Ry Hormel MIss Representation post

The film Miss Representation had some shocking information and I kept relating to it through my little sister.  After watching her grow up I could compare certain statistic and examples to that relative to her life.  The film gives a great showing of the world in the eyes of women and the way the media affects it.   The statistics they showed were quite shocking and one that struck me the most was that 65% of women have an eating disorder.  That is so amazingly sad and it should be nowhere close to this high.  Something the film showed and helped prove is the media is something to blame for these self-confidence, depression, and pressure issues that women are faced with.

            

The movie points out the world of advertisement and how the women are portrayed.  The way women are shown in ad’s are as what society calls “Ideal”, it is such a false construct of what a women is.  They are shown as “sexy”, “hot”, inferior, the list can go on.  This causes women to think that there is only one way to appear to society.  Therefore because everyone is different, people are faced with much insecurity and pressures that can lead to depression and self-hatred. 

            

Building off how society expects a girl/women to act, dress, and conduct them self, I can draw examples from watching my little sister grow up.  My sister has always been somewhat mature.  Throughout middle school she always acted like a “normal girl” from what society expects.  She played sports, listened to pop music, dressed a certain way, she was typical.  But once she got to high school she began branching away from that and realizing what she really liked.  She loves vintage clothing and good old school music now.  She isn’t your typical girl anymore and she has suffered from people making fun of her and that has caused her to have insecurities. It is sad to see how someone is expected to act in a certain way to fit in.  When someone is not a construct from what society expects, society views them as somewhat of an outcast, and I think this is somewhat looked at harder toward women.