In every women's studies course I have taken, in almost every single class, someone mentions how the media is responsible for the way women are portrayed, as well as being responsible for giving women an unfair goal to obtain. My new personal goal at SUNY Brockport is to help people realize that the media is not completely responsible for the negative portrayal of women. They are only giving the public what they want to see. They are in the business to make money just as the rest of us are. Some may say that women are opressing themselves and do not have to dress a certain way in order to please a man.
Many people see women themselves buying into what the media says they have to look at.
And not just some men. I am talking about every man out there who wants their girlfriend or wife to believe that they are truly beautiful. The same men who do tell their girlfriend or wife how beautiful they are one minute will suddenly not be able to take their eyes away from the television the next second when Victoria's Secret is advertising their Angel line. And, how many men ever stop to think about what their significant other must feel like as they stare intently at these commercials, videos, pictures, etc. I highly doubt many do.