Underrepresentation Of Women

As women, society believes we have to possess a male figure in our lives in order to live a better life. In an online article I was reading. A man was debating on the notion that women should pay more for medical insurance because we have breasts, ovaries, and a uterus, while men only have a prostate. That entire statement is sexist, it shows just how unimportant our society view women as in a whole. While on twitter, there was a post about a girl who was raped and was later turned into a hashtag and mocked upon. These posts on twitter shows how much violence towards women are taken seriously and in consideration. The media has all of the power to influence the way we feel and think about ourselves and the world. So, to why the media continues to link sex and violence is alarming and

Society is okay with the mistreatment of women in the media because it has been seen as an accepted form of communication within the past. Whether it is through sexualizing a female in a Karl’s Junior commercial, or calling Taylor Swift a “slut” for dating men, there is a lack of understanding of why the media is problematic. As society becomes more progressive, it should be expected that the perceptions of females should also change as well. It is completely unfair to criticize someone is such a powerful position because she may have messed up in the past, human beings are not perfect, and they are flawed. Except in this culture, we accept the flaws that males make but make a huge scene whenever a female does something that might not be inherently right. Donald Trump, another contender in the 2016 Election, is seen on multiple instances mocking women for their appearance and completely stripping all females’ attributions when he sexualizes them. If Clinton were too make such crude comments about males to the media, she would be torn apart but because Trump is a white rich male, he holds himself as if nothing can affect him. These double standards are not only problematic because they continue to objectify women, but they are problematic because the feed into the systematic oppression that the United States holds so closely. Of course, I acknowledge

In the same manner, when the topic is switched to what type of job should a women have, a stay at home mom is thought of more along with secretary or nurse. Women have always fought for their rights, but even though they succeeded in creating the 19th amendment, women are still looked upon as inferior to men. Women are expected to take very good care of their physical appearance ad values beauty over anything else if she either plans to get a jobs or get married. Yet when a female is trying to stand up for herself, she is dehumanized for acting in a barbaric manner and in recent society, is automatically labeled a

Within the last century, the presence of anti-feminism and underrepresentation of women violated the true essence of what it means to be identified as a human being. These irrational notions proposed and practiced by certain individuals, degraded women and classified them as inferior beings. A human being, by definition, has the ability to express themselves how one sees fit, discarding the subjective views inflicted upon the individual.

Our world is surrounded by media. Media plays an enormous role in affecting the way we perceive gender and gender roles. Media as well as communications are known to be the key elements of how people live their life in the modern age. The media can be a very inviting place, since it has so many things inside of it that appeals to people worldwide. At the same time, the media can be a cruel, judging and corrupt area that can be scary to involve yourself with. That being said, the mass media has had its history with harsh stereotyping, particularly when dealing with women. Many people within the media view women as a gender that is only allowed to be at home, whether it is cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, or being a slave to their male counterpart. Even with women who work inside of the media are usually overlooked, bashed by their appearance and do not get an equal opportunity as men do in order to succeed in life. This has been the case for hundreds of years, but there are still a myriad of problems that women face today, whether in the media or life in general.

The issues of domestic violence, focusing primarily on black ethnic minority women . To be able to understand the problem of domestic violence, it is vital to recognize that violence toward women is an international reality which has been recognized as a major public health issue (Shipway 2004). According to Shipway 2004, the acknowledgment of domestic violence internationally as a major public health has seen a readjustment in numbers in many areas that are dealing with domestic violence, but there are still some areas where little if anything is done to support women abused by intimate partners. The issues have increased where minority women have been lumped into one category and not considering their different cultural and religious differences.

"Human rights are women 's rights, and women 's rights are human rights" (Hillary Clinton). This is a very important message that can be applied throughout history to prove the significance of women during time periods in which they were viewed as substantially lesser than men. Over the years, women have grown independent, fighting for their rights, changing the gender norms placed on society and the expectations women are forced to uphold. To successfully do this, women have evolved their mindset on how life should run to accommodate for gender equality. This evolution in the mindset of women is the

The underrepresentation of women on the flight deck of commercial aircraft continues to challenge national governments, the aviation industry and the academic community.

