For the reading we had to read to essays, one being the one about the Simpsons in the early 90's and their effect on African Americans and the other about MTV's sexual objectification of women. I found the MTV one more interesting and thought provoking so I chose to write about that one. The essay talked a lot about a show NEXT and how it really reduced women to sexual objects as opposed to human beings with personalities and brains. I thought the show was stupid but I never really thought about the implications it had on its viewers until now. The essay was right though, it really did make girls seem like they were just meant for looks and thats all men should value them for. MTV in general spews out a lot of negative ideals and sad thoughts to millions of young adults all over the world, which I guess produces this world we're living in. I can't really take it when tween girls act like grown up and dress like the girls they see on MTV and gossip girl and other various shows of that nature. They try to act mature and glamours no matter where they are, however the interpretation of glamorous that they have is really just being slutty. These young girls cake on make up and raid the mall every weekend searching for the perfect outfit to make the cool guys notice them and like them. Some might say that this is simply the normal behavior of a teenage girl and has nothing to do with the filth MTV is showing, while it is true that teenage girls act like this moderately, MTV is definitely amplifying the level of which it is happening and affecting a broader base. Girls now are wearing outfits that are very revealing and designed for men to notice them and for girls to be jealous of them. I remember in High School a girl would be wearing a veryy revealing outfit and my guy friends and I would talk about it and be like damn did you see so and so she looks sooo hot today. Later that day I would talk to one of my girl friends and they would talk about the same girl being like omg what is she wearing, she's such a slut! I'd just sit there and be like yeah! so i didn't look like a pig, but deep down I knew it was trues. It is not so hard to look through the sexual mask, a lot of girls put on to realize that they are pathetic and trying too hard. Women should be respected as brains and personalities as much as their bodies.
Another channel that has a lot of bad shows such as next that objectivity women is vh1. vh1 airs a ton of reality and reality dating shows, in fact it is its specialty. In the past few years it has been plagued by meaningless shows that depict women as objects only meant for pleasing men. Shows such as rock of love, flavor of love, tough love and hundreds of other shows it seems has the same effect. On tough love in particular one man teachers women how to change their personalities and looks to get men to like them. This is the epitome of objectification. Women have to change who they are o that men like them, my girlfriend talks about this show and how messed up the idea is saying that men usually do things to impress girls not the other way around. I think its true, but I also don't think people have to change to find someone. I mean the whole concept behind a soulmate is that you find someone who accepts you for you and loves it. Shows like these and channels such as MTV and Vh1 are corrupting the minds of the youth all over the world and it is seriously troubling. I hope the era of reality television comes to an end soon.
-bluey
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