Follow up on "Miss Representation"

I've known that women have been plagued by injustices and have the problem of being objectified, but MissRepresentation truly proved how extensive and true this stark reality is. The documentary makes an effective argument that media demoralizes women with the mentality that their self-worth lies within their beauty, and makes men superior. They explain how this dilemma creates an absence of women in positions of power. Their assertions were well accepted by including many statistical facts to support, and by employing both men and female to explain the situation. These two tactics made the argument undeniably applicable to our society. However, I can't help but wonder what a person who doesn't recognize women injustice would think if they watched this documentary. Perhaps including this other perspective in the documentary would make their argument more effective.

Of course, I, in addition to the rest of the class, received the film's message well, having came from similar mentalities and being educated upon media's tainting affects. Thus being, the issues raised in the film should get better in the future, as we are the future. However, many kids don't come from backgrounds like us HISPers and remain ignorant to societal problems like this. Their childhood conditioning to objectify women, done by disney movies and social media, lays sneakily present in their minds. Unfortunately, some of these people are unchangeable. That's why the film points importance on teaching kids when their young not to be "emotionally illiterate," which ultimately will help hamper out the prejudice on women that is done by media.

In this day and age, I think better circumstance for women are finally being recognized, and a brighter future lays ahead. Other prejudices in our society, like against sexual orientation or skin color, have been seen to take improved matters through time. Women's rights and representation is not much different from other injustices our society has battled through. While this dilemma has been raised out of social media, which is a domineering force in our lives and the effects are currently immense, the path to eradicating the negative mindset might take a while; but it is inevitable in my eyes.