From the end of last year, people around the globe from varies industries have witness a movement in working women’s right and gender equality, while many reasons behind this recent phenomenon, Harvey Weinstein case, probably one of the biggest scandal in modern Hollywood has been one of the most influencing factor in public opinion, especially in North America. Weinstein was one of the most influential and successful film producers in the modern Hollywood. His popular and Academy Award-winning works, include "Shakespeare in Love," "Pulp Fiction," and "Good Will Hunting.” during his 30 years career in the industry made his name a golden ticket to the top of Hollywood, which was one of the reason why his downfall was so dramatic and infamous. The Weinstein case started with the first accusations of sexual abuse against Weinstein exposed by media last year, then he found himself in increasing legal jeopardy when varies sexual harassment case related to this Hollywood giant …show more content…
From the transmission point of view of communication, media offers the conduits to broadcast the ideas, the bigger the subject is and the denser the media coverage can be, the more effective ideas and information can be spread out. In this matter, I believe gender equality and sexism has been the concern of all of modern women for a long time, the Harvey case, as a celebrity scandal, has the exact “right” size and volume to spark the flame, and since it is well positioned at one of the greatest news source, Hollywood, the biggest entertaining industry around the world, the information is transmitted so efficiently that burns every newspaper before the flame die out, this is a reflect of the transmission aspect of media, it empower the subject and spread out with the purpose of controlling public opinions, or ignite the existing opinions in Harvey’s
Men do not have the benefits of equality either, they are also limited by societal expectations and having to fulfill the requirements of what it means to “be a man”. Gender roles shape the fabric of our society. In the documentary Tough Guise, Katz chronicles the socialization of boys from the moment they are born and as they grow up. Tough guise explains how the entertainment industry feeds messages about masculinity which exclude basic human qualities such as compassion, and vulnerability. These are portrayed as feminine with a negative connotation implied (Earp, Katz, Young and Rabinovitz 2013). In American modern culture children of both sexes are consuming large amounts of media on a daily basis. The documentary MissRepresentation explores the media’s role in the shaping of our society; specifically the media’s treatment of women. When it comes to girls and women, marketers have made substantial profits from objectifying women and setting an unattainable standard of what it means to be beautiful. Hyper-feminized women are all over the covers of magazines, hypersexualized in advertisements, and in movies. Women have to walk a very thin tightrope and the expectations for a good woman are contradicting (Newsom, Scully, Dreyfous, Redlich, Congdon, and Holland
In Rereading America excerpts by Jean Kilbourne’s “Two ways a Woman Can Get Hurt”: Advertising and Violence” and Joan Morgan entitled “From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos,” both authors focus on gender inequality in America. In doing so they are trying to explain to the audience about the status of women in the men dominated society. Both articles discuss the violence and exploitation of women and demonstrate the power of media and the entertainment world based on our attitudes that influence our behavior as men and women. Both selections also make readers think about the current status of women in the society and the media’s role in a way of effective gender roles among society. Kilbourne and Morgan provide the different examples in their own ways to support their selections and ensure to make their essay successfully persuasive by demonstrating their point of view, while still reaching the same conclusions. Kilbourne takes a calm approach to explain to the readers how the objectification of women in advertisements constitutes a form of cultural abuse, while Morgan adopt a very aggressive way to express her point of view. Comparing Morgan’s tone with Kilbourne, Morgan’s aggressive approach might leave readers disinterested to read her selection.
Sexism is a powerful tool and the media uses that tool all too well to hurt women. The coverage and view of women in the media hurts all ages of women and all types. Whether it is a little girl looking at anorexic movie stars or a possible presidential candidate being told her dress makes her look fat by Fox News, the media hurts. We live in a world where the media has so much far reaching power and slowly people are trying to change the media; they are making change so all little girls growing up one day can be happy to be a
... goal as feminists is to end gender-based violence, we must look at how dominant news outlets shape messages of sexual assault.
“Movie stars are supposedly nothing like you and me. They’re svelte, glamorous, self-possessed. They wear dresses we can’t afford and live in houses we can only dream of. Yet it turns out that –in the most painful and personal way-movie stars are more like you and me than we ever knew.”(Zacharek .34). Zacharek explains that movie stars have the luxury of money, but they relate to us because they are sexual harassment by their higher-ups’. Sexual harassment has been known to be in Hollywood, but many people don’t understand how serious sexual harassment can get. Many of these actors are afraid of losing their jobs. The #MeToo movement is a movement that was created to help women fight against sexual harassment. Many actors and lawyers want to end sexual harassment and to bring justice to their harassers. I believe that the #MeToo movement is benefiting everyone and should be justice to higher-ups that harassed actors.
The media can heavily influences public opinion. This holds true for both things that are over-informed and for topics that receive little attention. News sources have been proven to be capable of changing public opinion, or, less often mentioned, keeping public opinion the same. Those who strive for equality today are not only faced with the problems of informing people, they also must be able to gather support for their cause in the media. It seems the media grabs onto topics of a mini-van’s faulty seat belts faster than it does the treatment of women in the criminal justice system. The problem is discussed in the academic circle yet without more media support it seems the critique of the injustice goes unnoticed. This does not mean that the general public finds the current state of affairs acceptable (although by many accounts we do), but because th...
