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Exploitation of women in mass media

January 03, 2023

The exploitation of women in mass media is the use or portrayal of women in mass media (such as television, film and advertising) as objects to increase the appeal of media or a product to the detriment of, or without regard to, the interests of the women portrayed, or women in general. This process includes the presentation of women as sexual objects and the setting of feminine beauty ideals that women are expected to reflect.[1] Sexual exploitation of women in the media dates back to 19th century Paris, in which ballerinas were exposed to harassment and objectification. The ballerinas in the Paris Opera Ballet were ogled by their male audience members and often even expected to perform sexual favors for the male subscribers behind the scenes.[2] Feminists and other advocates of women's rights have criticized such exploitation. The most often criticized aspect of the use of women in mass media is sexual objectification, but dismemberment can be a part of the objectification as well.

Criticisms of the media

Advertising

Robert Jensen, Sut Jhally and other cultural critics accuse mass media of using sex in advertising that promotes the objectification of women to help sell their goods and services.[3][4][5]

In Gender Advertisements, Erving Goffman sought to uncover the covert ways that popular media constructs masculinity and femininity in a detailed analysis of more than 500 advertisements. The relationship between men and women, Goffman argued, was portrayed as a parent–child relationship, one characterized by male power and female subordination.[6]

Many contemporary studies of gender and sexualization in popular culture take as their starting point Goffman's analysis in Gender Advertisements. Among them, later research which expanded empirical framework by analyzing the aspects of women's sexualization and objectification in advertisements, M.-E Kang examined the advertisements in women's magazines between 1979 and 1991 and found out there are still showing the same stereotyped images of women: Nude or partially nude images of women increased nearly 30% from 1979 to 1991.[7] Lindner further developed Kang's analytical framework in a study of women in advertisements and found out magazines rely on gender stereotypes, but in different ways, particularly in terms of sexualization. For example, in Vogue, sexualized images of women are the primary way of portraying women in positions of inferiority and low social power.[8]

Research conducted by Eric Hatton and Mary Nell Trautner included a longitudinal content analysis of images of women and men on more than four decades of Rolling Stone magazine covers (1967–2009). It found that the frequency of sexualized images of men and women has increased, though the intensity of sexualization between men and women is different in that women are increasingly likely to be hypersexualized, but men are not. Researchers argue that the simple presence of images of sexualized men does not signal equality in media representations of women and men. Sexualized images may legitimize or exacerbate violence against women and girls, sexual harassment, and anti-women attitudes among men. They concluded that similarly sexualized images can suggest victimization for women but confidence for men, consider the implications when women are sexualized at the same rate as men are not sexualized, as they were on the covers of Rolling Stone in the 2000s.[9]

Clothing designer Calvin Klein was criticized for using images of young, sexualized girls and women in his advertisements, having said:

"Jeans are about sex. The abundance of bare flesh is the last gasp of advertisers trying to give redundant products a new identity."

Calvin Klein has also received media attention for its controversial advertisements in the mid-1990s. Several of Calvin Klein's advertisements featured images of teenage models, some "who were reportedly as young as 15" in overly sexual and provocative poses.[10]

In a recent analysis, it was found that almost 30% of the clothing items available for pre-teen girls on the websites of 15 national stores had sexualizing characteristics. The clothing emphasized or revealed a sexualized body part (e.g., bikinis and push-up bras), or had characteristics associated with sexiness (e.g., red satin lingerie-like dresses). This exploitation of women is being seen in younger girls.[11]

American Apparel, founded in 1989, is a clothing retailer. Its advertising strategy was described by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation as normalizing the objectification of women by regularly featuring nude young women, emphasizing their buttocks and breasts.[12] The founder of the company and its CEO, Dov Charney, was accused of keeping videos on a company server of him sexually engaged in sex acts with female models and employees.[13]

The overt use of sexuality to promote breast cancer awareness, through fundraising campaigns like "I Love Boobies" and "Save the Ta-tas", angers and offends breast cancer survivors and older women, who are at higher risk of developing breast cancer. Women who have breast cancer say that these advertising campaigns suggest that having sexy breasts is more important than saving their lives, which devalues them as human beings.[14]

Another trend that has been studied in advertising is the victimization of women. A study conducted in 2008 found that women were represented as victims in 9.51% of the advertisements they were present in. Separate examination by subcategory found that the highest frequency of this is in women's fashion magazines where 16.57% of the ads featuring women present them as victims.[15]

The portrayal of women in advertising is influenced by the beauty myth, an idea that results in the presentation of primarily slender women with flawless skin and other socially acceptable features. Globalization has led to this portrayal becoming more uniform across different societies and cultures. Most women are unable to achieve the beauty standards shown because the appearance of the models has been modified using technical effects.[16]

Since the 20th century, women have increasingly been sexualized and objectified in media, including television, movies, ads, and music videos. The physical appearance, body image, social norms, and beauty of women have always been portrayed in media falsely and unrealistically. In ads, music videos, and films, girls and women are shown as objects, and their humanity is diminished. The exploitation of women's bodies is used for advertising everything for entertainment. [17] The fashion industry oversexualizes women's and girls' apparel; they are typically portrayed in sexually explicit attire, sexually suggestive cosmetics, and hypersexualized in advertisements. These brands usually prey on children and parents striving to keep up with the latest fashions. Models, supermodels, beauty queens, and even toys promote the idea that women and girls require unattainable levels of beauty and physical perfection.[18]

Gallup & Robinson, an advertising and marketing research firm, has reported that in more than 50 years of testing advertising effectiveness, it has found the use of the erotic to be a significantly above-average technique in communicating with the marketplace, "...although one of the more dangerous for the advertiser. Weighted down with taboos and volatile attitudes, sex is a Code Red advertising technique ... handle with care ... seller beware; all of which makes it even more intriguing." This research has led to the popular idea that "sex sells".[citation needed]

Camille Paglia holds that "Turning people into sex objects is one of the specialties of our species." In her view, objectification is closely tied to (and may even be identical with) the highest human faculties toward conceptualization and aesthetics.[19]

Film

 
The Hollywood actress Geena Davis in a speech at the Millennium Development Goals Countdown event in the Ford Foundation Building in New York, addressing gender roles and issues in film (24 September 2013)

In considering the way that films are put together, many feminist film critics[weasel words] have pointed to the "male gaze" that predominates in classical Hollywood film-making. Budd Boetticher summarises the view thus: "What counts is what the heroine provokes, or rather what she represents. She is the one, or rather the love or fear she inspires in the hero, or else the concern he feels for her, who makes him act the way he does. In herself the woman has not the slightest importance."[20] Laura Mulvey's germinal essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (written in 1973 and published in 1975) expands on this conception of the passive role of women in cinema to argue that film provides visual pleasure through scopophilia and identification with the on-screen male actor.[20] She states: "In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness," and as a result contends that in film a woman is the "bearer of meaning, not maker of meaning". Mulvey suggests that Lacan's psychoanalytic theory is the key to understanding how film creates such a space for female sexual objectification and exploitation through the combination of the patriarchal order of society, and 'looking' in itself as a pleasurable act of voyeurism, as "the cinema satisfies a primordial wish for pleasurable looking".[20]

Laura Mulvey's theory on the Male Gaze describes how viewers respond to visual content. The phrase "male gaze" debuted in film theory in the 1970s, drawing criticism for defining how males perceive visual content. These consist of movies, TV series, and advertisements."[21] The term "male gaze" describes a sexualized form of seeing that allows men to objectify women. Women are presented to heterosexual men in a sexualized fashion as objects of desire. For the male viewer, the sexualization of women occurs in visual media that responds to male voyeurism. According to Mulvey, the theory refers to the "to-be-looked-at-ness" of film. The guy is the "carrier of the look," and the girl is the "spectacle."[22]

Within the 56 top-grossing films of 2018 in North America, Scandinavia, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, women and girls were four times more likely than men to be shown wearing revealing clothing; nearly twice as likely to be shown as partially nude; and four times more likely to be shown completely naked.[23] The over-sexualization of female roles in popular Hollywood films has been found to have a negative effect on girl's self-esteem and can cause them to want to alter their bodies to look more like the actresses in films and movies.[24]

Girls and women are heavily represented in the media. Unfortunately, this has been a reality as early as the 1980s, where women were portrayed as significantly skinnier and younger than the everyday woman. Women were portrayed as being passive, dependent on men, and housewives. However, this is not the only way that media has harmfully portrayed women. They have also created two types of women: the bad ones, and the good ones. Good women tend to be women that focused on their family life, taking care of the husband and others, and those who are loyal. On the other hand, bad women were the ones that did the opposite—those that are hard, cold, or aggressive.[25]

One nonprofit organization, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, has been pushing the industry for years to expand the roles of women in film.[26][clarification needed] Geena Davis has expressed that throughout the film industry, there has been a lack of female representation and a pattern of inaccurate portrayals of women and girls in movie roles.[27]

Black women are presented by mass media as obnoxious, ignorant, confrontational and loud.[28] Not only do they struggle with internalizing these fixed notions of who they are, they are also faced with definitions of beauty for African American girls that are measured against white standards of what beauty should be. Film and social media reflect an idea of female beauty based on features closely resembling those of women of European origin, which is nearly impossible for a black girl to attain, or indeed any young girl.[28] At the same time black characters are typically depicted in films in occupational roles such as athletes, servants, musicians and criminals, roles which hold a lower status than the roles of white characters.[29]

Music

A survey conducted as a part of the Human Use of Music Information Retrieval Systems (HUMIRS) project found that 73.1% of respondents identified themselves as being "avid listeners" of music.[30] Popular music often contains messages about women that involve misogyny, sexual violence and abuse.[citation needed]

There are multiple online articles that seek to identify songs that have misogynistic lyrics.[31][32] For example, an article in the online US women's magazine Bustle provided a clip of lyrics from the song "Fine China" by Chris Brown. He sings "It's alright, I'm not dangerous / When you're mine, I'll be generous / You're irreplaceable; Collectible / Just like fine China." The article went on to conclude that the song was demeaning to women by referring to them as objects or possessions.[31]

Music is a key factor in the socialization of children. Children and adolescents often turn to music lyrics as an outlet away from loneliness or as a source of advice and information. The results of a study through A Kaiser Family Foundation Study in 2005 showed that 85% of youth ages 8–18 listen to music each day.[33] While music is commonly thought of as only a means of entertainment, studies have found that music is often chosen by youth because it mirrors their own feelings and the content of the lyrics is important to them.[34] Numerous studies have been conducted to research how music influences listeners behaviors and beliefs.[35][36][37] For example, a study featured in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence found that when compared to adolescent males who did not like heavy metal music, those who liked heavy metal had a higher occurrence of deviant behaviors. These behaviors included sexual misconduct, substance abuse and family issues.

