Sexualization Of Women In The Media Essay

I noticed how Jennifer’s Body had a female director and Transformers had a male director but they both included the over sexualization of women. Before my research I would have thought that female directors would not over sexualize women in a way that men do. To my findings it was just as worst. Jennifer’s Body with female director Karyn Kusama displayed heavy over sexulization. Hollywood continues to ignore the portrayal of women and go for an image that brings in a crowd.
My exploration has educated others on the effect media has on women by focusing in on the exploitative images of women. Women in media are more attractive than males, shows more nudity, and wears sexy clothing “These sexualization findings are troubling for two reasons. Theory suggests and research supports that exposure to objectifying content may contribute to and/or reinforce negative effects such as self objectification, body shame, and/or appearance anxiety among some female viewers.15 The results also suggest that with a higher prevalence of females on screen a higher incidence of sexualization follows”(Smith 2016). Women are exposed to so many mainstream images

I believe that it also has effects on men. When women are looked at in an oversexualized way I feel that it leads to men thinking that they are entitled to treat women like a sex object. Directors like Michael Bay encourages unfavorable sexual ideas about women. Men in the hollywood industry has no problem degrading women. Megan Fox told GQ magazine that she experienced “Couch casting things” In the beginning of her career. Couch Casting is a reference to actors or actresses that are awarded parts in films, plays, or other productions in return for granting sexual favors to the casting director. This leads to actresses looking at themselves with lesser value and feeling