Blog Post #3 Miss Representation Lee Bowen

After watching the film "Miss Representation" I feel like I have a new perspective on woman in power today. So many people are just not used to a woman taking charge and having leader ship and find it threatening, especially men. Except what people don't account for is that women are just as equal to men in every aspect and that there emotions can be a benefit in certain situations. A quote I found was "You can't be what you can't see" which was by Marian wright Edelman. This quote means that if a woman doesn't hold power and isn't looked at as a leader then how are younger girls suppose to feel like they can eventually have a chance to hold some power among men. Or If you can't see a woman president than how are younger girls suppose to think that they can one day be the president. I agreed with the part of the film that says woman learn to conform by the media's expectation on how to look and act a certain way. Most woman want to be as close to perfect as they can according to the medias outlook of what it means to be perfect and when a woman can't meet these media displays of perfection then she most likely will lose a part of her self confidence. Some of my friends though and my girlfriend have been influenced a lot by overly high expectations in media on how they should present themselves. I gathered a few statistics from the film that I thought were relevant and they are "65% of women and girls have an eating disorder, 17% of teens engage in cutting and self-injurious behavior." I chose these because they show how insecure women have become in the last years due to not meeting what they think is perfect in our modern day society. This leads to depression and a minimized amount of ones self-worth.
After watching Seth MacFarlane's song performance "i saw your boobs" at the oscars I admit I thought it was humorous. Except some parts these woman did which showed their boobs were intense scenes not at all meant to be sexual. These woman are serious actresses and shouldn't just be remembered by how often they showed their boobs on camera. I find it puzzling why women actresses don't get more head roles in hollywood productions. The film had said that even when it seems a woman has an important part in a movie that it still all revolves around the man. That really made me think and when I tried to think back about all the movies I have seen with main women characters that in some way they are connected back to a man. It's like there is no individuality for a woman and a film can't just be about her without it having to do with finding the right guy or living her life without any men trying to take control.
I believe women need to be heard more and presented more in a realistic fashion. I'm a woman but I know I don't look like a fashion model on cable. I am actually completely opposite you could say. I have no intention of meeting what the media wants. I am a homosexual woman who is very masculine you could say, and i'm okay with that. People need to look at themselves and feel comfortable without being influenced every day with unrealistic expectations.