Music's effect on how women are perceived

There are multiple online articles that seek to identify songs that have misogynistic undertones woven throughout them. For example, an article in the online US women's magazine Bustle provided a clip of lyrics from the song "Fine China" by Chris Brown. He sings "It's alright, I'm not dangerous / When you're mine, I'll be generous / You're irreplaceable; Collectible / Just like fine China." The article went on to conclude that the song was demeaning to women by referring to them as objects or possessions. Another example of this is found in the song "Animals" by Maroon 5. A lyric from this song is "Baby I'm preying on you tonight. Hunt, you down eat you alive. Just like animals."[3]

In July 2018 there was a movement about the "restrictions on language eroding women's ability to craft narrative in music."  [5] The movement addressed the importance of how women and mainly their bodies are portrayed in songwriting. They spoke about all matters such as, women having the ability to feel comfortable with these lyrics and not as if they are being objectified.

An article on the "Los Angeles Times" talks about misogyny in rap music by asking the question, "Does rap music disrespect women, girls? In asking this they interviewed many young children to get their responses. One child at the age of 17 mentioned " Let's put it like this: The only way a female can be disrespected is it she's a "ho". Most raps are written from experience. Just because rappers sing about "hos" doesn't mean every female is one. Rapping is either about what you have been through, or it is made to sell records. A lot of girls get offended by what rappers say, but another reality is it’s hard for a black man to make a living in this world. You have to be heard. We have a lot of gifts and talents in South-Central Los Angeles, but not a lot of people come here. I know a lot of kids who write good poetry, but if one kid has a bad image, people on the outside think we’re all alike."[7]

Music videos

Gan, Zillmann and Mitrook found that exposure to sexually explicit rap promotes unfavorable evaluations of black women. Following exposure to sexual rap, as compared with exposure to romantic music or to no music, the assessment of the female performers' personality resulted in a general downgrading of positive traits and a general upgrading of negative ones.[38] A 2008 study by Zhang et al. showed that exposure to sexually explicit music videos was associated with stronger endorsement of sexual double standards (e.g., belief that it is less acceptable for women to be sexually experienced than for men). Exposure to sexual content was also associated with more permissive attitudes toward premarital sex, regardless of gender, overall television viewing, and previous sexual experience.[39] However, Gad Saad argues that the premise that music videos yield harmful effects and that the harm would be sex-specific (e.g., women's self-concepts will be negatively affected) has not been supported by research.[40]

A survey found that 72.2% of black, 68.0% of white, and 69.2% of Hispanic youths agree with the suggestion that rap music videos contain "too many" references to sex.[41][42]

Despite the lack of adequate research linking music videos to negative self perception by young girls, research has shown adolescents have a higher susceptibility rate than other age brackets. More importantly, music videos are one of the many significant mediums that perpetuate sexual objectification of females, implicitly creating fixed gender norms.[43]

Modeling

A study conducted in the UK found evidence that anorexia nervosa is a socially transmitted disease and exposure to skinny models may be a contributing factor in the cause of anorexia nervosa.[44]

According to model, Sarah Ziff, stories are told in the industry about models being sexually assaulted.[45] Fernanda Ly, a pink-haired model who has worked for designers such as Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, says that she was groped at a young age by a stylist while shooting a lookbook, and the memory still haunts her.[46] In 2007 Anand Jon Alexander, a successful designer who appeared on America's Next Top Model, was arrested on charges of rape, sexual battery and performing lewd acts on a child, charges which in many cases concerned models who aspired to work for him.[47] He was sentenced to 59 years in prison.[48]

Models have been denied food on shoots as they are expected to be thin, according to model Vanessa Perron.[49] Due to the low level of regulation in the industry, modeling agencies often view their models as independent contractors rather than employees and attempts to unionize the industry have been largely unsuccessful. There are allegations that a fraudulent modeling agency in Florida drugged aspirant models and used them to create pornographic films. According to former agency executive Carolyn Kramer: "When you're a supermodel like Giselle or Christy Turlington you're treated like royalty, but 99% of models are treated like garbage".[50] The low level of regulation makes it easy for bad agencies to thrive and treat workers as nothing more than a source for profit. In their defence, modeling agencies have said that models work at odd hours for different clients, which means they cannot be considered employees. Legally speaking, models sign on to management companies and not the other way around.[50] The Model Alliance, created by the model Sara Ziff, provides its members with protection, advice and support. It is guided by a partnership between the American Guild of Musical Artists and the Actors' Equity Association.[51]

Being a fashion model is much more complex than it seems. The fashion industry is frequently exposed for abusing its models unethically. The fashion industry perceives itself as empowering beautiful women and expressing them through the lens. Still, it has a darker side that differs from the glamorous image in high fashion magazine prints.[52]The modelling industry promotes eating disorders, lacks diversity, sexually abuses its models, and hires too-young models. Famous supermodels like Ashley Graham, Winnie Harlow, and Jourdan Dunn came out against the bias for the stereotypical model, which is tall, slim, and blonde. The business has come under fire for its lack of racial and bodily diversity. Only ten years have passed since the industry began developing laws responding to unrealized expectations. The Council of Fashion Designers of America addressed the issue of eating disorders among models in 2007, the same year Britain banned the employment of models under the age of 16.[53]

Pornography

Main article: Pornification

In Effects of Prolonged Consumption of Pornography, a review of pornography research conducted for the Surgeon General in 1986, Dolf Zillmann noted that some inconsistencies in the literature on pornography exist, but overall concluded that extensive viewing of pornographic material may produce some negative sociological effects, including a decreased respect for long-term, monogamous relationships, and an attenuated desire for procreation.[54] He describes the theoretical basis for these conclusions stating:

The values expressed in pornography clash so obviously with the family concept, and they potentially undermine the traditional values that favor marriage, family, and children... Pornographic scripts dwell on sexual engagements of parties who have just met, who are in no way attached or committed to each other, and who will part shortly, never to meet again... Sexual gratification in pornography is not a function of emotional attachment, of kindness, of caring, and especially not of continuance of the relationship, as such continuance would translate into responsibilities, curtailments, and costs...[55]

Another study conducted by Svedin, Åkermana, and Priebe concluded that male partners' use of pornography might be integrated within the objectification theory framework for women, considering that pornography is a socialization agent for sexual attitudes and behavior. It often portrays men objectifying women via gazing at women's breasts and/or labia, non-permitted aggressive and sexualized touching of women's body parts, making sexual and derogatory remarks about women's body parts, and engaging in forceful oral and anal sex despite women gagging and crying. As pornography portrays women succumbing to this objectification, male viewers may internalize a view that these behaviors are acceptable.[56] According to the tenets of social learning theory, men who view pornography may learn and transfer the objectifying behaviors they view in pornography to sexual encounters with their female partners. Men's pornography use may correspond to higher levels of experienced sexual objectification by their female partners. Pornography usage may also enable men to treat their female partners in objectifying ways and believe that it is acceptable to do so.

Partner's use of pornography can also be negatively linked to women's well-being. Qualitative studies of women whose male partners heavily use pornography have revealed that these women reported lower relational and psychological well-being. The women perceived that their partner's pornography use was connected to their inability to be intimately and authentically open and vulnerable within their relationships. Women from this qualitative research also reported a personal struggle regarding the implications of their male partners pornography use for their own self-worth and value. These women were feeling less attractive and desirable after becoming aware of their male partner's pornography use.[57] Similarly, women view their partners in a new way. The general conclusion that women feel is that their partner is not who they originally thought he/she was. The mate is seen as a sexually questionable and degraded being since the partner seeks sexual fulfilment through the objectification and sometimes degradation of women.[58]

On the Internet, there is a widespread practice of female exploitation. This ranges from: trafficking, prostitution, mail-order-bride trade, pornography, rape, and sexual harassment.[59] This type of sexual exploitation thrives on the stereotypes that women are weak and mainly preys on young children or women that are poverty-stricken, refugees, or women that are migrating. Pornography is predominately revolved around what men want sexually. This is why there are countless videos online of acts of women being raped, sexually harassed, and prostituted. In pornography, women tend to want to be violated and possessed, and men want to violate and possess these women. This represents the inequality of the gender hierarchy, where females are seen as sub-human in comparison to men.[60]

Social media

Social media has a prominent effect on people's lives, especially those who use social media platforms more frequently than others. A study conducted in 2006 found inverse relationships between the frequency of social media usage and the relationships adolescents formed with the impact it had on their sense of self.[61] When social media usage increased, adolescents began to form stronger relationships online while their sense of self was impacted negatively. According to a study conducted by Xinyan Zhao, Mengqi Zhan, and Brooke F. Liu, social media content that weaves emotional components in a positive manner appears to have the benefit of also increasing one's online influence.[62] Positive social media content results in increased presence on networking sites among adolescent users.

