Media Portrayal Of Young Women

In the media, the portrayal of women has been fabricated. Women are shown as marketing and sex objects rather ordinary people. The portrayal of women has not only affected the way women perceive themselves but also the way society sees them and wants to see them. This altercation has had a huge impact on young women, specifically because they can be persuaded into thinking that their appearance is imperfect. For example, models in advertisements are shown skinny and perfect. One might begin to consider that the advertisement is what a woman should look like. Using different mediums of broadcasting, the media puts too much pressure on young women. Because the media is so vast and with deep reach, it can pressure young women on having a low morale of life which often can lead to depression, captured into early on sexual acts with many long term implications and spend an abundance of money on makeup and artificial enhancements.

Young women tend to accept the media’s view on a woman, which can lead to feeling helpless of not being able to fit the image shown in the media. Research shows that people that watch extended amounts of television can be brainwashed into considering that what they see is average.

“Women who watched a lot of television reported low satisfaction with their lives and low overall morale, and compared themselves unfavorably with other “people in your position.” Watching television presumably made viewers feel that they measured up less favorably than other people because they could not live up to what they saw on television; thus, they experienced increased discrepancies and low overall life satisfaction …Adults who focused on money, image, and fame reported less self-actualization and vitality, and more depression than those less concerned with these values.” Kasser