http://www.policymic.com/articles/4439/are-women-in-the-media-only-portrayed-as-sex-icons-statistics-show-a-massive-gender-imbalance-across-industries
I came across this article about a documentary, "Miss Representation" written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, that had its broadcast premiere on "OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network" in October 2011. The documentary analyzes how women are misrepresented in the media. This video clips shows scenes from some of the most popular shows and films like "Mean Girls", "Americas Next Top Model", "Two and a Half Men", "Pretty Little Liars" and "Toddlers in Tiaras". These shows are viewed by billions of people each week and the viewers are mostly young teens. Teens are at the stage in their lives where self esteem and self image are very important to their overall health. Therefore, if they are constantly being fed that being pretty and thin is all that matters so they can catch cute boys attention their self esteem is going to be in great danger. Also poor self esteem can be very detrimental to young girls futures and can cause larger issues in their futures as well. Women being portrayed as sex symbols in film like in hip hop music (film "Say My Name" and "Under Construction" by Peoples) is a direct result of a male dominated media industry.
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