Oppression Of Women In The Media

People say that women can ascend to leadership, launch their own successful businesses, and sit at any table equally with men, yet those same people turn around on the media and focus heavily on a whole host of negative or limiting aspects of women, including an intense emphasis on their looks. Today, in the year 2016, women are still judged upon their physical blessings. Whether a woman is skinny or a little thick could determine if they are suitable to withstand the “standards” the media has presented to people. Some women today are even afraid that people will judge them because of what they look like, some are even so afraid that they seldom leave their home.

Kylie Jenner could be taken as an example. Kylie Jenner is a famous media

Almost all of the most famous personalities wear make up. This make up these celebrities wear is most likely expensive, and they sometimes use a lot of it. Look at how the “beauty gurus” of the media apply their makeup, they apply layer after layer of makeup on their face. People who follow these celebrities see all of this extravagant makeup they use and think, “Hey, since their wearing all of that expensive make up… maybe I should too!” People will go and apply unnecessary amounts of make up with the idea of how it will make them more beautiful, when in reality, women are already beautiful without make up, they just can't see it over the way that people say that they should look due to the way that the media works. The more beautiful people think someone is, the more popular they are, no matter what they’re like. When people like this become more popular, others see them and think its ok to wear pounds of make up just because they don't think they're good enough. It is most definitely not ok. Women and men should be able to express themselves freely, without the pressure of being pushed upon them about if they look good enough today or not. It. Should. Not. Matter. Everyone has flaws, flaws that they should embrace not hide. Nobody is perfect. Nobody ever will

The only real difference between girls and boys on the media is what they talk about. Girls tend to judge other girls, usually having high standards of what their fellow girls should look like. Boys, on the other hand, tend to talk about how their “ideal” girlfriend would be like. Although boys don't directly insult girls on the media, some do tend to say some demeaning things. For example, Vine personality, Nash Grier, posted a Youtube video stating what he would find attractive in a girlfriend. In the process, he said that his girlfriend would have to shave her legs, among other things. Nash Grier's fanbase is mostly constructed of girls. These girls ages vary from 11 - 18 at average. When Nash Grier says that his “ideal” girlfriend would have to shave her legs, then what would the younger girls in the fanbase do? Some might have already been shaving their legs, but others might have taken it upon themselves to start without consulting their parents before-hand, all because of what Nash said. The media has a power over people today. If they present something to someone and say, “This is considered beautiful,” everyone will follow that. When a media personality says something like “All girls should wear purple today,” what's going to happen? Every single girl in that country would wear purple that day. This would not necessarily be a bad thing, but imagine they said