Digital social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat allow individuals to establish their influence through sharing opinions, insights, experiences and perspectives with others.[63] In the 2000s, these platforms have emerged as integral communities for publics to voice their opinions, resulting in a changed online behavior associated largely with misinformation.[64] One example of these behaviors is displayed in a 2017 Dutch study conducted by Johanna M. F. van Oosten. This study found that adolescents play out stereotypical gender roles in their self-presentations in social media. Results of this study show that it is predominantly women that feel pressured to conform to hyper femininity and stereotypical gender roles online, including personality traits, domestic behaviors, occupations, and physical appearances.[65]

The prevalence of social media and its influence on self-perception among adolescents, especially young girls, is undeniable. Research has shown a significant scientific link between social media and depression among young girls.[66] In addition, this link between depression and social media perceptions has been connected to obesity among young girls.[66] The negative implications social media poses on women associated with their appearance or how they carry themselves reveals a chain reaction; the depression related to negative social media experiences can manifest itself in the form of poor academic performance and further mental and physical health issues.[66]

Such evidence of substantial mental and physical harm suggests that the root of the problem can be found not only within social media advertising and usage, but in the way young girls are taught to internalized responses on various social media platforms.

Since the early 2000s, more and more people, especially children, are going on social media. As people in the United States become more dependent on social media, these children who join social media are being influenced by what they see online. There has been an increase of influencers who are setting trends that may affect some young girls' self esteem. The National Center for Health Research reports on about social media and its affects on young people's mental health. Authors Elina Mir, Caroline Novas, and Meg Seymour report, "Almost 25% of adolescents believe that social media has mostly a negative effect".[67] In other words, young people—the majority of whom are girls—have realized that social media affects their mental health. This can also be seen through a recent study highlighting a strong connection between social media's role in construction identity, gender and sexuality. This has been linked to some social media sites exhibiting prejudiced and problematic themes found within the content consumers are exposed to.[68] If people would not be as dependent on social media, these statistics would be different.[67]

Television

Television is often subject to criticism for the sexual exploitation of women on screen, particularly when teenagers are involved. In 2013, the Parents Television Council released a report that found that it was increasingly more likely for a scene to be exploitative when a teenage girl was involved. The report also found that 43 percent of teen girls on television are the targets of sexually exploitative jokes compared to 33 percent of adult women. Rev. Delman Coates, a PTC board member said, "young people are having difficulty managing the distinction between appropriate and inappropriate sexual conduct". This report is of a series that's about media sexualization of young girls.[69]

The researchers from the study claim that "[i]f media images communicate that sexual exploitation is neither serious nor harmful, the environment is being set for sexual exploitation to be viewed as trivial and acceptable. As long as there are media producers who continue to find the degradation of women to be humorous, and media outlets that will air the content, the impact and seriousness of sexual exploitation will continue to be understated and not meaningfully addressed in our society."[70]

A 2012 study led by sociologist Stacy L. Smith found that in both prime-time television and family films, women were highly likely to be depicted as thin and scantily clad. They were also vastly underrepresented in STEM fields when compared to their male counterparts, and had less speaking roles. According to this study, only 28.3 percent of characters in family films, 30.8 percent of characters in children's shows, and 38.9 percent of characters on prime time television were women.[71]

According to a report by the Women's Media Center (WMC), it found that the gender gap has not declined and that in some industries it has gotten worse. In television, it found the percentage of female TV characters has decreased and that the ones who make it on-screen are not likely to get the lead roles compared to the male characters. "According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film's 'Boxed In' report, CW Television Network[72] is the only TV network where women can be seen in accurate proportion to their representation in the U.S. population".[73]

Video games

Main articles: Women and video games and Gender representation in video games
 
The video game heroine Lara Croft (here portrayed by Alison Carroll) is often cited as an example for the sexual objectification of women in video games.[74]

According to a report done by the Entertainment Software Association in 2013, "55% of game players are male and 45% are female" (Entertainment Software Association).[57] Women's roles in many modern games usually are less important to the game and rely heavily on stereotypes.[75] Video games' female characters also tend be lighter skinned individuals, as are their male counterparts. Furthermore, many of the female characters found in video games intentionally depict woman to be sultry and enhance the body form of females in an effort to appeal to men's desires[76] Although not demonstrating blatantly racist stereotypes, many games practice racism through omission of racially diverse characters.[77]

Video games have been found to offer a smaller range of roles to female characters compared to male characters, and these roles tend to involve being victims or prizes to be won. The majority of female characters are also not playable. These roles for women have been found to have a negative impact on the perception of women in gaming and even main playable female characters are found to be unrealistically proportioned with revealing clothing. If a sexualized female character is the main protagonist and portrayed in a positive light, studies have shown a potential negative effect if the character is hyper-sexualized in a stereotypical manner.[78] A recent Ohio State University Study has found that sexist and violent content in games cause male gamers to identify with the male lead, and find less empathy with female victims of violence,[79] although a 2017 review of this paper suggested several flaws and a reanalysis of the dataset using different statistical methods found no sexist effect, concluding "These results call into question whether use of “sexist” video games is a causal factor in the development of reduced empathy toward girls and women among adolescents".[80] Similarly, the results of a 2015 study suggested that "sexist video game play is related to men perceiving women in a stereotypic and sexist way", but found that the same correlation did not occur with female players.[81]

A German longitudinal study from 2011 to 2015 explored the connection between gaming and sexist attitudes. The results of this study concluded both that playing video games was not predictive of sexist beliefs and that sexist beliefs were not predicative of video game play. The researchers stressed, however, that the study did not, nor was intended to, disprove the existence of sexist attitudes in general.[82] A 2012 study also raised concerns about the correlation between video games and individual attitudes. Focusing on the Singaporean subjects playing the game Grand Theft Auto, the study found some evidence of "first order cultivation effects" – which relate to the perceptions of situations and issues – but found that second order effects, relating to beliefs and issues, were provided with only limited support by the study. This led the authors to conclude that previous studies on cultivation effects from television may not directly relate to effects from video game playing.[83]

The trend of portraying sex-typed images of women and violence against women in popular video games continues to proliferate and promulgate in video games. Video games depicting sexual objectification of women and violence against women resulted in statistically significant increased rape myths acceptance for male study participants but not for female participants.[75][84] A 2016 study by Fox and Potocki had similar findings, in which they ran a survey which found that "video game consumption throughout the life span is associated with interpersonal aggression, hostile sexism, and RMA [Rape Myth Acceptance]".[85]

Out of the top 10 video games listed midyear 2010 (New Super Mario Brothers; Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare; Battlefield: Bad Company 2; Final Fantasy XIII; Wii Fit Plus; God of War III; Pokémon SoulSilver; Wii Sports Resort, Mass Effect 2, Pokémon HeartGold Version; Morris, 2010), most have violent content, including violence against women, and some contain sexual objectification of women. Not only are gamers increasingly being exposed to video games containing sexual objectification of and violence against women, but research also indicates that such exposure can be excessive.[75] A national sample of youth aged 8 to 18 found that "8.5 percent of video game players exhibited pathological patterns of play," which is "very similar to the prevalence demonstrated in many other studies of this age group, including across nations".[86]

Effects On Society

Critics of the prevalent portrayals of women in the mass media observe possible negative consequences for various segments of the population, such as:[87][88][89]

  • Women self-objectify in terms of body surveillance by adopting a form of self-consciousness in which they habitually monitor their own body's outward appearance and spend significant amounts of attention on how others may perceive their physical appearance[90]
  • Unrealistic expectations held of how women should look or behave.
  • Stereotyping of women who are positively portrayed by or sexualized in the media, such as the theme of a "dumb blonde" or "blonde bimbo", limiting the societal and career opportunities for people who fit these stereotypes.[91]
  • Psychological/psychiatric disorders such as body dysmorphic disorder, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa.
  • The excessively coercive appeal to strong sexual instincts to sell products or promote media.
  • Increase in the likelihood and acceptance of sexual violence.[92]

According to Muehlenkamp and Saris–Baglama, self-objectification of women can lead to depression, noting that "the relationship between self-objectification and depression can be explained by the anxiety and powerlessness women may experience as a result of not knowing when or where they will encounter objectification. These feelings may increase women's vulnerability to depressive symptoms. Once a woman starts to self-objectify and compare her body to others, it may be a risk factor for human functioning, and may also lead to impairment in multiple life tasks, such as forming meaningful interpersonal relationships and achieving academic success."[93]

In addition, it can lead to sexual dysfunction. Engaging in sexual activity involves another person focusing attention on one's body. During sexual relations a woman can be distracted by thoughts about her body rather than experiencing sexual pleasure.[94]

Many studies have shown the negative effects that this exploitation of women in the media has on the mental health of young women, but recently the studies have focused on aging women in western societies. It has been observed that the exploitation of young attractive women in the media causes aging women to feel a variety of emotions including sadness, anger, concern, envy, desensitization, marginalization, and discomfort that their appearance was being judged by others.[95]

A study done in 1994 about the effects of media on young and middle-aged women found that of adolescent girls aged 11–17, the primary desire was to "lose weight and keep it off." The results were not different for older women. When asked what they would like to change about their lives, the answer, for over half, was regarding their bodies and weight.[96]

A recent study done by Vanderbilt University illustrated how sexist commercials have a greater impact on wellbeing than commercials that do not exploit women. The study was designed with three different groups: one was exposed to sexist media, one was exposed to neutral media, and the control group was not exposed to media at all. Of the women exposed to sexist advertising, there was a substantial difference. The women in this group expressed having a body larger than it was in reality and expressed feeling a greater disparity between their own body and the "ideal body." Following exposure to this kind of media, there was an immediate negative effect on their mood. It was also concluded that adolescent girls exposed to sexist media are the most highly impacted demographic.[96]

A study reported in 2018 demonstrated the effects of showing a group of women, aged from 18 to 41, images of thin and overweight (or plus size) female models. The researchers measured the change in the subjects' views of their body image and their overall anxiety levels. The results of the research showed that the social comparison effects of viewing images of thin women can worsen body image and increase anxiety.[97]

