Objectification on females by men

Written by Katia Macklin, Staff Writer

In any relationship, you should value your self- worth and set standards; high standards, for that matter, and never sell yourself short.

In my opinion, some people, predominantly women, sometimes do not know what they are worth on this earth. So the idea of divine intervention comes into play, which explains that we all were brought here on this world for a reason. It is sad that either these women lost sight of that or that they never knew.

So, when I see women on the television showing themselves half-nude and nonchalantly, allowing herself to be looked at is if she were an object, it makes me wonder: why do they portray themselves to be treated like that.

Medialiteracy.suite101.com stated that media that objectifies women portrays them as physical objects that can be looked at and be acted upon as subjective beings with thoughts, histories, and emotions.

In reality, human beings are both objects as subjects, as they are physical collections of molecules as well as individuals. To objectify someone, then, is to reduce someone exclusively to the level of object.

Mediums, such as music videos, can play a huge part in this argument. Nowadays, most videos played on t.v. consist of partially-clothed females, which is not a great influence for our future leaders who watch these gross videos.

Personally, I am not an expert on the objectification of women, but honestly, I think the reason why it begins is not always due to society but it can come from many other reasons, such as moral values, how one has been raised, insecurities and how an individual views themselves.

According to media-awareness.ca, Provocative images of women partly clothed or naked are especially prevalent in advertising. Shari Graydon former president of Canada’s MediaWatch, argued that women’s bodies are sexualized in ads in order to grab the viewer’s attention.

Women become sexual objects when their bodies and their sexuality are linked to products that can be bought and sold.

Also, according to medialiteracy.suite101.com “Women are frequently objectified in the media. Men are sometimes objectified as well and this is not a good thing but the objectification of women is far more common. When you see an image of a woman who is presented passively, and who demonstrates no other attributes aside from her physical or sexual being, that’s objectification.”

Maybe we altogether in society are so use to the objectification around us that we do not even sense it when it is being done around us.

And, we wonder why men see women in such undermining ways.