Argumentative Essay: The Sexualization Of Women In Advertising

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Women deserve to be perceived as an intelligent, brave and capable human being and not just as a sexual object. Women are sexualized from day to day basis and it is an issue that is not talked about enough. This is something that exists far more than we allow ourselves to know. According to the APA, women are more likely to get sexualized than men. Furthermore, women are 3 times more likely to be dressed in provocative way then men in the media, specially in advertisements. A lot of men think of women more of a sexual object than a human being. It is really repulsive and sickening to grow up knowing boys in my school only talk about girls as sexual objects, saying how “hot her body is” or “if her face weren’t that bad, I would”. The worst part is that they are not talking about a celebrity, which doesn’t make that much of a difference, but girls that are my friends and girls I see everyday in school. Sexualization of women does not only happen in the media (television, music videos, lyrics, movies etc.) it happens all around us. In Honduras, if a women passes by a construction sight, men don’t miss the opportunity to make a comment about the women’s body, and I’m pretty sure it is not only here. …show more content…

For example, in a sketchers ad, a women is dressed in various costumes that are risqué, with tons of makeup. This advertisement is being seen by young girls, and female adults. Their image of beauty is going to be completely different from what beauty actually is. Levels of shame about one’s body is increased greatly, it creates appearance anxiety, dissatisfaction, and negative mental health. Some girls even become anorexic because they strive to get the “perfect body”. The sexualization of women foregrounds unrealistic beauty

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