Studies have found that 11% of girls worldwide would consider themselves beautiful, and only six in ten women avoid participating in life activities based on how they perceive themselves. Studies have also proven that media is directly correlated with the mental wellbeing of young women.[98] Jess Wiener, an expert for the Dove Self-Esteem Project, explains that "viewing unrealistic and unachievable beauty images creates an unattainable goal which leads to feelings of failure. This is especially true of young girls who have grown up in a world of filters and airbrushing."[99]

The exploitation of women in mass media begins from a young age, which becomes noticeable in media texts such as Lolita. The Lolita Effect is a term coined by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, taken from Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, that highlights “the sexualization of girlhood in today’s highly mediated and global society”.[100] The Lolita Effect involves the exhibitionist element of femalehood and its submissive connection to Laura Mulvey’s theory of the Male Gaze. The Lolita effect also emphasizes the perfect body often portrayed in mass media, focusing on thin and white women. This ideal body reinforced through the Lolita effect is linked to the broader industry that produces weight-loss pills, surgery, enhancements and much more. Another point made by the Lolita Effect involves how young girls begin to become labelled and viewed as sexual objects. This sexualization is furthered by the mass media through popular culture products and messaging that reaches these young audiences.[100] Low self-esteem and psychological disorders, including eating disorders, are also linked to this phenomenon.[100]

Effects on Young Children and Adolescents

Statistically, a significant number of young children are exposed to sexualized media texts from early childhood. Influence upon girls' self-image has been reported for girls as young as 5 or 6.[101] According to the social cognitive theory, modeling such behaviors outlined within popular media have long-lasting effects upon the self-awareness and self-identity of young girls.

In a study on the sexualization of women in media, by the American Psychological Association, it was found that women or girls are, more likely to be dressed provocatively and forced into poses that are sexually suggestive. Another study, on print media, completed by psychology researchers at Wesleyan University found that 51.8% of the time, women are objectified in advertisements. This number changes when the study was narrowed to men's print, where women were objectified in an increased 76% of advertisements.[102]

A common problem among young girls is a number of afflictions directly related to a negative body image, that can resort from these objectifying ads. The APA is aware of this situation and put together a task force to complete a study across all major advertising and media platforms. What they found was numerous problems found in young women can be traced back to these displays of women as sexual objects. The affects span a wide range of disorders and illnesses, from anxiety, eating disorders, depression, and even prevent young girls from creating a healthy sex life. This task force is reaching out to both the media and families with young children in an attempt to properly inform all individuals on the negative impacts of the way media is used.[103]

Teenagers are very susceptible to advertising messages. Particularly, the pathologizing of the human body, which is when advertisements make people feel bad about themselves so they feel the need to buy a product. This encourages an unhealthy obsession with one's physical appearance, in addition to the physical changes that come during one's adolescent years. This can be extremely harmful to one's self esteem and overall mental and physical health.[104]

A study conducted by the Department of Psychology at Knox College provided insight into risk factors such as media consumption hours, self-objectification, religiosity, and television mediation; each show to affect rates of media influence and rates of self-internalization of the potential negative influences.[105]

Effects on Women of Colour

Black women stereotypes are consistently portrayed in the media. This includes: "angry" and "sassy" black woman, or even a "hypersexual Jezebel". During the Jezebel era, black women were placed outside of the societal standards of American beauty. This stereotype caused men to justify the exploitation of black women.[106] Stereotypically, the black woman's caricature is a sassy, gum chewing, twerking woman. This is portrayed in different music videos by popular artists, such as in Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" and Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off". Ultimately, this becomes an issue because black women are presented as hyper-sexualized.[107]

Support has shown that the effects of media exploitation vary for women of different ethnic backgrounds. Research has depicted that these implications often resonate beyond cultural boundaries, to cause significant differences among black, white, Latina, and Asian women.

According to the American Psychological Association, when comparing one's body to the sexualized cultural ideals, this significantly impaired the ability for women of these ethnicities to regulate cognitive functions, including logical reasoning and spatial skills.[88]

Within the media, black women are more often shown with characteristics pertaining to the ideal White beauty standard. For example, in advertising black women will be shown with white ideals such as a light complexion, thin figures, and long straight hair. This is contrasting black standards of beauty, which include big lips, wider body, and dark complexion.[108]

Spanish-language TV in the United States statistically projects more stereotypical roles for Latina women, often portraying them as 'exoticized' and 'overly sexual'; meanwhile, more Latina youth, on average, watch television than that of the standard caucasian American child.[101] This combination increases the acceptance of negative effects for women minorities, leading to a greater acceptance of traditional gender roles and negative stereotypes. However, studies have shown that Latina women who watch more black-oriented television shows see a general increase of body acceptance over time.

Bollywood is not exempt from the exploitation of women, with agist themes occurring in Indian media.[109] For Indian women on screen, their bodies represent a sense of fragile femininity, so they no longer uphold that ideal as they age. Compared to women, males can stay the protagonist in the Bollywood industry much longer. Regarding women and the protagonist heroine character, "fewer older women find such work except as mothers and minor relatives".[109] When women contribute to self-sexualization and objectifying their bodies, they encourage and invite the male gaze. A study by Slatewala found that Bollywood music videos are the primary media text for the sexualization of women in Indian media.[110] Additionally, Bollywood music videos increasingly present objectified images and scenes of women based on which decade it came out, with more recent videos showing more revealing scenes.[110]

The exploitation of women in mass media is persistent across cultures and societies. Mass media is exported across the globe, generating effects for non-western women. Asian and Chinese women report an increase in eating disorders and body issues attributed to "Westernization" and westernized ideals of beauty.[111] China's beauty industry and media also heavily emphasize thin and youthful femininity. A study conducted by Jackson, Jiang, and Chen found that Chinese and Asian women report feeling more affected by the physical portrayals in Chinese and Asian mass media rather than Western media.[111]  

Effects on Men and Boys

The exploitation of women in mass media is reinforced through the portrayals of stereotypical gender roles. These roles show women as sexually submissive and men as sexually dominant. The ongoing objectification of women, furthered by men, encourages the "socialization of objectified body consciousness among women".[112] This socialized objectification is a cycling notion for women that continues throughout one's exposure to mass media products.[112]

Masculine ideals remain a force in mass media that encourages how men and boys view themselves, promoting masculine individuals, while displaying how to view women, as feminine individuals. Femininity is framed in specific ways across media texts that emphasize and idealize particular ways of treating, interacting, and pursuing women. This is discussed in a study by Ward, Merriwether and Caruthers, men who read men's magazines more often and are prominent TV viewers adhere more to the stereotypical gender views of women's submission and male dominance.[113] Additionally, they are more accepting of perceiving women as sexual objects.

Sexualization of Women

Young women all over the world are experiencing sexualization, nearly one in five girls is sexually abused at least once in her life.[1] Sexualization of women, especially young women, has been a global crisis. 18 percent of girls report that by age 17 they have been victims of a sexual assault or abuse at the hands of another adolescent.[1] UNICEF has been a leading advocate for young women, helping them to escape underage marriage and domestic violence. Many experts believe the impact of social media has a increasing factor towards the sexualization of women. The media is involved in the daily life of many women, especially younger women. This has influence on their body image and behaviour. UNICEF states, "women and girls are repeatedly objectified and their bodies hyper sexualized, the media contributes to harmful gender stereotypes that often trivialize violence against girls.[1]" Due to social media increasing ones ability to be exposed to hyper-sexualization, many women's based organizations have been formed. Women's Media Center (WMC)[114] created a organizations called FBomb; a women run platform that educates young women about the dangers of media and the online dangers that can occur.[2] FBomb not only educates, but also dedicates an entire blog page to worldwide issues effecting women of all ages. It discusses how typical "Rom Coms" lead people to believe that women are inferior, as typically portrayed in movies, books, and other forms of entertainment. Along with this, the page discusses famous women who have made an impact on society, including Sacheen Littlefeather. The article explains how her small act of defiance of Hollywood sparked a large pro-women movement in the movie and TV industry.[115]

Cultural History of Women's Sexualization

One of the main reasons it is so hard to defeat sexualization of young women, is due to the deep history and sometimes cultural background that is intertwined with this issue. Some cultures have practiced the marriage of underage brides for hundreds of years. In the United States and other modernized countries, there are ethics laws that prevent underage marriage, but it remains very common, especially in tribes based in Africa. Along with African tribes, some sections of Islam believe in this as well,[116] many times they are arranged with women as young as twelve or thirteen marrying men older that fifty or even sixty years old. The Council Of Foreign Relations created a map showing where child marriages are most prominent. This map shows that 70%-80% of women under the age of 18, and 35% of women under the age of 15 are married in the country of Niger. Along with Niger, countries in South America including Brazil, and Nicaragua also have high rates of child marriages, both almost reaching 50%.[116] Many families partake in these arranged, underaged marriage provide for the extremely poor. Child brides are often "offerings", where they arrange for their daughters as a trade for money, or even higher social status. The Council of Foreign Relations states, "Poverty, cultural norms, and the low societal value of women and girls are the primary forces that fuel early marriage, although the relative significance of each varies from community to community."[116]

Counter arguments

Danish criminologist Berl Kutchinsky's Studies on Pornography and sex crimes in Denmark (1970), a scientific report ordered by the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, found that the legalizing of pornography in Denmark had not (as expected) resulted in an increase of sex crimes.[117] Since then, many other experiments have been conducted, either supporting or opposing the findings of Berl Kutchinsky, who would continue his study into the social effects of pornography until his death in 1995. His life's work was summed up in the publication Law, Pornography, and Crime: The Danish Experience (1999).[118] Milton Diamond from the University of Hawaii found that the number of reported cases of child sex abuse dropped markedly immediately after the ban on sexually explicit materials was lifted in 1989.[119]

