Mostly everyone can agree that women often play an important role in our society.
They sacrifice a lot when giving birth to a child and then do everything they can to care for that child. Throughout history women haven’t been looked at as
equal, it has only been 100 years since women got the right to vote.
Still to this day there are a lot of work environments where women are not treated equally to men.
Are women still looked down upon in western society? Absolutely.
Media and celebrities often support the way we view life.
We hear the term “sex sells” often.
In many ways we don’t see how women are sexualized in advertisements.
In boxing, UFC or even NHL games we often see women modeling a featured brand
name that the company is advertising.
An example of this would be the Corona Girls posing on stage after a winner is
presented in a boxing match. We are subconsciously relating women to objects
instead of human beings.
It could potentially be putting a woman at risk for domestic violence.
When someone sees women being treated as objects in media, it makes it easier for a man to hit a woman when he can’t view her as a human being himself,
especially when relating her to prostitutes.
As time goes on and we continue to live by the term “sex sells,” this could be putting more prostitutes at risk for rape or murder.
It is a sad reality we live in and many of us don’t seem to notice this.
As a society we feed into this by idolizing celebrities such as the Kardashians, Miley Cyrus, Amber Rose and many others who are sexualized.
We also do our part by wearing revealing halloween costumes.
Aside from that, more and more revealing clothes are sold in stores especially to teenagers and young adults.
And don’t forget seeing photoshopped women on magazine covers. As a woman I worry that this will make our younger generations more vulnerable.