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Essay / The hypersexualization of young women and the role...
Free will and the ability to choose for ourselves are among the most important natures that make us human. However, as a society we have placed limits and constraints on some people for arbitrary reasons and try to override the free will of people, especially young women. In today's society, young women are subject to all kinds of prejudices and double standards. Whether it's having to deal with the "slut or prude" paradox of gender, dress and appearance rules, or how to behave in public, the amount of scrutiny they face is scandalous. These problems they face create a social dialogue that constantly analyzes young women and the way they act, enough that it slowly turns into social knowledge that almost all women consciously and unconsciously follow and then impose on others. It is a social knowledge that states that women's primary goal is to please men and that their worth is established by their appearance. They have to wear the right amount of makeup, dress lightly but also conservatively, and become little toy dolls that are also created according to what a man wants from them. This discourse on the feminine image also leads boys to believe that women are there forever. their amusement and use, and may further produce and reinforce hypersexuality and identity control in women. Additionally, modern media influences every aspect of American life and has been a complete catalyst for this knowledge, with the image of hypersexuality being displayed everywhere and everywhere you look. Women are presented as sex objects in magazines, music, television shows and most films contain borderline pornographic scenes. This could reinforce the social knowledge already built, but at a faster pace and everywhere in the world. It can be anything in the middle of paper... however they want in the world, and they will be whoever they want, no matter what that is. Work CitedFetters, Ashley. "The Atlantic". The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, Nov. 20, 2012. Web. Nov. 15, 2013. .Vansant, Emilie. “Ke$ha… A feminist?” The voice of the college. The College Voice, December 4, 2012.Web. November 14, 2013. Crasnow, Sharon L. and Joanne Waugh. Philosophical feminism and popular culture. Np: Lexington, 2012. Print. Levy, Ariel. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. New York: Free, 2005. Print. Zurbriggen, Eileen L. and Tomi-Ann Roberts. The sexualization of girls and youth: causes, consequences and resistance. New York: Oxford UP, 2013. Print.