The “She shouldn't have to” Argument. Awards season is upon us, and I'm seeing the beautiful face of Ms. Jennifer Lawrence plastered on my screen a tad more than usual. She was one of the conversation topics at dinner last night (which of course I was forced to cook because I am a slave to the patriarchy). And of course, within five minutes we were discussing her naked picture debacle. Jennifer Lawrence is a young, visually pleasing adult who is allowed to have sex and take all the sans clothes snapshots she wants. It doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with that act; she has that agency. People can disagree all they want. But we can't deny the fact that because she is also a celebrity, people want to see Jennifer Law naked. I'm guessing …show more content…
I had that phrase thrown at me numerous times during that particular scandal. Mainly by the blue haired feminists, if you can believe it. Infuriated interneters lectured about how Jennifer should be able to do whatever she wants and we should to respect that. People should leave her alone and the world shouldn't be such a dangerous place for women. I agree. The world shouldn't be such a dangerous place for women and famous women shouldn't be targets. But it is and they …show more content…
There's an article by an Alpha Feminist lamenting the fact that childish internet basement dwellers regularly leave vitriolic remarks on her articles. She wrote“ I know I could stop reading the comments, but I shouldn’t have to”. i've seen the argument rehashed a million times. She has some valid points; I don’t' deny that many comments are hateful and don't contribute to the public discourse. The fact is that some people love to hurl online abuse, and find women easy targets. It sucks I know. But feminists screaming “It shouldn’t be this way” looks like the last ditch effort of a dying
“I have no idea what a feminist is although I have heard the term before,” said Stewart. I told her not to feel bad because I did not know the meaning of the term until I took the class and gave her bell hooks’ definition. Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. Although they do not have to be an activist, they should be pro-choice. “With that being said I don’t consider myself a feminist but I am pro-choice. I give advice and let others learn from experience. A person is going to do what they want so I don’t push my opinion off on others.” While others have a clue to what a feminist is but do not fully understand their purpose. “I think a feminist is someone who wants more equal rights for women but take it to the extreme,” said Nia. I explained to her that a feminist does not have to be an extreme activist. Her response was “I still don’t consider myself a feminist because I don’t really care about trying to make a change for women’s rights. I think it’s as good as it is going to get,” said
Additionally, Ariel Levy explains a personal experience that she had with GGW when they were filming on the beach. While the crew is filming, a blonde woman in a bikini wants to take a picture with Girls Gone Wild, but the crew and Mia Leist scream back “we don’t want pictures, we want boobs!” (Levy 15). The crew pressures the girl and her friend to take their clothes off. When people start to circle around the girls on the beach, Levy describes them as “seagulls sensing a family about to abandon their lunch” (16). As a result of Levy using figurative language to explain the behavior of the crowd, she effectively portrays the danger of the situation. An aggressive crowd, who is demanding that they remove their clothes, is cornering these young girls. Consequently, society has become enraged and concerned over the girls’ well being. After about forty people surround the girls, Levy says, “I caught myself hoping the crowd would not start throwing rocks at the girls if they decided the keep their clothes on” (Levy 16). Therefore, Levy proves how GGW inaccurately depicts the willingness of their participants to expose them on camera. By exposing the truth, Levy is hoping to anger her readers and encourage them to reconsider participating in or paying companies like GGW that benefit from commodifying women. Readers can see how raunch culture is influencing young women to do things that can potentially have long-lasting consequences. Levy discusses how one girl eventually took off her bathing suit: “The second girl rose up off her towel, listened to the cheers for a moment, and then spanked her friend to the rhythm of the hooting” (Levy 17). Once the girl’s clothes were off, her friend had no problem providing a little excit...
The article, “Why We Still Need Feminism”, written by Casey Cavanaugh (2014), describes how women are treated and why feminism is looked at in such a negative light. She focuses on how the feminism movement doesn’t only concentrate on women and what concerns them, she also talks about how the movement can positively impact all humans. Cavanaugh explains how the treatment of women can go on for generations and how many women are simply dealing with the ill-treatment (Cavanaugh, 2014). The writer gives a few examples of how women are treated and the different ways that it can be changed for the better.
middle of paper ... ... It is important to remember that these images speak to our culture, the viewers, and most importantly, each other. Ultimately, we can only hope that in any context of femininity on screen, we pay to see these women because they are truly lovely in every sense, “and to experience an inner radiance that may find its form in outward grace” (Entertainment Weekly 65).
...ing audience to say “no” to various social dysfunctions such as illiteracy. She then distracted everyone, and subsequently undermined her own message, by punctuating it with a Vegas flash courtesy of Mr. Timberlake. That should have told America something about how seriously to take Janet Jackson. If you need to drive home your social commentary with a starburst nipple accessory, perhaps your rhetoric needs some work.
