Over the course of this semester the topic that really caught my interest was when we began talking about advertisement and the idea of being beautiful. In high-school we also covered this idea of "killing us softly" but it still sparks my interest every time its brought up. The reason why it was all so interesting is that in class we were able to not just discuss America's idea of beauty but the way women internationally felt about the issue. It was very surprising to me that women around the world have trouble when asked if they think of themselves as beautiful.
The advertising of the women's body its also a disturbing factor that has risen since the availability of technology's advisement. The way in which the female body can be plastered on a beer glass or a screen shot of the behind I understand as "sex sells". I have always heard the term "sex sells" but the thing is, which sex, who really is becoming the target of the advertisement industry? Women are become used more as parts and pieces to sell things then as a person. When advertisements are selling their products they almost never show the whole body unless its twisted into some unnatural version of itself. People are no longer wanting to see the body as it is; a person, but as a thing. This topic in class made me wonder how everyone else is effected by the ad's places in their disposal, do the question its effects or just think "its just an ad".
I completely agree that the body is just seen as a thing now. We as women, are so objectified in society now it raises a point of how we are supposed to be viewed. Since we are seen as "things" now, how are we supposed to protect ourselves when it comes to serious subjects as rape, and gender discrimination? If we are things, we are viewed as owing people our bodies just so they can have some sort of pleasure. It's reasons like this that we need feminism and that we need to fight for the protection of our own bodies.
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