Susan Brownmiller's essay voices her feminist view towards pornographic material. Her claim is that without restriction, the first amendment has allowed women to be publicly perceived as objects.…
Susan Brownmiller's essay voices her feminist view towards pornographic material. Her claim is that without restriction, the first amendment has allowed women to be publicly perceived as objects.…
Over years, the influence of mass media has increased tremendously, with the increase of technology. First there was reading material such as books, newspapers, and magazines along with photography. Then, sound recordings, films, radio, television, came thereafter; and now Internet, which is now the new media, is social media. However, theses types of media tools, do effect emotional arousal, sex and behavior identification, and changes in allocation of time, consumer purchase, and voting behavior. There is some evidence that mass media influence these types of interests and interest-related behavior, public taste, outlook and values, and inactiveness. In this essay I will be discuss developments, milestones, and applications exemplifying changes in media portrayal of sex and violence, I will explain how the negative effects of sex and violence on children have increased in media technology and how the negative effects of sex and violence on adults have increased in media technology, I also will make specific recommendations about how the problems of media portrayal of sex and violence might be minimized and I will show how media portrayals of sex and violence relate to…
One of the most prominent aspects of modern society is the liberal exposure of sexuality within the media. Music videos, advertisements online, television series and music shows have adolescents and younger adults as their main viewership target. During this last century social media and popular media have also contributed with the awareness of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community, and their struggles of experiencing physical hatred attacks, rejection from friends or even threats by strangers (Graham, Treharne, Ruzibiza & Nicolson, 2015). One celebrity in particular has become a hot topic in the public media, Miley Cyrus is known for numerous controversies due to her outspoken and liberal opinions regarding sexuality. In…
The mass media, television, internet, radio, newspapers, magazines and film is part of our everyday life. It is a powerful tool that provides us with information and entertainment. It reflects our society and it influences the way we think. The media has been criticized for its portrayal of women as objects whose value is measured in terms of their usefulness to others. It becomes difficult to see them as thinking, feeling, and capable people. Constantly portraying women in a highly sexualized way makes it more likely all women will be seen as sexual objects. This becomes a human right issue.…
The Rosin addresses many issues in the article the biggest one begin that young middle schoolers are sexting which to me was the most surprising and least surprising fact. Considering now that every kid has a smartphone it’s not surprising to see that they would be exposed to such things but it does shock me that parents aren’t more aware that their little sixth grader is sending nudes. I believe that parents should already be on top of their kids and make sure they aren’t involved in things they shouldn’t be. I did, in fact, come from a strict household so I understand not all kids grow up that way but it still surprises me that parents don’t know what their kids are up to especially in middle school. Another issue she discussed was that kids don’t see the problems they’re getting themselves into when sexting.…
Have you seen people sharing explicit photos, videos, texts, or other media about themselves with others online, over the phone or e-mail? This is what the new age calls sexting. Smart phones coupled with easily accessible technology and media result in sexting. This is an activity that 1 in every 4 teens indulges in and a number of adults enjoy. At times it just helps relationships heal themselves or gives them a more romantic turn, or else it ruins them when sexting takes an obsessive, uncomfortable turn. Let me cite a few scenarios where sexting seems helpful or more enjoyable:…
When discussing the “XXX” industry, otherwise known as pornography or the adult film industry, people tend to discuss it in hushed tones, or rather not discuss it much at all. When it comes to sex in general, America generally is uncomfortable talking about sex and topics related to it. It should come as no surprise that the porn industry is treated in a similar fashion. Pornography, according to Sullivan, was considered “sexually 'explicit' writings, still or motion pictures and similar products designed to be sexually arousing,” (Sullivan, 2012, pg.321).…
Pamela Anderson is changing and trying a new career, to become a stand-up comedian, according to Fox News, April 16, 2016. Pamela had five minutes to get the audience laughing on Thursday night when she was the host of “Gotham Comedy Live” that was simultaneously broadcast live on the AXS network. Many remember Pamela Anderson as a former Baywatch star where she played the role of a sexy lifeguard, C.J. Parker. She had the part for five years where her main clothes were skimpy swimwear.…
In our culture and especially throughout the media women and girls are represented in a sexualized manner and in our world today we are surrounded by such…
For some time now, the media has played a significant part in the views of how sexual…
Today, with the technology available, people are easily connected to the media whether it is for the news, the season premiere of an upcoming televised series, or the recent release of a video from a YouTube producer. Along with the mainstream media, people are flooded with hidden messages and exposed to unwanted materials. The modern American culture is based on the contents of media and is recycled through a process of demands and contributions. As a result, the American culture is exposed to a steady increase of sexualization within mainstream media, especially the hyper-sexualization of women (Task Force, 4). The American culture is exposing future generations to a world where sex is mainstream and popularized. Through the social learning…
She finds an overall increase in sexual objectifying ads in our media, while the sexualisation has also become more extreme, more hyper-sexualized. She addresses what she calls “the sexy lie:” that sexual objectification is empowering for women. Even if you become the “perfect sex object,” she argues, you are still subordinate, are you are not seen as an active subject in control. She came up with a list of questions to answer whether or not an image is objectifying:…
A study by the American Psychological Association reported that “throughout U.S. culture, and particularly in mainstream media, women and girls are depicted in a sexualizing manner” ("Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls" 4). These elements of media ingrain ideas of female inferiority, which could be one of the reasons why one in five women will be raped at one point of their life, yet only one in seventy-one males will be raped ("Statistics About Sexual Violence"). Though there are many reasons for why sexual assault might occur, the sexualization of females in the media has a large influence. Females are depicted as tools for sex in popular songs and are shown in scandalous clothing in pictures and advertisements shown across America. Authors of the “Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls” discovered that in the advertisements of two popular men’s magazines “80.5% of the women were depicted as sex objects” due to their sexual positioning in the photo or the lack of clothes (7) . In these photograph advertisements, 4 out of 5 women were “suggestively dressed, partially clad, or nude” (“Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls” 7). This type of media subliminally encourages sexual motivation in men because in modern media “sex is portrayed as a commodity whose attainment is the ultimate male challenge” (Curtis).…
A potential objection to this argument is that the weak instrumental use of another person is benign and that sexual objectification is something that adults could give their consent to. Marino, who is a supporter of Nussbaum’s theory, argues that there is nothing wrong with "just-for-pleasure kinds of objectification” (Marino, p. 347). Given the right social and political context, two passionate lovers who are in the heat of the moment could give consent to each other to be sexually objectified.…