... .GENDERÊANDÊTHEÊMEDIA Another aspect of everyday life that is highly influential in gender socialization is the media. What we see on television or at the movies, what we read in the newsp aper or in magazines, what we see on billboards or hear on the radio are all very significant on how we form a opinion on ... portrayal of women as sex objects in music videos. Specifically those shown on the popular music video network MTV. The women in the videos were all sex objects; beautiful, buxom, sexy, promiscu ous and lacked any moral values whatsoever. Also, the woman in the music videos a...

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... .GENDERÊANDÊTHEÊMEDIA Another aspect of everyday life that is highly influential in gender socialization is the media. What we see on television or at the movies, what we read in the newsp aper or in magazines, what we see on billboards or hear on the radio are all very significant on how we form a opinion on ... portrayal of women as sex objects in music videos. Specifically those shown on the popular music video network MTV. The women in the videos were all sex objects; beautiful, buxom, sexy, promiscu ous and lacked any moral values whatsoever. Also, the woman in the music videos a...

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... fact that women earn more money than men in only two job categories, those of modeling and prostitution (Wolf, 1992). Both of these positions are prided on being thin and sexy. It is pathetic that this fact is true. Even now, where women are receiving high positions in companies, they may still be paid less then the men working below them ... who described their bodies were straightforward; the fluff words did not exist for the males. One male states, "I'm laid back and mellow, and I don't stress or worry about much. I love movies and music, I love the ocean, sunsets, and working with k...

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... carry big guns because violence is cool and acceptable. If that isn't enough they add women to those adds who sit and admire the strong masculine character. For example, "the sexy blonde woman dazing provocatively at the James Bond-like camel provides female ratification of Joe's masculinity." (471) In the final section, The Equation of Heroic Masculinity with Violent Masculinity, the ... tries to prove how billboards and media advertisements contribute the overall outcome of male society. Saying that movie and television ads "highlight the most and sexually titillating scenes." However...

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