The Oppression Of Women In Lauren Greenfield's Girl Culture
Lauren Greenfield’s book Girl Culture talks about how women are being subjected in society because of the fact they are women. The photos that were presented had women in many different locations and actions but had one main idea in all of them. Women in the 21st century have it rough, all over society we show women on TV, magazines, and the internet that have perfect body standards that sometime with photoshop are imposable to achieve. The standards placed on women in society are ruthless, in our society women are being pressured constantly to have bigger boobs and be extremely thin to the point of being an unhealthy weight. Women are being pressured to look their best no matter what the cost to their health. Most of the photographs depict
women not as a human but a sex symbol, I feel because of the women being depicted as this is the main reason why women don’t have equal opportunity in this nation. That significant amount of time in society we haven’t look at women as equal is because our society portrays them as a sex symbol. Because of this I feel is the main reason there is a pay gap in this country, as quoted from La Presnsa San Diego “The gender pay gap also grows with age. Women earn about 90 percent of what men earn until about age 35. The gap widens to a differential of 74 percent-77 percent during peak earning years for ages 3 5 to 64 - resulting, in turn, in reduced retirement income for women. And, for those with professional degrees, women make but 72 percent of their male counterparts' earnings.” (Fair Pay Still, 2012). Next quote from Sociology Matters Sixth Edition talks about how the glass ceiling for women is much lower for women than men with “A study of the Fortune 500 largest corporations in the United States showed that in 2011, barely 16 percent of the seats on their boards of directors were held by women.” : Schaefer (2014:202). Overall the unrealistic standards we have are women are a big contributor to why women in general do not have as an equal opportunity as men.
women not as a human but a sex symbol, I feel because of the women being depicted as this is the main reason why women don’t have equal opportunity in this nation. That significant amount of time in society we haven’t look at women as equal is because our society portrays them as a sex symbol. Because of this I feel is the main reason there is a pay gap in this country, as quoted from La Presnsa San Diego “The gender pay gap also grows with age. Women earn about 90 percent of what men earn until about age 35. The gap widens to a differential of 74 percent-77 percent during peak earning years for ages 3 5 to 64 - resulting, in turn, in reduced retirement income for women. And, for those with professional degrees, women make but 72 percent of their male counterparts' earnings.” (Fair Pay Still, 2012). Next quote from Sociology Matters Sixth Edition talks about how the glass ceiling for women is much lower for women than men with “A study of the Fortune 500 largest corporations in the United States showed that in 2011, barely 16 percent of the seats on their boards of directors were held by women.” : Schaefer (2014:202). Overall the unrealistic standards we have are women are a big contributor to why women in general do not have as an equal opportunity as men.