On February 1, 2004, millions of Americans sat down around their television sets with their family and friends to watch the biggest sports event of the year: Super Bowl XXXVIII. Inside the Reliant Stadium of Houston, Texas, the New England Patriots beat the Carolina Panthers 32-29 in one of the closest games in recent history; but this year it wasn’t the football game or even the commercials that had people talking. It was an incident that occurred during the halftime show that involved pop singers Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake that ended in millions of Americans having the privilege to see the left breast of Janet Jackson for a few moments. This single issue may not have been a huge ordeal in itself, but it brought to surface some very pertinent questions about how far was too far in the media, what the government should do to control it, and what effects sex and violence in the media were having on American culture.
Goodman, Mark. "Chapter 8: The Media Contribution to Racism and Sexism." Mass Media and Society. Mississippi State University, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.
She states “This repugnant man's guide to casual office sex gave men techniques on what game works best on what kind of female employee. It even went as far as labeling the different types of women in the work office as "the aging executive" "the prudish H.R. dame," "the puppyish intern," "the girl next cubicle" and "the siren secretary." Now as disrespectful and insulting these terminology can be to women in the workplace, her connection to this being why women don't suceeed i dont agree with. I would agree our media does have some input . Honestly, it provides a reflection depending on the author’s voice but I don't solely blame this is the reason why things happen the way that the do. The negative impacts of media are deeper than that. The platform sometimes make consumers overly paranoid to certain behaviors and makes the world seem of a peril of inappropriateness. Furthermore, it has now created another focus playground . Instead of doing something productive we know choose to read , watch or listen to others method productivity. Going further than that, that playground has now become another dimension , or opportunity for further display of
In "Where the girls are: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media," Susan Douglas analyses the effects of mass media on women of the nineteen fifties, and more importantly on the teenage girls of the baby boom era. Douglas explains why women have been torn in conflicting directions and are still struggling today to identify themselves and their roles. Douglas recounts and dissects the ambiguous messages imprinted on the feminine psyche via the media. Douglas maintains that feminism is a direct result of the realization that mass media is a deliberate and calculated aggression against women. While the media seemingly begins to acknowledge the power of women, it purposely sets out to redefine women and the qualities by which they should define themselves. The contradictory messages received by women leave women not only in a love/hate relationship with the media, but also in a love/hate relationship with themselves.
With a devastatingly crucial issue such as women being shunned by the media, it’s not okay to have the ideas of other people in your work. In the article, “Controversial Hillary Cover of Time Illuminates Sexism in the Media” by Marianne Schnall, implies that the media is negatively affecting the chances of women becoming successful with all the sexism it is portraying. Marianne Schnall is a published writer and professional interviewer with many influential credentials that she is not afraid to use. In addition, this article's overall effectiveness was not what I was expecting. The article was overwhelming because of all the people she mentioned and then she tried elaborating what they all said after each interview!
On a daily basis people are exposed to some sort of misrepresentation of gender; in the things individuals watch, and often the things that are purchased. Women are often the main target of this misrepresentation. “Women still experience actual prejudice and discrimination in terms of unequal treatment, unequal pay, and unequal value in real life, then so too do these themes continue to occur in media portraits.”(Byerly, Carolyn, Ross 35) The media has become so perverted, in especially the way it represents women, that a females can be handled and controlled by men, the individual man may not personally feel this way, but that is how men are characterized in American media. Some may say it doesn’t matter because media isn’t real life, but people are influenced by everything around them, surroundings that are part of daily routine start to change an individual’s perspective.
A number of journalist and scholars brought this to the attention of many because sexual objectification is being seen as a part of Western culture and how things have become more “sexualized” or “pornified”. This study targets a well-known magazine called the “Rolling Stone”. The magazine has been around for more than four decades, with this being said, the image of men and women have changed. The sexual objectification of both men and women has increased, but women continue to be more frequently sexualized than men on the magazine cover. Women are increasingly likely to be “hyper sexualized” while men are not. Hyper sexualization is the combination of body position, nudity, and textual cues and more. Erving Goffman failed to examine the sexualization of women in his research because he was missing the whole point of the issue of sexual objectification towards women. Another researcher named Kang studied advertisements of women like Goffman but added more to it. Kang found that in the ads of women, the gender stereotyping of men and women disappeared but body displays of women had not. The sexualized image of women may legitimize violence, sexual harassment, and anti-women attitudes amongst men. This issue has also become a political debate and caused an uproar in the feminist
My own solution to assure that I am not negatively affected by the media is to call out sexism and injustices when it is in front of me. Letting sexism go just allows it to continue and grow, but talking about it and spreading the message creates awareness. If enough people are aware, a stand can be taken against sexism. Media tries to solidify women by pitting them against each other due to looks or males, but if women are united together and call out the injustices against them, a change can be
An article by Christina N Baker, Images of Women’s Sexuality in Advertisements: A content Analysis of Black And White Oriented Women’s and Men’s Magazine emphasizes on how women’s are portrayed in media such as advertisements and Magazine. The author analyzes how media has a huge impact in our society today; as a result, it has an influence on race and gender role between men and women.