Personally I have seen many media messages that show violence of men towards women. In this media the male is always shown as aggressor, and deviant. I do not disagree that violence against women is unacceptable. Yet I disagree with the coverage of male to women violence that is shared throughout media sources that once again only provides half of the scenarios/stories. So many men face violence, harassment, and abuse at the hands of females. However, quite often these stories and truths never make it into the media’s attention. When they do, the male is often criticized for having made the female a victim at some point prior and justifies with that reason why he is receiving the abuse he is in that moment. Media provides a very selective view of the world, and a reality that is subtly convinces you to believe. It not only demeans who is important, but what is to be viewed as important. Feminist perspective and education has allowed me to be critical of what you see, read, and hear. It has allowed me to see that much of society beliefs, morals, and ideals are based on the power, and perceptions of limited individuals. Individuals who often differ from a large proportion of the greater population their perceptions are dictated

The underrepresentation of women on the flight deck of commercial aircraft continues to challenge national governments, the aviation industry and the academic community.

In Women and Gender in Islam, Leila Ahmed skillfully conveys her perspective on current ideologies about Islamic women by taking into consideration the chronological framework for which it help to shape women’s position in society. By covering a vast range of Islamic doctrines during various historical periods ranging from pre-Islamic times all the way to Western influences in nineteenth century Egypt, Leila is able to provide a distinctive picture of the often misunderstood topic of women’s role in Islam. What makes her book more fascinating is that she includes lots of details surrounding Islamic society, while focusing on the inherent stereotypes of women’s oppression and their cultural aspect of veiling. Throughout the book, Ahmad

The underrepresentation of women on the flight deck of commercial aircraft will continue to challenge national governments, the aviation industry and the academic community unless corrective measures are taken.

In a survey regarding body image, 69.3% of teenagers said they were not happy with their appearance, and 64% of women in there sixties said they were not happy with their appearance either. The difference between the two, however, is that the majority of the older women were ‘grateful’ about the way they look, while most teenagers described themselves as ‘self-conscious’ when it comes to their physical appearance (“How Women Feel About Their Looks”). These statistics prove that women of all ages are affected by women’s representation in the media, as more often than not, the women presented have unattainable physical characteristics and flawless facial features. John Berger, a British novelist, poet and art critic, wrote Ways of Seeing in 1972, where he focuses on how traditional, European nudist art plays a major role in the images we have of women in our media today. Berger claims that the “social presence of a woman is different in king from that of a man” (Berger 193) because a man’s presence is determined by the potential power which he asserts. As for a woman, the way she portrays and views her self determines how she expects to be treated by those around her. Her presence will be reflected through her actions and physical appearance. Berger uses the difference in social presence to explain why the spectator is always implied to be male when looking at visual representations of females. More than forty years later, Berger’s argument is still valid and can be applied to

In pre-Islamic societies, women were held in high regards as matriarchal communities widely existed. Their biology, with its ability to reproduce, enabled women to be worshipped for they were the principle of creating life; this fact opposed androcentric theories that state how the “nature” of women dictated a status of inferiority (Ahmed 11). However, as many scholars and theorists have noted, “the decline” of women’s status in pre-Islamic societies was likely from urbanization. As warfare increased from city-states expanding their territories, warrior culture generated male dominance, and the reproductive capacity of women were looked to for providing labor power, making them be seen as “property” (Ahmed 12). In many instances, the rise of urban societies negatively affected women as Leila Ahmed stated in “Women and Gender in Islam” and as demonstrated in late Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian cultures. The complexities of these civilizations produced military competitiveness, escalating the aspects of male dominance and classes that further demeaned women (Ahmed 12). However, the rise of Islam rectified the unjust social constructs as women were given more independence, being considered equals and companions to men.

Feminism is a call for social justice and equality between genders. Throughout history, women have been classified as second class citizens and faced an expectation to carry out a stereotypical role of women. Men were the bread earners and women, the bread bakers. The most powerful voice for feminism can be found in literature. Writers often say in text what many will not say aloud. Junot Diaz’s “Drown” and Rabindranath Tagore’s “Punishment” portray women in similar expected female roles. The women in their stories are wives and mothers, the caretakers of the family by preparing meals and raising children. Tagore explores the independence of a woman while Diaz chooses to depict modernized women held back by cultural restraints and fear.