Objectification of Women on Tv and in Movies

Why is it that in TV shows and in so many another(prenominal) movies that women are almost always objectified in one way or another? There are so many television shows and movies out there that undermine women in so many different ways. Darren in Bewitched is also trying to suppress Samanthas magic to make her the perfect house wife and she doesnt try to inhabit him. In f identification number, she does everything she can to follow his every wish just so hell be blissful. In The Client List, Riley is portrayed as a sex object. It tump overs the impression that the only thing women can do is sell their body for sex.Then there is Mary Jane from Spiderman who always needs manner of speakingd by Spiderman, great(p) the impression that women are helpless and always need a man around to save the day. Lets not forget The Scorpion King where egg-producing(prenominal) monarch Memnon uses his Sorceress for his own personal agenda. Will watching movies and shows such as these affect how girls visualize themselves? The Scorpion King is a primary example to the objectification of women in movies. The main female character, the sorceress, has been used her entire manners by King Memnon.Hes kept her prisoner since she was a child to use her visions to give him the upper hand in employment. He forces her to have a vision every day and then tell him if he is going to win or lose his next battle so that he can pick his battles and be more successful in his goal to rule everything. At one point in the movie, Memnon fundamentally tells the Sorcerer that when hes make using her for her visions hes going to start using her for his own sexual pleasure. The Sorcerer is more than happy to be taken hostage by Matheyus.She later tells him that she only went with him so forgetingly because Memnon kept her prisoner since she was a child. She was being used her entire life by a man that just wanted to be feared by everyone and rule everything. It portrays societys typical stere otype of women. Do everything the man wants and beguile him in any way you can without a single complaint. The Sorcerer makes it obvious that shed much rather stay with Matheyus, the man who threatens to kill her, than go back to Memnon, the man who has been using her for so long.This is because in the short time that shes been with Matheyus, she has already been treated better that she has been her entire life. Memnon has continuously used the Sorceress to give himself an advantage in battle. This is an example of the typical male figure objectifying a woman and using her to get what he wants. He treats her like shes goose egg more than a piece of his property. According to Gloria Steinem, A female child is left to believe that, even when her body is as big as her spirit, she will still be helping with minor tasks, appreciating the accomplishments of others, and waiting to be rescued (356).This quote helps to explain the Sorcerers want to escape but also her challenge in the fact that she has to have someones help to escape Memnon. And no surprise, it has to be a mans help because she wouldnt have been qualified to escape on her own. The Sorcerer also feels the need to escape after Memnon informs her of his plan to use her for his own sexual pleasure when hes done using her for her visions. According to Christine Seifert, Digging into Edwards mind reinforces the old stereotype that underneath it all, even the best guys are calculating vampires, figuring out how to act on their masculine urges (346-7).This quote helps to explain Memnons fights to take advantage of the Sorcerer because according to a myth spread by the Sorcerers ancestors, the first time any sorceress has sex she will lose her gift of foresight. So if he wants to keep his advantage in battle, he has to fight his cancel male urges. Watching movies and shows such as these cant be having a positive effect on younger girls. They use female roles that they see on TV and in movies as role models j ust as much as they use the women around them as role models.So what are they chew over to think when they see things like that? How are they going to act if they use women like that as a role model? Are they going to distinguish that thats just pretend and women arent really like that? Or are they going to think that they need to do everything a man wishes without a single complaint just to keep them happy, whether they like it or not? Are they going to think that they have to wait for the perfect man to rescue them when things become bad in a relasionship?Its questions like these that we dont have the answers to that we should worry most about. What are girls learning from TV? kit and boodle Cited Seifert, Christine. Bite Me (Or Dont ) Twilight as Abstinence Porn. Shrodes, Caroline. et. al. The Conscious Reader. Custom. New York. Pearson. 2011. 343-349. Print. Shrodes, Caroline et. al. The Conscious Reader. Custom. New York Pearson, 2012. Print. Steinem, Gloria. Wonder Woman. Shrodes, Caroline. et. al. The Conscious Reader. Custom. New York. Pearson. 2011. 354-363. Print. The Scorpion King. Dir. drop Russell. 2002. Film.