“A Woman's Place” In 2013, the American woman can vote, be a CEO of a company, start her own business and wear pants. Many would say that a woman has exactly the same rights as a man in today's society and is also treated the same. However, in addition to the stark economic evidence provided by data showing that women still earn 77 cents for every man's dollar (Basset, HuffingtonPost.com), we see that women are still socially trapped - through their sexualization and objectification . The sexualization and objectification of women in advertisements leads to their dehumanization. From a young age, women are taught that in order to be successful and happy, they must first achieve a certain level of beauty. Rather than growing up thinking that the most important asset a woman can have is herself, young girls learn, through advertising, that their worth is based on their appearance. This is a huge social problem. Today, being a successful woman means wearing a sexy outfit that shows off just the right amount of cleavage and curves. That means turning heads wherever she goes – men attending to her with lust, women attending to her with desire. A successful woman is desirable and beautiful, confident and sensual. Her value comes from her ability to attract the attention of men. If she doesn't do men any favors by being physically pleasing to the eye, she's of no use. This is a dangerous mentality that thrives in the United States and, unfortunately, is growing all over the world. Last month, Ranjit Sinha, a top Indian police official and head of the Central Bureau of Investigation, compared rape to unauthorized gambling, saying: "It's very easy to say that if you can't applying it is like saying if you can do it. it doesn't prevent rape, you [should] take advantage of it" (B... middle of paper ....... December 2, 2013 Huffington Post [Doutzen Kroes: Even though I'm not a sample in the real life] 09 09 2013, n.webpage November 20, 2013. Goudrea, Jenna. “The influence of media marketing on adolescent girls”. 2. (2002-2013): Web page Peter, Jochen and Patti Valkenburg. A sexualized media environment and their notions of women as sexual objects. Academic Search Premier. November 20, 2013. Vaes, Jeroen, Paola Paladino and Elisa Puvia. "Are sexualized women full human beings? Why men and women dehumanize sexually objectified women." Social Psychology 41.6 (2011): 774-785. Academic Search Premier.. 2013.