Some researchers, such as Susan Bordo and Rosalind Gill, argue against using the phrase "sexual objectification" to describe such images because they often depict women as active, confident, and/or sexually desirous.[120][121] For this argument, there have been several refutations that intensity of women's sexualization suggests that "sexual object" may indeed be the only appropriate label. The accumulation of sexualized attributes in these images leaves little room for observers to interpret them in any way other than as instruments of sexual pleasure and visual possession for a heterosexual male audience.[57] Yet, some scholars have criticized such statements as overly homogenizing because they render invisible differences in this process of sexualization.[122]

Some social conservatives have agreed with aspects of the feminist critique of sexual objectification. In their view however, the increase in the sexual objectification of both sexes in Western culture is one of the negative legacies of the sexual revolution.[123][124][125][126][127] These critics, notably Wendy Shalit, advocate a return to pre-sexual revolution standards of sexual morality, which Shalit refers to as a "return to modesty", as an antidote to sexual objectification.[124][128]

The Female Gaze

Soap Operas operate for the female gaze, focusing on family and community relations that are popular among women.[129] Across the globe, Soap Operas remain an important entertainment genre for women. Its popularity is apparent with its allowance of "multiple identifications by the audience" because women can recognize and empathize with the characters' storylines.[129]

The film "Legally Blonde" opposes women's exploitation in mass media, especially against the dumb blonde stereotype. "Legally Blonde" looks at women from the feminine perspective, emphasizing the female gaze over the male gaze. It stands against the male gaze through women's camaraderie, intelligence, and female attitude.[130]

