magazine or on television. The media portrays women to be “skinny, beautiful, tan, flawless” when most of us know what is really behind the scenes. The women who model in magazines either starve themselves to live their dream of being a model or they allow the photographer to Photoshop their body into being fit so that’s what the world sees. Young girls who look through these magazine or watch the television such as the “Victoria’s Fashion Show” begin to develop

This again shows how powerful the media is, because it shaped us. And it is unconscious that the media is shaping us, shaping out how we thinks and react. “ Miss Representation” also wants us the audience to learn what media is, and the media are actually showing the audience something that people could never achieve. Such as sexy body, perfect body shapes or clear skin from media and posters. When girls and women saw it, it becomes a goal for them, but the truth is that it is not going to happen. It is because someone edits those perfect looking and bodies using Photoshop and other

Argument Found in Miss Representation: The media should not only represent women and girls for their beauty but also for their intelligence. Agree: When women do something that presents a women’s intelligence people do not give it the amount of attention they would give if it was a picture of a celebrity on the new released magazine cover. When the media only focuses on the appearance it teaches girls at a young age that their value/ worth depends on that. By representing girls and women just for their beauty teaches boys that a girl’s appearance is the only thing that is important about them. Mothers see how the world treats young girls and they are frightened for their daughters and try to teach their sons to treat women with more respect.

Can you imagine what females could accomplish if they spent as much time volunteering to local charities as they did worrying about their physical appearance? So many dreams, goals, and aspirations are thrown away because of something as simple as low self-esteem. The film Miss Representation focuses on that exact social issue. Various people come together in this documentary to tackle the matter of gender stereotyping through the media. We will cover gender stereotypes, the role media plays in shaping them, and what can be done.

Through the media society puts out high standards and expectation on women to adhere to what they say is beautiful. Making women judge mental and self consciousness about themselves and even judging other woman in a split second. In the book Mrs. Breedlove speaks on the affect the movies had on her,”She was never able, after her education in the movies, to look at a face and not assign it with some category in the scale of absolute beauty, and the scale was one she absorbed in full from the silver screen” (122). This explains how the media can cause society to be judgmental among their peer and categorize them as either beautiful or ugly. Giving society room to isolate and antagonize the ugly and adore and idolize the beautiful.

Miss Representation: Essay A stereotypical representation of how women are over sexualised in the American media is presented in the documentary of Miss Representation. We see stereotypes of women being viewed as bitchy, catty and only useful in media texts as sexualised objects. The American mass media bombard the market with sexual imagery of women by cramming the media with unrealistic manipulated images of women whom sadly appeal to the youth of not only the American population, but also all other countries that consume that media. This affects most of the American population, especially girls, by subconsciously pressuring them into thinking that these manipulated images are ideal and if you don’t look like how society wants you to look,

The documentary “Miss Representation” delves into how the media and society. The viewer is exposed to how the media builds an expectation of how women should look and act. When the media portrays women as the perfect weight, height, and behavior for the target audience, it lowers the self-esteem of the females watching that cannot hope to compare to a fictional character. Men exposed to these types of advertisement and entertainment are taught to objectify women. It distorts societies and male expectations of how real women should look and behave. The documentary also discusses the lack of female protagonists in television and movies. There is a distinct lack of female heroines in our world today. This shortage further diminishes the hopes

Miss representation also features men and how the media persuades them to perceive women and their role in society a certain way. The digital age of America has greatly enhanced how deep culture digs into our personal lives by being omnipresent everywhere in our consumerist society. In almost every direction we focus our awareness into there is always an advert trying to win over your choices to persuade consumers to buy a specific product and most of the time advertisement use flaws in our values to persuade consumers to believe in their products. These advertisements (sometimes unknowingly to us) exploit our insecurities by claiming their product will fix it and many times it has to do with a women’s self-perception of themselves.

Throughout Miss Representation, there were many arguments about how women are portrayed in the media. There will never be an equal balance of people who are content with what goes on and how women are seen in this world. According to the documentary, the media is important because it relays information quickly and it is the fastest information source out there. Today, the media is very easily accessible being in everyone back pockets. Technology has made it so easy to manipulate everyone’s minds and make people think they have to be someone they are not.

After viewing Miss Representation, I was filled with anger, frustration, and sorrow at the discriminating portrayal of women highlighted by popular media and culture. I find this topic very thought provoking and realize that this topic is always going to be controversial and highly disputed. Women are often characterized in the media in roles traditionally given by society, portrayed as submissive and passive, mothers or sexual objects. The film paints the impact of mass media on the idea of “Ideal Beauty” for women, through movies, magazines, television shows and video games. The media has greatly impacted the thoughts and opinions, which is seen as the norm by societies where gender equality is far from reality. Miss Representation discusses the aspect of the female roles in politics and leadership. Our society is governed by the immense power of the mass media and the media has the potential to reverse this concept as it has imposed it. The current message that our young men and women receive is that a “woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader.” The whole idea of "Ideal Beauty" has numerous harmful outcomes. The film debates about how women have made great advances in leadership in the last few decades. It remarks how the United States is still 90th in the world for women in terms of nationwide legislatures, women hold only 3% of positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls are

‘Miss Representation’ is an American documentary, released in 2011 by Girl Club Entertainment. This movie goes through the detrimental effects that the medias portrayal of females has for our society. These unattainable, yet expected standards of beauty are leading young women down a dangerous path of depression, anorexia, and other psychological issues. Miss Representation expands on the idea that mainstream media has heavily contributed to the demeaning representation of women. Powerful women are especially affected by this, as their achievements are overpowered and overshadowed by their looks, becoming condescended by the derogatory portrayals of females presented in TV shows, movies, magazines, videogames, music videos and even toys.

I found myself defending men and questioning women’s complicit behaviour in undermining their own positions in society. The role of the female is not always domestic and submissive, the male not always the sadist and dominant; Women are underestimated. In addition, men aren't unaffected by this beauty myth. Replicas of the societal version of the male epitome grace magazine covers, appear in top grossing movies, and are constantly praised in social media.