Objectified and Empowered Sexuality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSLIq6YiRY - Britney Spear's Womanizer
This is Britney Spear's new music video called Womanizer. As I was watching this video, I saw both objectified and empowered sexuality. It shows objectified sexuality because Britney is seen as just a sexual being. Britney is objectifying herself by acting, dancing and dressing provocatively.



On the right side you see a woman holding a sign that reads, "Women are not for decorations." On the left side you see a woman wearing a very short shorts and a tank top with "Hooters" on it.

This is image is very objectified because you can see that the woman is in a submissive position being pinned down by a male but with that she is also surround by four other males.

Wonder Woman is an empowering character because other than the fact that she is a superhero, she is sexualized but she is strong, not afraid to show who she is and she knows how to use her sexuality to her advantage.

Christina shows confidence in who is she and very comfortable with her sexuality.

During one of her interviews she admit that her sexual confidence helps her take a

commanding role in all of her situations.

We learn what sex means through mainstream media with Internet, TV shows and movies. We

are influenced by what media shows us about who we are as an individual and how to show our

sexuality. In the Brown's reading, it talks about television having the most influence on people

according to cultivation theory. Studies were done with high school students and scientists found

that having long term media exposure it resulted in a misconception on meaning of sex.

Through media we see what it means to be female and male. Women are suppose to be feminine,

weak, submissive and wanting to give males the lead role. Males are supposed to be masculine,

strong and be the supporter. If you are not within that circle, you are looked at as weird and

strange. Cognitive social theory talks about that "people will imitate behaviors of others when

those models arerewarded or not punished for their behavior."

There are certain behaviorsthat needs to be followed for both genders like for males, it is alright

for them to be immature because boys will be boys but for females, they are expected to be

more mature, be more aware of how they look and keep their sexuality hidden yet show it off at

the same time.

In Hartley's reading, "A Porn Star's Journey," she talks about how she learned that her body

was being attractive to many different men.

"I found that the majority of heterosexual men will follow sexually if the woman will only lead

and that men feel victimized around sex just as women do only in different aspect of the sexual

dance."

Even though women are being objectified through media, I see that if a woman is able to be

confident in her sexuality she would not see the media portrayals of women as objectifying but

taking advantage of their give role.