For blog post #10 I will be writing a response about the film Miss Representation. Miss representation is a film that focuses on the way that females are treated or are expected to act on television. The film also talks about the backlash females receive if they do not conform to the expectations.
How does the argument in the film make you feel (impact on your being)? The film Miss Representation focuses on how females are falsely represented in society. The movie has many famous female speakers who share their own personal stories about times they have been criticized for not fitting the expected female mold in society and the media. The argument in the film makes me feel hurt on the inside. As a teenage female I can easily see how females are falsely represented in media and on the television. I can also see why females constantly feel like they may need to conform to the social expectations. Personally I have wanted to change certain aspects of my being because I didn’t think that I fit the expected norms. But as I’ve gotten more experiences in life I don’t feel as pressured to fit those social expectations. How does the argument in the film make you think (impact on your knowing)? The argument in the film makes me think that there needs to be changes in the way that females are viewed. Females are not objects we are humans just like males are human. This being said males and females should be treated equally. Females shouldn’t always be so overly sexualized in the media. That being said females also shouldn’t be criticized if they choose to wear a top that is a little bit more revealing than some people would prefer it be. I know that the needed change won’t come easily. Having an expected look for females on the television has been around for so long. And if a female doesn’t fit that expected look but is on the television or in the media she is widely criticized for not conforming to the social norms. How does the argument in the film make you want to make change (impact on your doing)? The argument in the film makes me want to change because I don’t want to be viewed as an object like females so frequently are. I want to be able to feel happy with the way I look or act without having to constantly worry about being judged because I don’t look or act the way that I am expected to. Since I want to be able to be happy and not feel constantly judged for the choices I make about how I look or how I dress, I try not to judge others. Everyone has a reason for the way that they act. So if their clothing choice isn’t the same as mine I will support them because we are all human and deserve to be happy with life.
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Daniel Weaver-Cooke
4/1/2019 03:19:14 pm
I agree that men and women should and need to be treated equally, as well as how it is not fair that women are constantly judged because of the way the media has got society to view them.
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Katey
4/1/2019 04:40:30 pm
I like that you put that men and woman should be equal because they really should.
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Sabatino
4/3/2019 04:53:18 am
In this post, I notice a theme of "judgement." How might you create a research question that would allow you to investigate judgement and identity?
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