In Rosen’s article she emphasizes how mass-produced images are playing a negative role in society; Hymowitz supports this by showing that these images lead to the overexposure of women. Hymowitz discusses how Britney Spears “revealed her waxed nether-regions” (Hymowitz 234), and how there were so many cameras there to capture the moment. Within hours the images of Britney were flooding the internet and were all over social media. Hymowitz argues that images like Britney’s are exploiting women and promoting negative gender roles by displayng women as sexual objects. The mass production of these promiscuous images are used to please society, all the celebrities that Hymowitz mentions are forced to conform to society and as a result are seen as sexual objects. Hymowitz’s argument emphasizes society will mass-produce these images while unconsciously promoting the sexualization of women. Hymowitz is warning women that if they continue to overexpose themselves with these images, then people will never respect them for who they are. Rosen would
Jennifer Lopez is known for her beauty as much as for her style and performance abilities. She was named Most Beautiful Woman in the world by People magazine in 2011 and is the Global Ambassador for L'Oreal Paris. Currently she has been linked with dancer and choreographer Casper Smart. While he is young and bu...
First, let me explain something that recently happened along the lines of a female objectifying herself. Beyoncé performed her song "Drunk in Love" with her fiancé Jay-Z at the Grammys. I was a little surprised at her style of dance and choice of outfit. Her performance entailed her dancing provocatively on stage with a chair. She sat backwards in the chair with her legs spread wide open. She stood up and showcased a couple of sexual dance moves. The outfit she wore was a sheer lace body suit with a thong-style back that put her butt on display and left her cleavage on exposed. I definitely would not have let my nine year old brother watch...
Performance artist Patty Chang creates pieces that deal with scopophilia or voyeurism, best described as “the love of looking”, a topic that goes hand in hand with the issues of gender roles in society that Chang also represents in her work. Chang particularly addresses issues of gender roles through her confrontation of female representation in art, film and popular culture as a whole. In Chang’s video clip entitled, “Shaved (At a Loss)”, she sits herself on a chair in front of her audience, hikes up her dress to expose her vagina and then proceeds to, very roughly, shave off her pubic hair. The entire duration of “Shaved (At a Loss), Chang is blindfolded. In this piece Chang presents consumer culture’s fetishization of the ”flawless” female figure, which is outlined by the unattainable body ideals that are portrayed not only in most mainstream pornography, but also in almost all media connected to our society’s popular culture sphere.
The Internet, in this sense, tends not to be feminist-friendly, and therefore, can be characterized as a masculinized space of gender inequity and patriarchy as feminist women like Ford and Sarkeesian are targeted by male harassers for their feminist viewpoints. As Jane states, “[online sexual harassment] is diagnostic not so much of a problem a particular man has with a particular woman… but of a broader social issue involving issues of gender equity, as well as tenacious sexism” (“‘Back to the kitchen, cunt’” 566). The anti-feminist backlash Ford and Sarkeesian received, then, is an effort to police their opinions which speaks to a larger problem of widespread misogyny and anti-feminism on the Internet. patriarchal space, not feminist-friendly, patrolling women’s opinions, stereotypes of
The Jennifer Aniston coverpage of GQ magazine provides the male population with an unrealistic interpretation of the average female’s appearance. In the photo of Jennifer Aniston, she is airbrushed and Photoshopped to perfection, making flaws seem to be an oddity or abnormality to be shunned by the general populace. Her body has no tan lines, blemishes, or pimples, whereas the normal person would have at least some imperfection. The makeup is applied flawlessly to be in compliance with the standards of beauty that society holds women to.
Most celebrities aim to raise the bar each year over how explicit and sexy they make their act/persona, but thats not the only way to stay relevant. Celebrities like Madonna and Miley try to make their acts stand out by adding their own shock factor. The easiest and most common way to do this is to follow the wise expression: sex sells. Alyssa Mil...
Great comments. I think Melanie is still unstable. Her present behavior shows that she really needs some help. that can be done by keeping her in the hospital to minor her and to medicate her. I agree with you in the statement of she won’t be able to participate in the group therapy until that she is ready to do so. Melanie has many issues. One of her bigger issues is the safety of self and others. With this, she is a danger to self and to others; as a result, safety compliance should be applied to her. According to the report of this case study, it looks like this is the first time Melanie had a mental breakdown issue. One of the interventions that need to be done by the NP is to investigate if it has related by her family. One of the causes
She has forced us to change tabs after a frantic Google search in incognito mode, change TV channels everytime she flaunts her hourglass figure to stimulate the on-screen dude while confidently endorsing a condom brand, or even if she is happily gyrating to the uncensored version of 'Baby doll main sone di'.
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