From early on girls sold dreams about lives of fairytales, sending a message of sitting in a castle and waiting for prince charming to come and take them away, provide for them so they can live happily ever after. I feel like this is playing down on a woman’s worth and deludes a lot of people. When I was younger and am sure this applies for most girls, my dad told me I was a princess and in a way I did feel special and felt that this was true, but in real life things aren’t as dandy as they are in fairytales. I do feel that some woman have been brainwashed by the media, making them strive for beauty on a daily basis, of course this does not apply to all people it does depend on the individuals themselves and how emotionally string they are and how easily they can be swayed or encouraged.
Media portrays a woman’s worth by the size of our hips, boobs and the richness of our expression amongst other things. Every part of us is analysed and scrutinised by not on the world but by our peers to, as well as ourselves. Commercially women are sold as commodities, the price of her distinguished in ‘attributes’ she possesses that many wish to attain, the sad things about this is that they don’t define beauty in many people eyes. It is not intellect or insight, vision or drive, nor compassion or humility that a woman strives to attain; it is in superficial beauty and manufactured sexuality.
Through no fault of our own, we have been registered in the origins of our being that we must be more than what is perceived as normal. Men want woman that have something another woman they could easily get doesn’t have, making women struggle to be an object of lust. Whether the problems main root is the media or woman themselves, it is one that sticks out like s sour thumb. Every woman is a princess and should be treated like one!
We were shown these two images in the lecture, the first one was viewed as art and rightly so and the one on the right was sort of looked down on. I think both images are intended for different audiences and serves there intended purposes very well.
