Reflections: An Investigation of Women in the Media — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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Reflections: An Investigation of Women in the Media

Name: Haley Meents
Major: Screen Media Studies
Hometown: Bourbonnais, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Jonathan Bruning
Other Sponsors: Chilsen, Paul
Type of research: SURE
Funding: SURE

Abstract

The over-sexualization and objectification of women in Hollywood and independent films has led to a widespread and alarming dismissal of women in everyday American society. Viewed as sexual objects, agents for the male’s progression to heroism, and disposable amenities, the women we see on screen every day retain none of the complexity, value, intelligence, or strength of real-life women. These continued misrepresentations are part of a juggernaut of social misunderstanding that leads to a perpetuated cycle of oppression.

With the use of film analysis and powerful interviews with men and women, the link between films and violence and oppression of women in society was investigated in this documentary, as well as the misconceptions about feminism, the women’s movement, and the power imbalance in our patriarchal culture.

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