Sexualization of Women

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There is this idea currently surrounding the music industry, that in order for a woman to achieve success they will have to sexualize themselves. This idea is seen in the controversy surrounding Miley Cyrus with her new “movement” in order to strip the Disney Start Hanna Montana image. This controversy thickened after Miley’s Video Music Awards (VMA) performance this August. This year VMA’s is know for Miley Cyrus Twerking on stage with little clothing, a foam finger and dancing bears. Since the end of the performance the controversy over Cyrus grew like a wild fire all over the media outlets. The majority of people believe that Miley Cyrus is sexualizing her self in order to gain fans and supporters in the music industry. This idea of selling your body in this industry is not a new idea but dates back even before Miley Cyrus started her already long career as an entertainer. This idea of the sexualizing of women in the music industry does not stop with the performer or concert but it has a greater and lasting impact on the youth in this country.
In the modern day music industry it is the status quo for women to be sexualized in order to portray a sense of empowerment on stage. Studies looking deeper in to the music industry reveled that 84% of music videos have sexual imagery, out of this women are usually being portrait as sexual objects and 71% of women were scantily clad or wearing no clothing. This in return is having an effect on adolescents due to having sexual content appears more often in their musical choices than in their TV, movie, or magazine choices. This is resulting in a false sense of believing the only way to gain power is through the sexulization of themselves. (Modern Language Assoc.)
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