Sexism And The Media

Sexism and the Media

When people speak of sexism, everyone automatically assume it only happen in third world and developing countries. But the truth is, it exists everywhere, even North America.

Sexism is one of the 5 major forms of discrimination. Even though discrimination again males exist, it is very uncommon. In fact, sexism towards women have been so strong, there has been 3 huge feminism movements through out the last century. Logically, in the modern North American world sexism should have creased, with all the human rights organizations and stuff. But it’s still alive and well. So why is it so does it still exist?

First of all people aren't born sexist, so people learn to be sexist when they are a child. In the old days, the media didn’t have a lot of influence on children as much as their parents did. So most children got their sexist views from their parents. However it is not the old days anymore. The media largely influences every child and teens views and judgment. So now, if children and teens are learning sexist views, most of them would be getting them from the media.

Media-A five letter word that includes everything from the music world to what is on TV every night to what models wear on the runway to what the latest gossip is on the gossip magazines. Almost everything in the media defies women as an object rather then an equal to men, especially the music world. The lyrics of a lot of rap song are so sexist, they mention hurting, beating, slapping and even killing women. And those songs are still extremely popular, not to mention their music videos. Most pop and rap music videos are labeled sexy or hot. But the truth is they are extremely sexist and graphic.

If people on TV and music videos do sexist things, teens follow and do the same. The most obvious example is car wash girls. In Jessica Simpson’s and Paris Hilton’s