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exploitation, women, mass, media, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, neutrality, this, article, disputed, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, please, . This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject You may improve this article discuss the issue on the talk page or create a new article as appropriate April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The exploitation of women in mass media is the use or portrayal of women in mass media such as television film and advertising as objects to increase the appeal of media or a product to the detriment of or without regard to the interests of the women portrayed or women in general This process includes the presentation of women as sexual objects and the setting of feminine beauty ideals that women are expected to reflect 1 Sexual exploitation of women in the media dates back to 19th century Paris in which ballerinas were exposed to harassment and objectification The ballerinas in the Paris Opera Ballet were ogled by their male audience members and often even expected to perform sexual favors for the male subscribers behind the scenes 2 Feminists and other advocates of women s rights have criticized such exploitation The most often criticized aspect of the use of women in mass media is sexual objectification but dismemberment can be a part of the objectification as well Contents 1 Criticisms of the media 1 1 Advertising 1 2 Film 1 3 Music 1 3 1 Music s effect on how women are perceived 1 4 Music videos 1 5 Modeling 1 6 Pornography 1 7 Social media 1 8 Television 1 9 Video games 2 Effects On Society 2 1 Effects on Young Children and Adolescents 2 2 Effects on Women of Colour 2 3 Effects on Men and Boys 3 Sexualization of Women 3 1 Cultural History of Women s Sexualization 4 Counter arguments 4 1 The Female Gaze 5 See also 6 References 7 Further readingCriticisms of the media EditAdvertising Edit Robert Jensen Sut Jhally and other cultural critics accuse mass media of using sex in advertising that promotes the objectification of women to help sell their goods and services 3 4 5 In Gender Advertisements Erving Goffman sought to uncover the covert ways that popular media constructs masculinity and femininity in a detailed analysis of more than 500 advertisements The relationship between men and women Goffman argued was portrayed as a parent child relationship one characterized by male power and female subordination 6 Many contemporary studies of gender and sexualization in popular culture take as their starting point Goffman s analysis in Gender Advertisements Among them later research which expanded empirical framework by analyzing the aspects of women s sexualization and objectification in advertisements M E Kang examined the advertisements in women s magazines between 1979 and 1991 and found out there are still showing the same stereotyped images of women Nude or partially nude images of women increased nearly 30 from 1979 to 1991 7 Lindner further developed Kang s analytical framework in a study of women in advertisements and found out magazines rely on gender stereotypes but in different ways particularly in terms of sexualization For example in Vogue sexualized images of women are the primary way of portraying women in positions of inferiority and low social power 8 Research conducted by Eric Hatton and Mary Nell Trautner included a longitudinal content analysis of images of women and men on more than four decades of Rolling Stone magazine covers 1967 2009 It found that the frequency of sexualized images of men and women has increased though the intensity of sexualization between men and women is different in that women are increasingly likely to be hypersexualized but men are not Researchers argue that the simple presence of images of sexualized men does not signal equality in media representations of women and men Sexualized images may legitimize or exacerbate violence against women and girls sexual harassment and anti women attitudes among men They concluded that similarly sexualized images can suggest victimization for women but confidence for men consider the implications when women are sexualized at the same rate as men are not sexualized as they were on the covers of Rolling Stone in the 2000s 9 Clothing designer Calvin Klein was criticized for using images of young sexualized girls and women in his advertisements having said Jeans are about sex The abundance of bare flesh is the last gasp of advertisers trying to give redundant products a new identity Calvin Klein has also received media attention for its controversial advertisements in the mid 1990s Several of Calvin Klein s advertisements featured images of teenage models some who were reportedly as young as 15 in overly sexual and provocative poses 10 In a recent analysis it was found that almost 30 of the clothing items available for pre teen girls on the websites of 15 national stores had sexualizing characteristics The clothing emphasized or revealed a sexualized body part e g bikinis and push up bras or had characteristics associated with sexiness e g red satin lingerie like dresses This exploitation of women is being seen in younger girls 11 American Apparel founded in 1989 is a clothing retailer Its advertising strategy was described by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation as normalizing the objectification of women by regularly featuring nude young women emphasizing their buttocks and breasts 12 The founder of the company and its CEO Dov Charney was accused of keeping videos on a company server of him sexually engaged in sex acts with female models and employees 13 The overt use of sexuality to promote breast cancer awareness through fundraising campaigns like I Love Boobies and Save the Ta tas angers and offends breast cancer survivors and older women who are at higher risk of developing breast cancer Women who have breast cancer say that these advertising campaigns suggest that having sexy breasts is more important than saving their lives which devalues them as human beings 14 Another trend that has been studied in advertising is the victimization of women A study conducted in 2008 found that women were represented as victims in 9 51 of the advertisements they were present in Separate examination by subcategory found that the highest frequency of this is in women s fashion magazines where 16 57 of the ads featuring women present them as victims 15 The portrayal of women in advertising is influenced by the beauty myth an idea that results in the presentation of primarily slender women with flawless skin and other socially acceptable features Globalization has led to this portrayal becoming more uniform across different societies and cultures Most women are unable to achieve the beauty standards shown because the appearance of the models has been modified using technical effects 16 Since the 20th century women have increasingly been sexualized and objectified in media including television movies ads and music videos The physical appearance body image social norms and beauty of women have always been portrayed in media falsely and unrealistically In ads music videos and films girls and women are shown as objects and their humanity is diminished The exploitation of women s bodies is used for advertising everything for entertainment 17 The fashion industry oversexualizes women s and girls apparel they are typically portrayed in sexually explicit attire sexually suggestive cosmetics and hypersexualized in advertisements These brands usually prey on children and parents striving to keep up with the latest fashions Models supermodels beauty queens and even toys promote the idea that women and girls require unattainable levels of beauty and physical perfection 18 Gallup amp Robinson an advertising and marketing research firm has reported that in more than 50 years of testing advertising effectiveness it has found the use of the erotic to be a significantly above average technique in communicating with the marketplace although one of the more dangerous for the advertiser Weighted down with taboos and volatile attitudes sex is a Code Red advertising technique handle with care seller beware all of which makes it even more intriguing This research has led to the popular idea that sex sells citation needed Camille Paglia holds that Turning people into sex objects is one of the specialties of our species In her view objectification is closely tied to and may even be identical with the highest human faculties toward conceptualization and aesthetics 19 Film Edit This section is written like a personal reflection personal essay or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor s personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style October 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Hollywood actress Geena Davis in a speech at the Millennium Development Goals Countdown event in the Ford Foundation Building in New York addressing gender roles and issues in film 24 September 2013 In considering the way that films are put together many feminist film critics weasel words have pointed to the male gaze that predominates in classical Hollywood film making Budd Boetticher summarises the view thus What counts is what the heroine provokes or rather what she represents She is the one or rather the love or fear she inspires in the hero or else the concern he feels for her who makes him act the way he does In herself the woman has not the slightest importance 20 Laura Mulvey s germinal essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema written in 1973 and published in 1975 expands on this conception of the passive role of women in cinema to argue that film provides visual pleasure through scopophilia and identification with the on screen male actor 20 She states In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to be looked at ness and as a result contends that in film a woman is the bearer of meaning not maker of meaning Mulvey suggests that Lacan s psychoanalytic theory is the key to understanding how film creates such a space for female sexual objectification and exploitation through the combination of the patriarchal order of society and looking in itself as a pleasurable act of voyeurism as the cinema satisfies a primordial wish for pleasurable looking 20 Laura Mulvey s theory on the Male Gaze describes how viewers respond to visual content The phrase male gaze debuted in film theory in the 1970s drawing criticism for defining how males perceive visual content These consist of movies TV series and advertisements 21 The term male gaze describes a sexualized form of seeing that allows men to objectify women Women are presented to heterosexual men in a sexualized fashion as objects of desire For the male viewer the sexualization of women occurs in visual media that responds to male voyeurism According to Mulvey the theory refers to the to be looked at ness of film The guy is the carrier of the look and the girl is the spectacle 22 Within the 56 top grossing films of 2018 in North America Scandinavia Africa Asia Latin America and Europe women and girls were four times more likely than men to be shown wearing revealing clothing nearly twice as likely to be shown as partially nude and four times more likely to be shown completely naked 23 The over sexualization of female roles in popular Hollywood films has been found to have a negative effect on girl s self esteem and can cause them to want to alter their bodies to look more like the actresses in films and movies 24 Girls and women are heavily represented in the media Unfortunately this has been a reality as early as the 1980s where women were portrayed as significantly skinnier and younger than the everyday woman Women were portrayed as being passive dependent on men and housewives However this is not the only way that media has harmfully portrayed women They have also created two types of women the bad ones and the good ones Good women tend to be women that focused on their family life taking care of the husband and others and those who are loyal On the other hand bad women were the ones that did the opposite those that are hard cold or aggressive 25 One nonprofit organization the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has been pushing the industry for years to expand the roles of women in film 26 clarification needed Geena Davis has expressed that throughout the film industry there has been a lack of female representation and a pattern of inaccurate portrayals of women and girls in movie roles 27 Black women are presented by mass media as obnoxious ignorant confrontational and loud 28 Not only do they struggle with internalizing these fixed notions of who they are they are also faced with definitions of beauty for African American girls that are measured against white standards of what beauty should be Film and social media reflect an idea of female beauty based on features closely resembling those of women of European origin which is nearly impossible for a black girl to attain or indeed any young girl 28 At the same time black characters are typically depicted in films in occupational roles such as athletes servants musicians and criminals roles which hold a lower status than the roles of white characters 29 Music Edit A survey conducted as a part of the Human Use of Music Information Retrieval Systems HUMIRS project found that 73 1 of respondents identified themselves as being avid listeners of music 30 Popular music often contains messages about women that involve misogyny sexual violence and abuse citation needed There are multiple online articles that seek to identify songs that have misogynistic lyrics 31 32 For example an article in the online US women s magazine Bustle provided a clip of lyrics from the song Fine China by Chris Brown He sings It s alright I m not dangerous When you re mine I ll be generous You re irreplaceable Collectible Just like fine China The article went on to conclude that the song was demeaning to women by referring to them as objects or possessions 31 Music is a key factor in the socialization of children Children and adolescents often turn to music lyrics as an outlet away from loneliness or as a source of advice and information The results of a study through A Kaiser Family Foundation Study in 2005 showed that 85 of youth ages 8 18 listen to music each day 33 While music is commonly thought of as only a means of entertainment studies have found that music is often chosen by youth because it mirrors their own feelings and the content of the lyrics is important to them 34 Numerous studies have been conducted to research how music influences listeners behaviors and beliefs 35 36 37 For example a study featured in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence found that when compared to adolescent males who did not like heavy metal music those who liked heavy metal had a higher occurrence of deviant behaviors These behaviors included sexual misconduct substance abuse and family issues Music s effect on how women are perceived Edit There are multiple online articles that seek to identify songs that have misogynistic undertones woven throughout them For example an article in the online US women s magazine Bustle provided a clip of lyrics from the song Fine China by Chris Brown He sings It s alright I m not dangerous When you re mine I ll be generous You re irreplaceable Collectible Just like fine China The article went on to conclude that the song was demeaning to women by referring to them as objects or possessions Another example of this is found in the song Animals by Maroon 5 A lyric from this song is Baby I m preying on you tonight Hunt you down eat you alive Just like animals 3 In July 2018 there was a movement about the restrictions on language eroding women s ability to craft narrative in music 5 The movement addressed the importance of how women and mainly their bodies are portrayed in songwriting They spoke about all matters such as women having the ability to feel comfortable with these lyrics and not as if they are being objectified An article on the Los Angeles Times talks about misogyny in rap music by asking the question Does rap music disrespect women girls In asking this they interviewed many young children to get their responses One child at the age of 17 mentioned Let s put it like this The only way a female can be disrespected is it she s a ho Most raps are written from experience Just because rappers sing about hos doesn t mean every female is one Rapping is either about what you have been through or it is made to sell records A lot of girls get offended by what rappers say but another reality is it s hard for a black man to make a living in this world You have to be heard We have a lot of gifts and talents in South Central Los Angeles but not a lot of people come here I know a lot of kids who write good poetry but if one kid has a bad image people on the outside think we re all alike 7 Music videos Edit Gan Zillmann and Mitrook found that exposure to sexually explicit rap promotes unfavorable evaluations of black women Following exposure to sexual rap as compared with exposure to romantic music or to no music the assessment of the female performers personality resulted in a general downgrading of positive traits and a general upgrading of negative ones 38 A 2008 study by Zhang et al showed that exposure to sexually explicit music videos was associated with stronger endorsement of sexual double standards e g belief that it is less acceptable for women to be sexually experienced than for men Exposure to sexual content was also associated with more permissive attitudes toward premarital sex regardless of gender overall television viewing and previous sexual experience 39 However Gad Saad argues that the premise that music videos yield harmful effects and that the harm would be sex specific e g women s self concepts will be negatively affected has not been supported by research 40 A survey