MissRepresentation

        After watching the documentary "MissRepresentation", what had particularly stood out to me was that after so many years, women are still struggling with their image in society. "MissRepresentation" includes the perspectives and stories of many female celebrities in the entertainment industry or in politics who have dealt with sexism in their professions. In our society,  media and its advertisements have created a world where unrealistic expectations exist for men and women; this had resulted in such a deep gender bias. Personally, I don't even know if we can ever escape this gender bias. "MissRepresenatation" heavily touches on the fact that media sends out the message that a women's body and outer appearances are their best asset and more important than their intelligence. If media is sending out this message to girls, it distracts them from facing the real struggles women deal with in society. Statistics used in the documentary proves that women will begin to care more about their outer appearances in order to look desirable in the eyes of society. It shocked me deeply to find out that U.S. women spend $10,000- $15,000 a year on cosmetics. This distracts women from feeling empowered so that they cannot stand up to the problems and make a difference in society. 

       From the documentary, it made me realize that there still needs to be equal representation of women in the United States and elsewhere in the world. There needs to be more female rights in our world, and this starts with removing society's perspective on women. When people, especially men, start to question if a woman even has her credentials, it is de-humanizing and very disheartening to hear. Hollywood and Washington D.C. need to be the ones to change. In Hollywood, a majority of the films produced still consist of the same stereotypes of women; they either sexualize women or portray them as not normal human beings (with superpowers). Washington D.C. needs to allow more women into office and to accept that women are just as physically and mentally capable of doing the same jobs as men. Just because media portrays women to be quite emotional, women are a lot stronger than they seem. It makes me sad that we live in a world where women are looked down upon just because of their gender. I have always wanted to become a CEO of a large company, but even to this day, there are not a lot of women in authority. Hopefully, one day I can become a CEO and add to the numbers of women in charge; I would want to demonstrate to others that women can be leaders. From media's depiction of women, men believe that women need to be taken care of, for they are emotionally unstable. This thus causes the idea of power being placed in the hands of women to be viewed in a negative light by society, especially men. 

       "MissRepresentation" gave women a platform to share their stories which counteracts the single story that media has put out for many generations. Women are indeed strong and powerful for being able to put up with all these stereotypes that media continues to create.