My takeaway from Miss Representation...

My eyes have became more open to how disturbingly the media decides to portray women, especially younger girls. As someone who is pretty young herself, it made my whole body cringe and feel a bit wheezy knowing girls a few years younger than me are being sexualized in a manner almost as inappropriate as possibly an adult film star. They are put out into the dominating world as these sex appeal teens that may not have even hit puberty yet, but are been seen as a character of just boobs and butts. Companies with major powers in the media industry world set the bar as to what is appropriate. They decide which body parts to focus on in a woman and by give the impression that a woman's only asset is her body. This objectification of women in the media reveals how men are mostly in positions of power in the media industry. If more women were in positions of power, there would be more people at the top who could question this portrayal of women. Unfortunately no one feels the need to intervene, or they are afraid to speak out against this portrayal of women for fear of being ostracized. Speaking up can result in 'social suicide.'