The Sexualization of Women in Magazines

The sexualization of women in magazines is an ever-increasing practice by advertisers in today's media. The consequences of this have terrible influence on both women young and old. This video addresses these dire practices and asks you to stop supporting the detrimental sexualization of women in magazines.

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Entertainment

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• advertisements
• anorexia
• barbie
• magazines
• objectification
• sexualization
• women

[445568]

The issue I have with this video is, though the images shown after all the "bad" sexualized images, they are still sexualized. The "positive" images show women who are comfortable with their figures and curves (which I think is amazing) but, they are still sexualized. They're in underwear, no clothes, or in extremely provocative poses. This still shows women be sexualized. I think we need to ask why women can't just be confident with clothes on. Assess the power of sex in a misogynistic society.

[enjoythekill666]

Nice video.

You're right. It sickens me how women are now viewed as sexual objects by some people, mostly in regard to these magazines and other forms of media that support an unhealthy, so-called "perfect" body image of women.

I wish I knew how to stop it for good. I do my best to be a role model to my little sisters and brothers and peers.

[Alexkitty15]

@TruthandJustice101 Ugh, people like you make me upset. The point is that the kind of images we see influence us. It has nothing to do with feminism- I'm not a feminist, but some of these made me feel sick.

[TruthandJustice101]

What the hell is so bad about sexualization? Oh I get it. You're an ugly feminist who resents the pretty girls for getting male attention. Stop projecting your Victorian sexual hangups onto women who are comfortable with their sexuality.

[SolDove]

Now Masturbating to pornography I would say presents a problem in the area of psychic influence upon the person in the Image, and other problems. But just pleasing yourself is something else altogether. :)

[SolDove]

After repressing it for so long it's busting out. We lose it when we see a nude lady on the beach. In tribes you don't see little kids tripping on anyone nude because it is just a naked body and they are use to it, We hide it make it a mystery and wonder why we have a problem.

[SolDove]

This is worse than when you see a woman in a tribe with her breasts showing for all to see, or just a matter of perspective. People repress sexuality so much that it turns into a problem. And they project onto others what they can't except about themselves because they are either brainwashed in their spirituality or become to civilized. We have generations of hiding anything sexual and wonder why people are so messed up sexually.

[vclxrr]

Ladies and gentlemen, sharpen your claws, sharpen your fangs, toughen your hides, and settle in for what looks to be the fight of the ages.

[vclxrr]

... And ultimately, when necessary, we must fight. And THAT is the other overarching issue: Men treat other men as equals only when they see that their peers are willing to fight back against both insult and injury. If women want to be seen as equals, then they must behave as equals. Not pets. Not toys. Not slaves. Not anything other than a force of equal magnitude.

[vclxrr]

The immortal "Men vs Women contest" is a false dichotomy. The idea that women (and indeed, men too) should or should not be sexually objectified is of no significance when viewed from the larger perspective. We cannot stop other people from being racist or sexist or elitist or whatever-ist. But we can stop ourselves - if we choose to! And ...

[vclxrr]

It's a repeating pattern throughout human history. The same old dance with a new tune for the modern era (whichever era happens to be modern at the time).

So, no, the real problem lies in the overarching human desire to control other humans. Which in itself stems from the desire to control one's environment. Many people would point to MEN ALONE as the sole perpetrators of all that has gone wrong with the world. But this is not a male issue. It is a HUMAN issue!

[vclxrr]

... we had the Victorian era. Both men and women repressed their sexuality (like vulcans repress emotion, to make a salient reference to Star Trek). But womens' sexuality was so heavily repressed that the concept of "hysteria" in women was considered a diagnosable illness, and doctors had a very special treatment for it. And, since time immemorial, people have been selling their bodies because they had no other means, and other people have been vilifying them for it. ...