found that 72 2 of black 68 0 of white and 69 2 of Hispanic youths agree with the suggestion that rap music videos contain too many references to sex 41 42 Despite the lack of adequate research linking music videos to negative self perception by young girls research has shown adolescents have a higher susceptibility rate than other age brackets More importantly music videos are one of the many significant mediums that perpetuate sexual objectification of females implicitly creating fixed gender norms 43 Modeling Edit The neutrality of this section is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met December 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message A study conducted in the UK found evidence that anorexia nervosa is a socially transmitted disease and exposure to skinny models may be a contributing factor in the cause of anorexia nervosa 44 According to model Sarah Ziff stories are told in the industry about models being sexually assaulted 45 Fernanda Ly a pink haired model who has worked for designers such as Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior says that she was groped at a young age by a stylist while shooting a lookbook and the memory still haunts her 46 In 2007 Anand Jon Alexander a successful designer who appeared on America s Next Top Model was arrested on charges of rape sexual battery and performing lewd acts on a child charges which in many cases concerned models who aspired to work for him 47 He was sentenced to 59 years in prison 48 Models have been denied food on shoots as they are expected to be thin according to model Vanessa Perron 49 Due to the low level of regulation in the industry modeling agencies often view their models as independent contractors rather than employees and attempts to unionize the industry have been largely unsuccessful There are allegations that a fraudulent modeling agency in Florida drugged aspirant models and used them to create pornographic films According to former agency executive Carolyn Kramer When you re a supermodel like Giselle or Christy Turlington you re treated like royalty but 99 of models are treated like garbage 50 The low level of regulation makes it easy for bad agencies to thrive and treat workers as nothing more than a source for profit In their defence modeling agencies have said that models work at odd hours for different clients which means they cannot be considered employees Legally speaking models sign on to management companies and not the other way around 50 The Model Alliance created by the model Sara Ziff provides its members with protection advice and support It is guided by a partnership between the American Guild of Musical Artists and the Actors Equity Association 51 Being a fashion model is much more complex than it seems The fashion industry is frequently exposed for abusing its models unethically The fashion industry perceives itself as empowering beautiful women and expressing them through the lens Still it has a darker side that differs from the glamorous image in high fashion magazine prints 52 The modelling industry promotes eating disorders lacks diversity sexually abuses its models and hires too young models Famous supermodels like Ashley Graham Winnie Harlow and Jourdan Dunn came out against the bias for the stereotypical model which is tall slim and blonde The business has come under fire for its lack of racial and bodily diversity Only ten years have passed since the industry began developing laws responding to unrealized expectations The Council of Fashion Designers of America addressed the issue of eating disorders among models in 2007 the same year Britain banned the employment of models under the age of 16 53 Pornography Edit The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Main article PornificationIn Effects of Prolonged Consumption of Pornography a review of pornography research conducted for the Surgeon General in 1986 Dolf Zillmann noted that some inconsistencies in the literature on pornography exist but overall concluded that extensive viewing of pornographic material may produce some negative sociological effects including a decreased respect for long term monogamous relationships and an attenuated desire for procreation 54 He describes the theoretical basis for these conclusions stating The values expressed in pornography clash so obviously with the family concept and they potentially undermine the traditional values that favor marriage family and children Pornographic scripts dwell on sexual engagements of parties who have just met who are in no way attached or committed to each other and who will part shortly never to meet again Sexual gratification in pornography is not a function of emotional attachment of kindness of caring and especially not of continuance of the relationship as such continuance would translate into responsibilities curtailments and costs 55 Another study conducted by Svedin Akermana and Priebe concluded that male partners use of pornography might be integrated within the objectification theory framework for women considering that pornography is a socialization agent for sexual attitudes and behavior It often portrays men objectifying women via gazing at women s breasts and or labia non permitted aggressive and sexualized touching of women s body parts making sexual and derogatory remarks about women s body parts and engaging in forceful oral and anal sex despite women gagging and crying As pornography portrays women succumbing to this objectification male viewers may internalize a view that these behaviors are acceptable 56 According to the tenets of social learning theory men who view pornography may learn and transfer the objectifying behaviors they view in pornography to sexual encounters with their female partners Men s pornography use may correspond to higher levels of experienced sexual objectification by their female partners Pornography usage may also enable men to treat their female partners in objectifying ways and believe that it is acceptable to do so Partner s use of pornography can also be negatively linked to women s well being Qualitative studies of women whose male partners heavily use pornography have revealed that these women reported lower relational and psychological well being The women perceived that their partner s pornography use was connected to their inability to be intimately and authentically open and vulnerable within their relationships Women from this qualitative research also reported a personal struggle regarding the implications of their male partners pornography use for their own self worth and value These women were feeling less attractive and desirable after becoming aware of their male partner s pornography use 57 Similarly women view their partners in a new way The general conclusion that women feel is that their partner is not who they originally thought he she was The mate is seen as a sexually questionable and degraded being since the partner seeks sexual fulfilment through the objectification and sometimes degradation of women 58 On the Internet there is a widespread practice of female exploitation This ranges from trafficking prostitution mail order bride trade pornography rape and sexual harassment 59 This type of sexual exploitation thrives on the stereotypes that women are weak and mainly preys on young children or women that are poverty stricken refugees or women that are migrating Pornography is predominately revolved around what men want sexually This is why there are countless videos online of acts of women being raped sexually harassed and prostituted In pornography women tend to want to be violated and possessed and men want to violate and possess these women This represents the inequality of the gender hierarchy where females are seen as sub human in comparison to men 60 Social media Edit Social media has a prominent effect on people s lives especially those who use social media platforms more frequently than others A study conducted in 2006 found inverse relationships between the frequency of social media usage and the relationships adolescents formed with the impact it had on their sense of self 61 When social media usage increased adolescents began to form stronger relationships online while their sense of self was impacted negatively According to a study conducted by Xinyan Zhao Mengqi Zhan and Brooke F Liu social media content that weaves emotional components in a positive manner appears to have the benefit of also increasing one s online influence 62 Positive social media content results in increased presence on networking sites among adolescent users Digital social media platforms such as Twitter Instagram and Snapchat allow individuals to establish their influence through sharing opinions insights experiences and perspectives with others 63 In the 2000s these platforms have emerged as integral communities for publics to voice their opinions resulting in a changed online behavior associated largely with misinformation 64 One example of these behaviors is displayed in a 2017 Dutch study conducted by Johanna M F van Oosten This study found that adolescents play out stereotypical gender roles in their self presentations in social media Results of this study show that it is predominantly women that feel pressured to conform to hyper femininity and stereotypical gender roles online including personality traits domestic behaviors occupations and physical appearances 65 The prevalence of social media and its influence on self perception among adolescents especially young girls is undeniable Research has shown a significant scientific link between social media and depression among young girls 66 In addition this link between depression and social media perceptions has been connected to obesity among young girls 66 The negative implications social media poses on women associated with their appearance or how they carry themselves reveals a chain reaction the depression related to negative social media experiences can manifest itself in the form of poor academic performance and further mental and physical health issues 66 Such evidence of substantial mental and physical harm suggests that the root of the problem can be found not only within social media advertising and usage but in the way young girls are taught to internalized responses on various social media platforms Since the early 2000s more and more people especially children are going on social media As people in the United States become more dependent on social media these children who join social media are being influenced by what they see online There has been an increase of influencers who are setting trends that may affect some young girls self esteem The National Center for Health Research reports on about social media and its affects on young people s mental health Authors Elina Mir Caroline Novas and Meg Seymour report Almost 25 of adolescents believe that social media has mostly a negative effect 67 In other words young people the majority of whom are girls have realized that social media affects their mental health This can also be seen through a recent study highlighting a strong connection between social media s role in construction identity gender and sexuality This has been linked to some social media sites exhibiting prejudiced and problematic themes found within the content consumers are exposed to 68 If people would not be as dependent on social media these statistics would be different 67 Television Edit Television is often subject to criticism for the sexual exploitation of women on screen particularly when teenagers are involved In 2013 the Parents Television Council released a report that found that it was increasingly more likely for a scene to be exploitative when a teenage girl was involved The report also found that 43 percent of teen girls on television are the targets of sexually exploitative jokes compared to 33 percent of adult women Rev Delman Coates a PTC board member said young people are having difficulty managing the distinction between appropriate and inappropriate sexual conduct This report is of a series that s about media sexualization of young girls 69 The researchers from the study claim that i f media images communicate that sexual exploitation is neither serious nor harmful the environment is being set for sexual exploitation to be viewed as trivial and acceptable As long as there are media producers who continue to find the degradation of women to be humorous and media outlets that will air the content the impact and seriousness of sexual exploitation will continue to be understated and not meaningfully addressed in our society 70 A 2012 study led by sociologist Stacy L Smith found that in both prime time television and family films women were highly likely to be depicted as thin and scantily clad They were also vastly underrepresented in STEM fields when compared to their male counterparts and had less speaking roles According to this study only 28 3 percent of characters in family films 30 8 percent of characters in children s shows and 38 9 percent of characters on prime time television were women 71 According to a report by the Women s Media Center WMC it found that the gender gap has not declined and that in some industries it has gotten worse In television it found the percentage of female TV characters has decreased and that the ones who make it on screen are not likely to get the lead roles compared to the male characters According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television amp Film s Boxed In report CW Television Network 72 is the only TV network where women can be seen in accurate proportion to their representation in the U S population 73 Video games Edit Main articles Women and video games and Gender representation in video games The video game heroine Lara Croft here portrayed by Alison Carroll is often cited as an example for the sexual objectification of women in video games 74 According to a report done by the Entertainment Software Association in 2013 55 of game players are male and 45 are female Entertainment Software Association 57 Women s roles in many modern games usually are less important to the game and rely heavily on stereotypes 75 Video games female characters also tend be lighter skinned individuals as are their male counterparts Furthermore many of the female characters found in video games intentionally depict woman to be sultry and enhance the body form of females in an effort to appeal to men s desires 76 Although not demonstrating blatantly racist stereotypes many games practice racism through omission of racially diverse characters 77 Video games have been found to offer a smaller range of roles to female characters compared to male characters and these roles tend to involve being victims or prizes to be won The majority of female characters are also not playable These roles for women have been found to have a negative impact on the perception of women in gaming and even main playable female characters are found to be unrealistically proportioned with revealing clothing If a sexualized female character is the main protagonist and portrayed in a positive light studies have shown a potential negative effect if the character is hyper sexualized in a stereotypical manner 78 A recent Ohio State University Study has found that sexist and violent content in games cause male gamers to identify with the male lead and find less empathy with female victims of violence 79 although a 2017 review of this paper suggested several flaws and a reanalysis of the dataset using different statistical methods found no sexist effect concluding These results call into question whether use of sexist video games is a causal factor in the development of reduced empathy toward girls and women among adolescents 80 Similarly the results of a 2015 study suggested that sexist video game play is related to men perceiving women in a stereotypic and sexist way but found that the same correlation did not occur with female players 81 A German longitudinal study from 2011 to 2015 explored the connection between gaming and sexist attitudes The results of this study concluded both that playing video games was not predictive of sexist beliefs and that sexist beliefs were not predicative of video game play The researchers stressed however that the study did not nor was intended to disprove the existence of sexist attitudes in general 82 A 2012 study also raised concerns about the correlation between video games and individual attitudes Focusing on the Singaporean subjects playing the game Grand Theft Auto the study found some evidence of first order cultivation effects which relate to the perceptions of situations and issues but found that second order effects relating to beliefs and issues were provided with only limited support by the study This led the authors to conclude that previous studies on cultivation effects from television may not directly relate to effects from video game playing 83 The trend of portraying sex typed images of women and violence against women in popular video games continues to proliferate and promulgate in video games Video games depicting sexual objectification of women and violence against women resulted in statistically significant increased rape myths acceptance for male study participants but not for female participants 75 84 A 2016 study by Fox and Potocki had similar findings in which they ran a survey which found that video game consumption throughout the life span is associated with interpersonal aggression hostile sexism and RMA Rape Myth Acceptance 85 Out of the top 10 video games listed midyear 2010 New Super Mario Brothers Call Of Duty Modern Warfare Battlefield Bad Company 2 Final Fantasy XIII Wii Fit Plus God of War III Pokemon SoulSilver Wii Sports Resort Mass Effect 2 Pokemon HeartGold Version Morris 2010 most have violent content including violence against women and some contain sexual objectification of women Not only are gamers increasingly being exposed to video games containing sexual