Does the way in which women are portrayed by men negatively influence young people?
· - Some women think the way they are portrayed by men makes them look glamorous
· - They are conforming to the way men want them to look – This could be through naivety
· - However, to some they are perceived as being exploited
· - Some people think they are being exploited some people accept it
· - The effect on innocent young people – how they are influenced and how this is shown in their own behaviour
Useful texts for the essay | Explanation |
Berger, J. (1972) ways of seeing. London, Penguin Books. | I will use this book in my essay because it explores the idea that men survey women before treating them and how this leads women to scrutinise themselves. |
Bach, A. (1997) Women, seduction, and betrayal in biblical narrative. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. | It maybe interesting to use aspects from this book within the essay because it references to the bible and many people in the media are Christian. It would enable me to find out the contradiction of the bible in the media. |
Watkins, S. Rueda, M. Rodriguez, M. (1992) Feminism for beginners. Cambridge, Icon Books. | This book looks at the basic of feminism and talks about the appearance of women and how they sell themselves to men. |
Nicholson, L,J. (1990) Feminism/Postmodernism. New York, Routledge. | This book maybe useful because it also looks and feminist theories and would allow me to explain |
Roberts, R. (1996) Ladies First: women in music videos. University of Mississippi. | This would be an excellent book to use because it looks at a major problem in how women are portrayed as sexual music videos which young people like to imitate |
The image below is of Christina Aguilera performance on the x-factor in front of millions of viewers. I may discus this image in my essay because it is an excellent example of the type of images in the media, which are on view to young people. Christina is a popular music artist who is a role model for the younger generation. By dressing in her underwear onstage and flaunting herself Aguilera is glamorising sex and dressing in a way that men wild like her to look in bed. Many young girls would like to imitate this image by wearing similar clothes
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