Discrimination In Reality Tv

Negativity and discrimination against women on both reality and fictional television continues to change the way women see themselves. When watching television, one will notice that most of the famous, liked, and spotlighted ladies are skinny or what society sees as beautiful. These women also dressed impeccably and tend to their partners’ desires. Natalie Imbruglia states, “You’re either too fat or too thin, just can’t win.” Her quotation truly explains how society, especially through television, makes the average woman feel as if she is not enough. Average women are taught to believe they will never be successful or even loved because of how they look.

The struggle for the ideal body has haunted women since the 1800’s. Different from today’s

“Girl fights” became an expectation on reality television (Isaac). Much like a child, adults learn from what they see. Television shows show successful, skinny, beautiful women fighting over unnecessary subjects. The women on television trigger drama and unfortunately, that is what keeps viewers entertained. Most women complain about having too much drama, but they religiously tune into their favorite reality television shows to keep up with their drama. Somewhere along the years "successful" turned from happy and healthy to skinny, popular, and rich, and "beauty" turned from genuine and kind to thin and fashionable. Ironically, these perspectives changed as the entertainment industry evolved to portray these norms.

In another way, it is thought that television degrades women in more ways than their looks and personalities. Jennifer Pozner from Ms. Magazine spotlights the sexual degrading of women on reality television. She quoted a scene from ABC’s The Bachelor which referred to women as “money-grubbing, gold-digging…” (Pozner). Of course, anyone can be money-grubbing, but to classify all women this way is wrong. Attempting to group all human beings as one particular thing should never