I finally returned to my third body paragraph, looking at it with fresh eyes. I was able to put it together in a way that I liked. I found facts from the documentary, and used experiences from female friends and acquaintances to build a cohesive argument backed with factual knowledge. I struggled with the title, and wish that it could have been as good as the rest of my essay. I just finished my final draft and am excited for people to read it.
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I finished my first body paragraph and had a stroke of genius when starting my second paragraph, and worked through it very easily. I revisited the documentary to gather some statistics and factual information to put into my paragraphs so far. Some of the statistics that I found were alarming to me and I am glad that through my paper, I might bring to light some of these issues for others reading my essay. I had some trouble when it came to my third body paragraph, so I wrote my conclusion and will come back to it.
I decided to choose the topic: “ Does media bias prevent young girls from achieving positions of power in American society?” So far I’ve completed my introduction but I’m skipping over the background paragraph for now. I want to differentiate between the intro and the body paragraphs first. At first I thought this topic would be easier to write about but now I am realizing that there are many more layers to it than I originally thought there were. I welcome this challenge and am really excited to write about this pressing issue, and to take a glimpse into the way media affects women (something I normally wouldn’t notice).
The argument in “Miss Representation” is that women are misrepresented in the media and in society as a whole because the media portrays women as objects. It emphasized the lack of women in leadership positions, and that women in leadership positions are just as capable as men.
This documentary made me feel, think, and try to improve in many ways. I did not appreciate how the film put down women who do not pursue leadership positions. That may not have been their intention when they made the film, but that was the impression that I got from it. It is good that the film wants women to pursue leadership positions and eliminate media stereotypes, but I also think that there should be no shame in taking a different path in life. I also felt enlightened. As a man, I had seen these things and thought that they were innocuous. Looking at them through the eyes of the women in the documentary, I could see in myself how these negative stereotypes could reinforce destructive ideals. The argument in this film is nothing new to anyone who hears this information. Many people in our society are well aware of the sexism ingrained in our society. However, what this documentary does is pull actual statistics and facts to put what we know into perspective and brings to light new ideas about this issue that we have heard before, further exemplifying the argument. After interacting with many female friends, a lot of what they have been saying echoes statements in the documentary. There is a severe lack of role models and representation for women in many modern movies, television shows, news outlets, and social media. I think that this misrepresentation may make women believe that jobs and roles that are occupied by men are not jobs and roles that women can occupy themselves. Personally, I don’t feel as though I contribute to the issues present in this film, so I don’t think there is much to change. However, I know people who could really benefit off of a documentary like this, and the knowledge contained in “Miss Representation” could very well sway the minds of these people and make them change their ways. Now that I have seen this film, I am now able to see how the media I am consuming might affect the upbringing of young girls and women in general. Overall, this film was very enlightening and opened my eyes to the struggles that women face today. |
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