Sexism in Media

After reading Katie's entry, I started thinking of what she wrote.
"To me, it seems very complicated and ironic that the consumption of a classic Hollywood film depends upon that film's ability to appear masculine, to provide the male spectator with a male character, with whom to identify, and a female character to be an object? "

I had certain video in mind shown during TWTP. This video analyzed an ad for woman. It said something along the lines of " Do you often feel your breasts are too small, too big, too flabby, too pointy... Well don't worry atleast your make up will always look great. " The person presenting explained that it seems that society would however not approve of a similar ad for men. "Do you often feel your penis is too small, too big, too flabby, too pointy... " I couldn't find the video, but did randomly encounter a video analyzing how female characters are merely seen as objects in Disney movies. It's an interesting video to watch if you have the time.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWMCt35oFY