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Title: Women in the Media


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Women in the Media
  • Psychology of Women
  • Catalina Woldarsky
  • May 9th, 2007

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Outline
  • Natural beauty?
  • The Western ideal of beauty
  • Depictions of women in print media
  • The psychological impact of thin media
  • Women in music

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Western Beauty the Media
  • All images portrayed in the mass media are
    constructions serve as a form of
    communication
  • Images shown in mass media act as socializing
    agents that influence our attitudes, beliefs,
    values behaviours (Kang, 1997).
  • The ideal woman has been described by adolescent
    girls as being 57 tall, 100 lbs., a size 5,
    with long blonde hair and blue eyes (Nichter
    Nichter, 1991)

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The Objectification of Women
  • Objectification refers to portrayals of women
    that suggest their major function or purpose is
    to be looked at (Fredrickson Roberts, 1997
    Linder, 2004)
  • Women are decorative objects
  • men watch women women watch men watching women
  • Males are socialized to use their bodies as a
    means to master their space, whereas females are
    socialized to use their bodies to attract others
    (Stephens, Hill, Hanson, 1994)

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The Sexualization of Women
  • Women are not just objects they are sexual
    objects that exist for the satisfaction of mens
    sexual pleasure
  • The message being conveyed is that women should
    always be sexually available, have sex on their
    minds, be willing to be dominated even sexually
    agressed against (Merskin, 2004).

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The Fragility of Women
  • Women in ads are often depicted as vulnerable and
    in need of protection
  • They are often shown as being uninvolved or
    withdrawn from the social situation by covering
    their mouths, faces or gazing at some
    unidentifiable object outside the picture frame
    (Linder, 2004).
  • This is also apparent in images that include
    feminine touch, ritualization of subordination,
    licensed withdrawal (Kang, 1997).

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Psychological Impact?
  • In order to understand the impact that media has
    on us, we must first consider the message(s)
    being conveyed
  • Now what is the conclusion?

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Psychological Impact of Thin Media
  • There must be something wrong with you!
  • Feelings of shame inadequacy triggered
  • Heightened self-monitoring objectification
  • Shift between being a subject to being an object
  • linked to poor interoceptive awareness
  • Social Comparison Theory (Festinger, 1954)

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Psychological Impact of Thin Media
  • Contrast effect that includes body
    dissatisfaction, lowered self-esteem mood, as
    well as eating disorder symptomatology
  • (Stice et al., 1994 Thorton Maurice, 1997
    Groesz, Levine, Murner, 2002 Huon Munro,
    2006).
  • Exposure to TV programs glamorize thin ideal
    (i.e., music videos soap operas) has also been
    correlated with body dissatisfaction, perceptions
    of overweight dieting (Schupak-Neuberg et
    al., 2000 Tiggemann, 2005)
  • BUT positive effects have been documented for
    thin women who are dieting (Henderson-King
    Henderson-King ,1997 2001 Mills et al.,
    (2000)).

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The internalization of the thin ideal
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Take-Home Assignment Women in Music
  • How are women portrayed in popular music?
  • Find the lyrics of a popular song (any genre)
  • Discuss the song by identifying main themes
  • Whats the song about?
  • Whats the message about women? Men?
  • How does this impact you?
  • Using the lyrics of the song re-write the song
    so that it critiques the message about women
    offers an alternative view
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