Misrepresentation

I was able to watch the documentary titled Missrepresentation. Coming from a country like Pakistan I was surprised to see that women are abused even in countries like the United States of America. They may not be abused physically or mentally, but the way the media portrays women as sex symbols has destroyed their virtue and chastity. However, media has also caused the portrayal of women to have an adverse effect on the women who view media.
One of the things the documentary addressed that really stood out to me was that idea that when women view media they suppose that what the women in that form of media are doing is something that they should be following. That means that if teenage girls in a movie are wearing really short skirts, then the teenage girls watching the movie will consider wearing short skirts regardless of what others think. Media influences people, in good ways and in bad ways. What media makers fail to realize is that by portraying women as sex symbols they are influencing the women watching to become sex symbols and the reason why they are successful is because they show some sort of positive result that creates a desire in women to achieve the result they have seen.
Overall, I thought the documentary was great. I believe it was an eye opener for me and I understood a lot about women in terms of media. The chastity and virtue of women must be respected in and out of media. I will do my best to preserve the dignity of women in the things that I make in the future.