Sexual Objectification of Women in Media

Women and their bodies have been used as objects crucial to countless business activities. Women are being exploited through beauty to sell everything from car tires to entertainment records. In patriarchal societies, unrealistic bodily appearances of women are persistently presented across billboards, television channels, magazines, social media, and the entertainment industry. Objectification and sexualization of women have become a growing trend with media using fake images of their bodily appearance, usually associated with unrealistic behavioral levels and standards of beauty that negatively affect the health and life of girls and women. This essay has been composed to explore how women and girls are being used as objects by the media and the effect the phenomenon has on their physical, mental, and emotional health as well as their counterparts.

The media is using women and girls more like objects rather than independent human beings who cognitively have emotional feelings towards their inner selves. Through music, movies, social media, advertisements through media, and social websites, women have been objectified to portray intended images and appearances. The media tends to focus on specific parts of women's bodies to reveal the intended image, as expected in male patriarchal cultures. The portrayal of such unrealistic behavioural standards of beauty makes women and girls experience countless challenges while trying to have body shapes and appearances close to those of women presented in TV, magazines, billboards, and marketing advertisements, among other media channels and activities.

One way that the objectification of women in society is damaging is by creating unrealistic expectations for women's bodies. For example, the media often portrays women with perfect, unblemished skin, which can lead to feelings of inadequacy in women who don't look like that. The media often portrays women with unrealistic proportions, such as impossibly large breasts or waists. This can cause body dysmorphia and eating disorders in women who compare themselves to these unrealistic standards. Another way that the objectification of women in society is damaging is by perpetuating the idea that women are sexual objects. This can lead to men treating women as objects instead of human beings, resulting in sexual harassment and assault. Additionally, it can lead to women feeling like they have to continuously surrender to the sexual demands of men, even if they don't want to, to avoid being seen as "prudish" or "uptight." This can be highly damaging to women's mental and emotional health.

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Objectification and sexualization of women by media have made many women develop attributes of self-objectification. Women and girls exposed to this sexist phenomenon spend much of their time and resources trying to make their bodies appear better. They emotionally worry about their appearance towards others, especially men in society, rather than engaging in activities essential to their health and welfare. Currently, a considerable percentage of women have developed eating disorders trying to nutritionally acquire the bodily appearances they perceive to be most desired in society without considering the side effects associated with unhealthy eating habits. A significant population of women exposed to objectification and sexualization develops anxiety about their appearances, an aspect that makes them feel ashamed and depressed and creates low self-esteem.

Women's sexualization and objectification in media amplify the belief that female value lies primarily in their physical appearance and that their worth is based upon whether they are sexually appealing to men rather than their intellect or other qualities. The media's portrayal of the "perfect" woman often includes impossible standards of beauty that most women cannot hope to achieve. This can lead to feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem. Besides this, men exposed to objectified and hypersexualized women are more likely to blame women and girls for their sexual victimization. They tend to focus on females with body sizes and shapes that fit to their experiences and exposure.

In conclusion, the media continues to sexually victimize women and men through massive objectification and hypersexualization of the female gender. The media portrays fake and unrealistic images of women that reveal fake standards of beauty and femininity that keep on threatening the health of women and girls in many ways. The female gender is vulnerable to developing mental, physical, and emotional health issues associated with reduced self-esteem, feelings of shame, and fruitless efforts to achieve the portrayed level behavioral standards of beauty. The feminist phenomenon aroused by media has been making the female gender live with unachievable dreams of making their body develop feminist traits portrayed through the various media channels.

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