#swe15

the documentary we watched on music videos really opened my eyes to another issue women face. it seems  music producers/directors/musicians believe the only way their videos will go viral is if there are multiple women twerking and provocatively dressed/dancing. women are objectified in these videos, and i now see these videos in a new, clear light. we talked about whether these women are empowered or if it’s faux empowerment; i believe it’s the latter.

the media is so beyond corrupted. the news that is constantly being shoved down our throats is controlled by people with a political agenda. speaking of politics, women are extremely underrepresented compared to men. when politicians are making so many decisions on women’s issues (ex. abortion), shouldn’t the people affected by these issues be represented?  WE NEED MORE DIVERSITY.

my definition of feminism: a world where every person is respected regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion. a world where there is more to a person than how they look. a world where being female does not mean you are automatically at a disadvantage. 

The feminist redesign project made me reconsider a lot of things, specifically video games. They’re constantly centered around a male protagonist, while the female is helpless and in distress. If by some chance there is a female character, she is half naked reinforcing the sexist notion that women are only good for one thing: their bodies.  Why is everything created for the male gaze? Women are intellectual human beings not pieces of meat. 

As my Douglass event, I attended the showing of Inside Out. The movie was able to subtly shed light on a feminist issue. There’s a stigma that exists that women have to please and appeal to men in the way that they act and look and are pressured to be constantly happy (otherwise we get asked if we’re on our period and if we’re PMSing). Inside Out refutes this stigma with the main character who plays hockey and isn’t always so happy and cheerful but the movie argues that that’s okay.