In the video we watched in class, Sexism in Multimedia, it showed the stereotypes that are usually portrayed in the media especially among men and women. Women are usually the ones being objectified by men. In some shows it is the men that are the ones be objectified.
Sex in the City is a good example of this. The four main women in the show (Samantha, Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda) all talk about men as objects of their desire. They love them and use them all at the same time. The character who does this the most is Samantha. She is the sex crazed one who will use men for awhile and then toss them aside. Through out the show there are many times when the women will be walking by a man and everything will go into slow motion. (I guess for greater women audience enjoyment) An example of this is when Charlotte is going to change for tennis at her husband’s family’s estate. They have been having problems with their sex life. As she is walking down the path she spots the gardener, who of course has his shirt off, and the slow motion begins.
There are numerous more examples of this in movies and TV. The best in my opinion is in the movie Australia when Hugh Jackman dumps a whole bucket of water over himself. And of course he doesn’t have his shirt on.
Women in movies and TV have had the same experience for many years. At the beginning of cinema women were show in risqué clothes for the time. Today women have less and less clothes on. Many times for a woman to be considered sexy by a male audience standard, she has to be super skinny and with little to no clothes.
This trend of men and women being objects of the others desire will continue. The only thing that could be changed would be the standards of beauty. People could be judged on who they are and not how hot they look. Even though this is contradictory, it is nice to look especially if they are Hugh Jackman.
This is an example of women being objectified. This PETA commercial was banned from this years Super Bowl:
3 comments:
I do believe that people are often objectified in different forms by the media. This can lead to sexism and maybe low self-esteem from people who want to look like these characters. And now recently we have seen more and more men being objectified as well, I guess that's the new trend, attract women audiences.
I totally agree with you. Men are always get away with much more than women do and i don't feel that if fair in any way. There should be more women like the ladies in Sex in the City. The only problem is that too many women care about what other people will say about them.
I think that all people are objectified in the media and in our culture. It is a common theme among movies and telivision and it seems to be working. I don't think that it will go away anytime soon.
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