Advertising And Violence In Animal, Vegetable, Miserable By Jean Kiilbourne

Society should respect women and be more educated on the facts about why women turn to abuse and see their selves as not valuable in the world. These stereotypes on women are dangerous leading women to harm themselves because men do not value them. Women fall victims to abusive relationships and living under a stereotype that was created for them. Women give birth to men and for a man not to respect a woman is disappointing. All men should look at women they exploit as their mother or sister because I’m sure they would not want someone they love to be labeled as weak or dependent on a man.

Sexual videos, magazines, movies and websites set unrealistic expectations for both women and men, and contribute to rape culture. Most porn videos are set up with a male-domination power theme, with the woman being controlled, sometimes even violently. Since men, and even young boys, are viewing women in these scenarios over and over, they start to believe that that’s how sex really should be, and that women are just sexual objects to look at and be played with. This has real life repercussions on how men treat and view women, affecting relationships and potentially even creating criminals, by putting the idea in some men’s heads that assaulting or raping women is perfectly fine. Pornography also has negative effects on women as well, mainly in terms of self-esteem and self-worth.

Then they go on to say ‘I can’t believe that you don’t trust me’ when men say this is makes their wives really think about what they just asked and so they end up believing them” (99). It is sad to think that some women can be easily controlled like the above situation but also most women like to hope for the best so they just decide that their husband is telling the truth. The men on the other hand continue to go on, as life is normal and still engage in porno... ... middle of paper ... ...tually enhances relationships have several strong claims, it is still evident that pornography is, overall, damaging to relationships. There is more evidence to support the argument than the counterargument. Most of the argument sources are recent journals that have all updated statistics and information while the counterargument sources are mostly books and at least a few years old.

Sexual videos, magazines, movies and websites set unrealistic expectations for both women and men, and contribute to rape culture. Most porn videos are set up with a male-domination power theme, with the woman being controlled, sometimes even violently. Since men, and even young boys, are viewing women in these scenarios over and over, they start to believe that that’s how sex really should be, and that women are just sexual objects to look at and be played with. This has real life repercussions on how men treat and view women, affecting relationships and potentially even creating convicts, by putting the idea in some men’s heads that assaulting or raping women is perfectly fine. Pornography also has negative effects on women as well, mainly in terms of self-esteem and self-worth.

Seeing as society is very accepting to the fact that women are just sexual objects who should be controlled by men, men are becoming very accepting to this as well. They are beginning to fulfill that role of the controlling male figure, and in doing so are contributing to the deterioration of women’s self-worth and future potential. In conclusion, the media along with other social institutions plays a large role in how women are viewed. A horrible example is being set for today’s youth, and men are taking the degradation of women in the media to the extremes, thinking that they can degrade women in everyday life as well. With the constant representation of women being viewed as nothing more than sexual objects, women themselves are beginning to feel as though they have little or no potential, as well as no self worth.

Voltaire tries to tell us that women at that time period were vulnerable. Because of that, Cunegonde is blinded by the real situation of women. In Cunegonde's life she has only experienced rape and being sold so, it’s highly unlikely that her perspective of women being raped will change. Women probably felt offended because Cunegonde is basically saying how it’s better to be raped more than once in order for you to be virtuous. Besides women, some men probably felt responsible for how women were treated and all of this happened was due to men feeling superior to women.

Women need to wake up and really that they will not be respected by men or either other women with such behavior. Calling yourself a “b*tch” or “bad b*tch” is a welcome mat to disrespect. Women should resist the catchy lyrics and clever hooks of the songs both me... ... middle of paper ... ...terial things will never last. You will forever chase after material things if you choose to be a lover of vanity. In the lyrics, “the bigger the bank, the bigger the Benz/ The better the chance to get close to his rich friends.” Trina suggests not only that females use men for everything they have, but to not have any loyalty toward anyone.

However, the difference in female victim reports and male victim reports could be because men would likely be more hesitant to report abuse due to social implications that a man being abused by a woman signifies cowardice or weakness (Rempel). Not everyone believes this implication, though. There are some that even believe that women are more responsible for domestic violence than men. Carey Roberts believes that, “There is an epidemic of women who pummel their husbands and boyfriends.” He mentions Amy Winehouse admitting that she beats her husband when she gets drunk. There is even a website where women sign up and brag about beating up men and enjoying it (Roberts).

Gender based violence needs to be stopped because it has gotten out of hand women being beaten by someone she knows like a family member. It... ... middle of paper ... ...nancy outcomes. Abuse has a major, although little recognized, impact on a woman’s reproductive health and sexual well being. Providers can reassure women that violence is unacceptable and that no women deserves to be beaten, sexually abused, or made to suffer emotionally. Therefore violence against women should be punishable to all those who choose to beat the special someone in their lives.

In the auricle “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne states, “Male violence is subtly encouraged by ads that encourage men to be forceful and dominant, and to value sexual intimacy more than emotional intimacy” (422). Kilbourne argues that those advertisements make men think it is fine to dominate a girl like the commercial showed in T.V or in public. This problems of using the female’s body will makes women viewed as an object and put them in danger. These advertisements is encouraging women or young girls to become coquettish and act like teasing farther promote sexually commercial which cause sexual harassment and violence. These kinds of commercial that exist in this society is obviously unfair to females and it will exacerbated gender inequality issue.