After seeing the movie Miss Representation, I have become even more aware of the derogatory comments made about women on T.V., movies and in the media. If you watch even an half hour of T.V. in a night you can count a dozen or more comments that we make about women that we don't make about men. Comments about what she was wearing, if she looked heavy or not, if she is attractive or not, if she looks young or not, if her hair-do is appropriate or not, if she is dressed well or not, if her body is toned or not, if her rear end is big or not! It is ridiculous what we put women through. We pick them apart and then we wonder why young girls are so insecure!
I turned on "The View" for 10 minutes and within that ten minutes Whoopi Goldberg and several others commented on Michelle Bachmann. The only thing they had to say about her was she is attractive and looked good on her interview on the "late late show". They also said she wasn't going to win the election but not one of them commented on her political views. Do they even know what they are? Isn't that the reason we have elections?
It is time that the media changes and women are not so sexualized and there is more respect. Even women can't stop commmenting on what other women wear, and what they look like. Enough is enough it is time for a change! Gossip shows, gossip magazines, mean cruel comments about women it has got to stop!! It hurts all of us every time we say a mean cruel comment, buy a gossip magazine, watch a gossip show we are hurting ourselves in the long run. Just remember that someone will be gossiping about you too. Do you like it? Let's stop putting each other down and start supporting each other, we will all go alot further if we help each other instead of bring each other down.
Steph
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