a society of culture

The interaction among human beings in society is known as socialization. Society is influenced by many things that alter and determine how socialization occurs. After reading several articles from the book Understanding Society presents concepts that support the idea of socialization being influenced by aspects of society that we are exposed to. Socialization is influenced by culture, especially pop-culture in ways such as our presentation of self, goals in life and idea of self-belonging. In the article Milkshakes, Lady Lumps, and Growing Up to Want Boobies: How the Sexualisation of Popular Culture Limits Girls’ Horizons, Maddy Coy explains popular culture and the influence it has society for both males and females. Coy, explains how pop-culture is the example set by celebrities and iconic figures of society, that is seen by groups of society as being “cool”, becoming the behavior and style to mimic. These role models who display pop-culture are usually Television, Movie, and Music stars. The main consequence of the exposure of pop-culture is the promotion of degrading of women and the promotion of girls and women to look “sexy”. This promotion of degrading of women is referred to as “sexualisation of culture” which “describes the current saturation of erotic imagery, particularly of women, in popular culture for ex. advertising and music videos” (Gill 2007).
In many Rap music videos there are scenes that display this degrading of women such as in the P.I.M.P. video by 50 Cent, where there are “women being walked around on leashes”(Levin and Kilbourne 2008). This form presentation is “sexy media” which exposes young children to these values of women to both the young boys and girls of society. The message to young girls and women is that “sexy” is the key to having power over men and a way to find wealth. Since most females exposed to “sexy media” are too young to have their own sense of self they develop self-conceptions of how to present themselves and do