Morgan
Bilodeau
February
20, 2015
Enlightened Sexism
In class we had to read what
enlightened sexism was in the book The
Rise of Enlightened Sexism How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls
Gone Wild by Susan J. Douglas. I learned that enlightened sexism came from
young women starting to have the opportunity to become and be something in this
world. It was for women to be fully equal to men. It was a threat to gender
regime and is the stereotypes of girls and women. Women gain confidence and
strength form their bodies and faces by what they wear on their bodies. They
gain this confidence by, pretty much how they look. This strength is a strength
that men want and what men enjoy. This is what men look for in women. I don’t understand why men have to be in
everything that has to do with a women. Why do women have to feel like they
need a mans approval to wear a certain outfit and to look a certain way? I
personally like to look good, but I like to look good for myself, not for
others. I dress the way I want and feel good while doing it. The media produces
this enlightened sexism everyday. It is what women should be looking like and
that they should look like the “new” look in the media. All of this divides
women and girls from one another. I don’t think the media should be producing
and trying to show how women look like. This is because women watch TV and are
on the web almost everyday and all they see is what women are wearing and how
they look. I think this just makes women feel like they are never good enough
for a man when they should be trying to make themselves feel good about
themselves for themselves. Enlightened sexism wants to become what women and
girls can accomplish and do in this modern day society. I think this is an
awesome idea, they should put the idea in women heads that they are smart
enough to do what they want and they can reach their goals by not using their appearance.
The last part of enlightened sexism is irony. Women make fun of the women on TV
who have money, power, and are pretty. But the women make themselves feel
better and have more power over them when they make fun of them. I personally
think this is funny because women do make fun of other women for having the
same insecurities. I don’t get why women need to put other women down to feel
good about themselves, do you?
Morgan, I totally agree you. I liked when you said you don’t think the media should be producing and trying to show how women look like. Its inspired me. Media makes it look like there is something called Perfect. A lot of what media says makes women uncomfortable in their own skin. It makes it look like there is a size that every woman has to be. We all have different body size and that shouldn't be a problem. We are to be appreciated of what we are.
ReplyDeleteHi Morgan, I totally understand what you are saying here and couldn't agree more. It sucks that everything a woman does has to involve a man somehow. It's annoying and it sad that some women wear certain things because it's what their man wants them to wear. I also agree with you about the media and how we watch shows on tv and sit there and critique women like crazy because it helps us feel better about ourselves. We shouldn't be doing that because it's not like they feel 100% confident themselves, we should all complement each other and not put each other down the way we do.
ReplyDeleteHi Morgan, I totally understand what you are saying here and couldn't agree more. It sucks that everything a woman does has to involve a man somehow. It's annoying and it sad that some women wear certain things because it's what their man wants them to wear. I also agree with you about the media and how we watch shows on tv and sit there and critique women like crazy because it helps us feel better about ourselves. We shouldn't be doing that because it's not like they feel 100% confident themselves, we should all complement each other and not put each other down the way we do.
ReplyDeleteI agree how women never feel that their good enough and that were all different, yet were expected to present ourselves in a certain way. Ending your blog with a question is really appealing to the reader because it makes them think which i find interesting and unique!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything that you have said here. I especially agree with you because women should be putting other people down to make themselves feel good. A women should not have to ask a man if they look good or ask them what she said wear. All women have different body shapes and no one should judge that. We should all accept the person that we are.
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