objectification of and violence against women but research also indicates that such exposure can be excessive 75 A national sample of youth aged 8 to 18 found that 8 5 percent of video game players exhibited pathological patterns of play which is very similar to the prevalence demonstrated in many other studies of this age group including across nations 86 Effects On Society EditCritics of the prevalent portrayals of women in the mass media observe possible negative consequences for various segments of the population such as 87 88 89 Women self objectify in terms of body surveillance by adopting a form of self consciousness in which they habitually monitor their own body s outward appearance and spend significant amounts of attention on how others may perceive their physical appearance 90 Unrealistic expectations held of how women should look or behave Stereotyping of women who are positively portrayed by or sexualized in the media such as the theme of a dumb blonde or blonde bimbo limiting the societal and career opportunities for people who fit these stereotypes 91 Psychological psychiatric disorders such as body dysmorphic disorder anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa The excessively coercive appeal to strong sexual instincts to sell products or promote media Increase in the likelihood and acceptance of sexual violence 92 According to Muehlenkamp and Saris Baglama self objectification of women can lead to depression noting that the relationship between self objectification and depression can be explained by the anxiety and powerlessness women may experience as a result of not knowing when or where they will encounter objectification These feelings may increase women s vulnerability to depressive symptoms Once a woman starts to self objectify and compare her body to others it may be a risk factor for human functioning and may also lead to impairment in multiple life tasks such as forming meaningful interpersonal relationships and achieving academic success 93 In addition it can lead to sexual dysfunction Engaging in sexual activity involves another person focusing attention on one s body During sexual relations a woman can be distracted by thoughts about her body rather than experiencing sexual pleasure 94 Many studies have shown the negative effects that this exploitation of women in the media has on the mental health of young women but recently the studies have focused on aging women in western societies It has been observed that the exploitation of young attractive women in the media causes aging women to feel a variety of emotions including sadness anger concern envy desensitization marginalization and discomfort that their appearance was being judged by others 95 A study done in 1994 about the effects of media on young and middle aged women found that of adolescent girls aged 11 17 the primary desire was to lose weight and keep it off The results were not different for older women When asked what they would like to change about their lives the answer for over half was regarding their bodies and weight 96 A recent study done by Vanderbilt University illustrated how sexist commercials have a greater impact on wellbeing than commercials that do not exploit women The study was designed with three different groups one was exposed to sexist media one was exposed to neutral media and the control group was not exposed to media at all Of the women exposed to sexist advertising there was a substantial difference The women in this group expressed having a body larger than it was in reality and expressed feeling a greater disparity between their own body and the ideal body Following exposure to this kind of media there was an immediate negative effect on their mood It was also concluded that adolescent girls exposed to sexist media are the most highly impacted demographic 96 A study reported in 2018 demonstrated the effects of showing a group of women aged from 18 to 41 images of thin and overweight or plus size female models The researchers measured the change in the subjects views of their body image and their overall anxiety levels The results of the research showed that the social comparison effects of viewing images of thin women can worsen body image and increase anxiety 97 Studies have found that 11 of girls worldwide would consider themselves beautiful and only six in ten women avoid participating in life activities based on how they perceive themselves Studies have also proven that media is directly correlated with the mental wellbeing of young women 98 Jess Wiener an expert for the Dove Self Esteem Project explains that viewing unrealistic and unachievable beauty images creates an unattainable goal which leads to feelings of failure This is especially true of young girls who have grown up in a world of filters and airbrushing 99 The exploitation of women in mass media begins from a young age which becomes noticeable in media texts such as Lolita The Lolita Effect is a term coined by Meenakshi Gigi Durham taken from Vladimir Nabokov s Lolita that highlights the sexualization of girlhood in today s highly mediated and global society 100 The Lolita Effect involves the exhibitionist element of femalehood and its submissive connection to Laura Mulvey s theory of the Male Gaze The Lolita effect also emphasizes the perfect body often portrayed in mass media focusing on thin and white women This ideal body reinforced through the Lolita effect is linked to the broader industry that produces weight loss pills surgery enhancements and much more Another point made by the Lolita Effect involves how young girls begin to become labelled and viewed as sexual objects This sexualization is furthered by the mass media through popular culture products and messaging that reaches these young audiences 100 Low self esteem and psychological disorders including eating disorders are also linked to this phenomenon 100 Effects on Young Children and Adolescents Edit Statistically a significant number of young children are exposed to sexualized media texts from early childhood Influence upon girls self image has been reported for girls as young as 5 or 6 101 According to the social cognitive theory modeling such behaviors outlined within popular media have long lasting effects upon the self awareness and self identity of young girls In a study on the sexualization of women in media by the American Psychological Association it was found that women or girls are more likely to be dressed provocatively and forced into poses that are sexually suggestive Another study on print media completed by psychology researchers at Wesleyan University found that 51 8 of the time women are objectified in advertisements This number changes when the study was narrowed to men s print where women were objectified in an increased 76 of advertisements 102 A common problem among young girls is a number of afflictions directly related to a negative body image that can resort from these objectifying ads The APA is aware of this situation and put together a task force to complete a study across all major advertising and media platforms What they found was numerous problems found in young women can be traced back to these displays of women as sexual objects The affects span a wide range of disorders and illnesses from anxiety eating disorders depression and even prevent young girls from creating a healthy sex life This task force is reaching out to both the media and families with young children in an attempt to properly inform all individuals on the negative impacts of the way media is used 103 Teenagers are very susceptible to advertising messages Particularly the pathologizing of the human body which is when advertisements make people feel bad about themselves so they feel the need to buy a product This encourages an unhealthy obsession with one s physical appearance in addition to the physical changes that come during one s adolescent years This can be extremely harmful to one s self esteem and overall mental and physical health 104 A study conducted by the Department of Psychology at Knox College provided insight into risk factors such as media consumption hours self objectification religiosity and television mediation each show to affect rates of media influence and rates of self internalization of the potential negative influences 105 Effects on Women of Colour Edit Black women stereotypes are consistently portrayed in the media This includes angry and sassy black woman or even a hypersexual Jezebel During the Jezebel era black women were placed outside of the societal standards of American beauty This stereotype caused men to justify the exploitation of black women 106 Stereotypically the black woman s caricature is a sassy gum chewing twerking woman This is portrayed in different music videos by popular artists such as in Meghan Trainor s All About That Bass and Taylor Swift s Shake It Off Ultimately this becomes an issue because black women are presented as hyper sexualized 107 Support has shown that the effects of media exploitation vary for women of different ethnic backgrounds Research has depicted that these implications often resonate beyond cultural boundaries to cause significant differences among black white Latina and Asian women According to the American Psychological Association when comparing one s body to the sexualized cultural ideals this significantly impaired the ability for women of these ethnicities to regulate cognitive functions including logical reasoning and spatial skills 88 Within the media black women are more often shown with characteristics pertaining to the ideal White beauty standard For example in advertising black women will be shown with white ideals such as a light complexion thin figures and long straight hair This is contrasting black standards of beauty which include big lips wider body and dark complexion 108 Spanish language TV in the United States statistically projects more stereotypical roles for Latina women often portraying them as exoticized and overly sexual meanwhile more Latina youth on average watch television than that of the standard caucasian American child 101 This combination increases the acceptance of negative effects for women minorities leading to a greater acceptance of traditional gender roles and negative stereotypes However studies have shown that Latina women who watch more black oriented television shows see a general increase of body acceptance over time Bollywood is not exempt from the exploitation of women with agist themes occurring in Indian media 109 For Indian women on screen their bodies represent a sense of fragile femininity so they no longer uphold that ideal as they age Compared to women males can stay the protagonist in the Bollywood industry much longer Regarding women and the protagonist heroine character fewer older women find such work except as mothers and minor relatives 109 When women contribute to self sexualization and objectifying their bodies they encourage and invite the male gaze A study by Slatewala found that Bollywood music videos are the primary media text for the sexualization of women in Indian media 110 Additionally Bollywood music videos increasingly present objectified images and scenes of women based on which decade it came out with more recent videos showing more revealing scenes 110 The exploitation of women in mass media is persistent across cultures and societies Mass media is exported across the globe generating effects for non western women Asian and Chinese women report an increase in eating disorders and body issues attributed to Westernization and westernized ideals of beauty 111 China s beauty industry and media also heavily emphasize thin and youthful femininity A study conducted by Jackson Jiang and Chen found that Chinese and Asian women report feeling more affected by the physical portrayals in Chinese and Asian mass media rather than Western media 111 Effects on Men and Boys Edit The exploitation of women in mass media is reinforced through the portrayals of stereotypical gender roles These roles show women as sexually submissive and men as sexually dominant The ongoing objectification of women furthered by men encourages the socialization of objectified body consciousness among women 112 This socialized objectification is a cycling notion for women that continues throughout one s exposure to mass media products 112 Masculine ideals remain a force in mass media that encourages how men and boys view themselves promoting masculine individuals while displaying how to view women as feminine individuals Femininity is framed in specific ways across media texts that emphasize and idealize particular ways of treating interacting and pursuing women This is discussed in a study by Ward Merriwether and Caruthers men who read men s magazines more often and are prominent TV viewers adhere more to the stereotypical gender views of women s submission and male dominance 113 Additionally they are more accepting of perceiving women as sexual objects Sexualization of Women EditYoung women all over the world are experiencing sexualization nearly one in five girls is sexually abused at least once in her life 1 Sexualization of women especially young women has been a global crisis 18 percent of girls report that by age 17 they have been victims of a sexual assault or abuse at the hands of another adolescent 1 UNICEF has been a leading advocate for young women helping them to escape underage marriage and domestic violence Many experts believe the impact of social media has a increasing factor towards the sexualization of women The media is involved in the daily life of many women especially younger women This has influence on their body image and behaviour UNICEF states women and girls are repeatedly objectified and their bodies hyper sexualized the media contributes to harmful gender stereotypes that often trivialize violence against girls 1 Due to social media increasing ones ability to be exposed to hyper sexualization many women s based organizations have been formed Women s Media Center WMC 114 created a organizations called FBomb a women run platform that educates young women about the dangers of media and the online dangers that can occur 2 FBomb not only educates but also dedicates an entire blog page to worldwide issues effecting women of all ages It discusses how typical Rom Coms lead people to believe that women are inferior as typically portrayed in movies books and other forms of entertainment Along with this the page discusses famous women who have made an impact on society including Sacheen Littlefeather The article explains how her small act of defiance of Hollywood sparked a large pro women movement in the movie and TV industry 115 Cultural History of Women s Sexualization Edit One of the main reasons it is so hard to defeat sexualization of young women is due to the deep history and sometimes cultural background that is intertwined with this issue Some cultures have practiced the marriage of underage brides for hundreds of years In the United States and other modernized countries there are ethics laws that prevent underage marriage but it remains very common especially in tribes based in Africa Along with African tribes some sections of Islam believe in this as well 116 many times they are arranged with women as young as twelve or thirteen marrying men older that fifty or even sixty years old The Council Of Foreign Relations created a map showing where child marriages are most prominent This map shows that 70 80 of women under the age of 18 and 35 of women under the age of 15 are married in the country of Niger Along with Niger countries in South America including Brazil and Nicaragua also have high rates of child marriages both almost reaching 50 116 Many families partake in these arranged underaged marriage provide for the extremely poor Child brides are often offerings where they arrange for their daughters as a trade for money or even higher social status The Council of Foreign Relations states Poverty cultural norms and the low societal value of women and girls are the primary forces that fuel early marriage although the relative significance of each varies from community to community 116 Counter arguments EditDanish criminologist Berl Kutchinsky s Studies on Pornography and sex crimes in Denmark 1970 a scientific report ordered by the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography found that the legalizing of pornography in Denmark had not as expected resulted in an increase of sex crimes 117 Since then many other experiments have been conducted either supporting or opposing the findings of Berl Kutchinsky who would continue his study into the social effects of pornography until his death in 1995 His life s work was summed up in the publication Law Pornography and Crime The Danish Experience 1999 118 Milton Diamond from the University of Hawaii found that the number of reported cases of child sex abuse dropped markedly immediately after the ban on sexually explicit materials was lifted in 1989 119 Some researchers such as Susan Bordo and Rosalind Gill argue against using the phrase sexual objectification to describe such images because they often depict women as active confident and or sexually desirous 120 121 For this argument there have been several refutations that intensity of women s sexualization suggests that sexual object may indeed be the only appropriate label The accumulation of sexualized attributes in these images leaves little room for observers to interpret them in any way other than as instruments of sexual pleasure and visual possession for a heterosexual male audience 57 Yet some scholars have criticized such statements as overly homogenizing because they render invisible differences in this process of sexualization 122 Some social conservatives have agreed with aspects of the feminist critique of sexual objectification In their view however the increase in the sexual objectification of both sexes in 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