Miss Representation

It's been a couple of days but I'm back to blogging! I didn't really have much to talk about for the past few days but after watching Miss Representation on the OWN network I definitely have some things to say! Miss Representation is a documentary that explores the skewed way the media portrays women. Especially women who possess power that they have obtained through intellect. The film points out how the majority of female role models that young American girls are exposed to everyday through media, are somehow sexualized. The media is basically showing girls and women that they only thing we are good for is to look beautiful and be "arm candy" for the men who hold the "true power." It was really eye opening to see that the idea of the media telling or convincing women that they are only good at certain things begins very young in life. The media markets certain things towards little girls (such as play kitchens, Barbies and baby dolls) and certain things towards little boys (such as tools, cars, and sport oriented things) It also explored the idea that as women we feel like we have come so far but in actuality the media and society has only made us think we've come far. Regardless of how much we think society has changed when push comes to shove we still only get paid seventy seven cents to the dollar that men make. We expect our young girls to grow up and go to school and have amazing careers but who do we give them to look up to? The whole purpose of the film was to open the eyes to men and women and show them that we still need to change. We need to take control of the media's portrayal of women and we need to begin to be taken seriously and be on par with men.