Susan Sontag Miss Representation Essay
Shelby Grimac
English 121: Fashion Institute of Technology
Assignment #5- Miss Representation/S. Sontag
November 11, 2014
In the documentary, “Miss Representation”, themes such as appearance and the importance of beauty in the female gender are clearly represented. It is well known that gender roles play a huge part of society, and the strong presence of the sexualization of women. The facts presented in this film prove that women are truly seen as sexual objects rather than intelligent human beings. Women are relied on to entertain men, not be in government, or play a serious role in a movie. Strong females are usually mocked in some way, shape, or form such as
Hilary Clinton, or or Condoleezza Rice. An essay by Susan Sontag, “A Woman’s Beauty: …show more content…
In both the documentary and the essay, women are revealed to be sexually objectified and mainly judged by their looks.
In Susan Sontag’s essay, she states, “It is not, of course, the desire to be beautiful that is wrong but the obligation to be- or try to be” (Sontag 1). The author clearly poses the question to all women reading this piece is, is it wrong to feel the need to be more beautiful because of social pressures? It is not wrong for women to want to be beautiful, but is there more than that when women feel the need to go to lengths to achieve it? Is it true when someone asks why you wear makeup that it’s just for yourself? The point is that women today and even long ago have always had the most pressure starting at a young age to look a certain way, and that there is a social
obligation to be beautiful. In “Miss Representation”, Lisa Ling states, “As a culture, women are brought up to be fundamentally insecure and always looking for the time when that knight on a horse will come and rescue us or provide for us”. Many women are dependent on men, and enhance their looks because of a male, or to increase their chances in finding a mate. Yes,
English 121: Fashion Institute of Technology
Assignment #5- Miss Representation/S. Sontag
November 11, 2014
In the documentary, “Miss Representation”, themes such as appearance and the importance of beauty in the female gender are clearly represented. It is well known that gender roles play a huge part of society, and the strong presence of the sexualization of women. The facts presented in this film prove that women are truly seen as sexual objects rather than intelligent human beings. Women are relied on to entertain men, not be in government, or play a serious role in a movie. Strong females are usually mocked in some way, shape, or form such as
Hilary Clinton, or or Condoleezza Rice. An essay by Susan Sontag, “A Woman’s Beauty: …show more content…
In both the documentary and the essay, women are revealed to be sexually objectified and mainly judged by their looks.
In Susan Sontag’s essay, she states, “It is not, of course, the desire to be beautiful that is wrong but the obligation to be- or try to be” (Sontag 1). The author clearly poses the question to all women reading this piece is, is it wrong to feel the need to be more beautiful because of social pressures? It is not wrong for women to want to be beautiful, but is there more than that when women feel the need to go to lengths to achieve it? Is it true when someone asks why you wear makeup that it’s just for yourself? The point is that women today and even long ago have always had the most pressure starting at a young age to look a certain way, and that there is a social
obligation to be beautiful. In “Miss Representation”, Lisa Ling states, “As a culture, women are brought up to be fundamentally insecure and always looking for the time when that knight on a horse will come and rescue us or provide for us”. Many women are dependent on men, and enhance their looks because of a male, or to increase their chances in finding a mate. Yes,