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Killing us Softly

 

            The video Killing Us Softly described how the media shows female perfection. However who decided that what the media presents as "perfection" really is. The "perfect" models that the media present to us are usually airbrushed and changed to look better. Things are not always as they may seem or debunking discipline in the media. .
             Feminist groups obviously do not control the media. Media often portrays women as objects. Yet the social fact that to be thin and beautiful means success and happiness is shared by large number of people with power. If people didn't think that then why are we buying and supporting all these products that are advertised. Advertising is the foundation of mass media. .
             1 in 5 young women today have an eating disorder; this seems to be a pattern within a large group of young girls. The media shows girls as painfully, unnaturally thin. Women are taught to be passive and sex objects. They should be innocent yet sexy, virginal yet experienced. It would be very hard to live up to these standards the media gives us. Self-esteem often plummets when girls become adolescents. Young girls are shown that they will be valued less if they don't look good. The primary message that the media sends out is the more you subtract the more you add. This is a terrible and harmful message to be sending to young girls, yet this is the message we send and then wonder why they have eating disorders. Thirty three billion dollars a year are spent on diet products. Seventy five percent of women think they are "too fat." What kind of message is sending to women and young girls?.
             Another target in the media is a woman of another race. They are often shown to be like animals. They wear animal print with their hair wild. I believe we should take a liberal approach to this and change this. Change is usually good, it brings progress. Media needs to rethink and take responsibility for creating media messages that are positive and that promote women's self-esteem.


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