Just a Sexual Object

It's been in the media for a long while. It started off that they wanted to but now it seems a requirment.


The Sexualization of Women.


It's a little understandable. Sex sells. We all get it.


BUT, then there is taking it TO far.  There are now music videos and songs out there that are completly unessassary! Talking about women as if they are only sexual objects that are to be controlled and want sex even tough they say no. Just get them drunk and they will put out.  It's DEGRADING.


I would consider myself proud to be female but when I hear songs like these I feel embarrased!  Do people honstly beleive this is how it works? No. There are women who have morals.


The male singers who usually write these songs are disgusting.  Do they have no RESPECT for women?
Sure there are songs done by women that are pretty bad as well but the majority of big songs that deal with this are sung by males.


Example:  Sex by Chris Brown.


Probably one of the most pornographic songs I've heard. The entire song is about the process of him 'gettin down' down with a girl and making her scream his name.  Thanks, good to know you think your good in bed.

'Girl you're really in for a treat now, but don't fall in love cuz,
We just havin' sex,
I'm gonna get you wet,
We not makin' love tonight.
Hickies all over your neck,
Kissin' all over your body, babe,
Girl you gon' get it tonight.'
Basically he is telling the girl to not fall for him because he isn't going to be there in the morning.  This isn't makin' love becuase we have feelings, it's sex, a one night stand becuase I think your smokin'.

At this part, it's not overly bad. There are many songs about one night stands out there.

'Girl you can thank me in the morning.
When you wake up feeling hella good.
Feeling like you want me.
I didn't realize how much I made you scream, yeah. '

This is taking it a little far. Very concieted.  Making it seem like she was the only one that wanted it and he just went along with it because she was 'all up on him' making the girl seem like a needy, sexual women who wants to use him for sex.

'It's gon' be the best,
Best you ever had,
I can promise that, baby,
I lay you on your back,
Then between your legs,
I can make 'em spread, baby. '

Taking his ego to far now. He only ever talks about how good he can get a women to feel and how he can make you want it so bad but you never hear him mention how he is feeling. Why'd he go to have sex in the first place?  Just for fun?

The rest of the song is him describing what he is going to do to her and how much she wants it...

Another song that is degrading to women is Blame it on the Alchol by Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain.
The ENTIRE song is about how a he hits on a girl, she says she doesn't want it so he waits till she gets drunk enough and then he goes and has sex with her while she doesn't really know what she is doing.

A little degrading?  She said she DIDN'T want it.  So I'm just going to get her a little drunk and she'll be all up on me. WOW.  That's sad.



As a women I am insulted by a lot of these songs and I know many other women are as well.
Then these situations are reflected into everyday life when women are approached as sexual objects.

 "You know you want it".

The sad thing is, it's getting WORSE.

What's going to happen then?

MAVS!

The Dallas Mavericks are the 2010-11 Season NBA Champions.

In 6 games, the Mavs decisively won the title with a 4 games to 2 run. Finals MVP honours went to none other than Dirk Nowitzki. But in all seriousness, this feat was a team effort, from the starters to the core bench players, the Mavericks won this championship as a team.

Something that the Miami Heat failed to do.

In game 6, where the Miami heat were facing elimination, they didn't step up as a team. And really, nobody on the whole team did well the entire game. Lebron James had a 4/4 start to the game, and went pretty much cold for the rest. Dwyane Wade did some positives, but he tried to take the team on his back, and failed. He made too many mistakes down the stretch, and the Heat as a whole looked rattled. The title was the Mavericks about halfway through the 4th quarter, and they ended the game winning in double digits. The only person that was contributing positively with his minutes was Chris Bosh, who had been struggling most of the series, but was probably the most efficient player for the Heat.

Too bad he didn't get many touches of the ball.

I would be lying if i said I felt sorry for Bosh after the game, where he actually fell down in emotion, and seemed to be crying. I can understand why he would react that way, being one of the most emotional players in the game today, but I'm not sorry, and I am overjoyed that the Mavericks defeated the Heat in a clear, concise way.

Last years off season, James and Bosh were free agents that decided to take their talents to South Beach, and anybody who watched the NBA was buzzing about how the Heat would win the championship. There were lovers and haters, myself being one of the haters. Anyone for the Heat tried to convince others that the Heat would win the title because they have 3 all-stars on the team. I personally believe in a team dynamic, where everyone is comfortable with each other, knows how others play, and can win games because of their chemistry. There's no doubt that the Heat will win a few championships in their time, just the first season seemed like a bit of a stretch to me, even if the team did acquire possibly the best player in basketball today, Lebron James.

Following the moves, a large variety of people were asked about how they think the Miami Heat will fair this season, including United States President Barrack Obama. He followed the same view that many "haters" have, which is that a team who works well together and has played for a long time will do better than a team that hasn't. It's cool when the President has the same views on basketball as you do.

And it looks like many people are satisfied with the loss to Dallas. People like Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion and Jason Terry have been in the NBA for 10+ years and are veteran players that have never won a championship. The fact that the Mavs only have 1 all-star as opposed to the Heat, who have 3, are the team that overcame the odds and won it all is a great success that really should be admired.

I'm not really a hater anymore, because I know now that the Heat players can't be cocky anymore because they have 3 stars. Humbled is a word I hope players like Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Lebron James can learn about, because a big part to their failure in this playoff run was the lack of maturity that all 3 players have.

There's an alien coming, he's a really swell guy.

I hope he brings an army, and I hope we don't die. (courtesy of the Whitest kids you know)

HEY KIDS! DO YOU LIKE THE RAPTURE?!

Yes, saturday may 21st marked the latest rapture prediction that proved inaccurate. Our dearest nutball Harold Camping, pictured above, the prophet of this calamity, stated that on Saturday, enourmous earthquakes would open the graves of the pure, letting them ascend to God's righteous party-boat, leaving the rest of the planet to die in a series of plagues, earthquakes, tornadoes, G20 summits, and other calamities until October 21st, when god straps the world to a bottle rocket to impress his 2051 year old son. Evidently, this hasn't happened, and it isn't the first time Camping made a mistake. In the 90s he published a book titled "1994?" detailing how this situation would have happened 17 years ago, then afterwards said that his prediction was victim to a mathematical error (Math that was somewhere present in the bible). May 21st marked the 7000th anniversary of the flood of noah's ark, and for such a date, this rain is pathetic. Since the failed prediction, Camping's followers are in an uproar, many of them having quit their jobs, sold their possessions and donated their life savings to Camping's radio broadcast, telling the entire world about impending doom. Camping has reportedly gone into hiding, and his worldwide ministry radio broadcast has gone off the air until further notice. Only goes to show you kids, if you want to be a successful religious leader, hide from your mistakes.

A changed perspective

Since I began this media studies course, my perspective on how media impacts society has completely changed !! a simple trip to the mall fills my mind with thoughts of how all of our society just falls into these categories. there are the people who follow all the trends, there are the people who absolutely shut themselves out from what society tells them to do and then there are those people who kind of fall into both sides and that is just like me. I love keeping up with the latest trends, but no matter how "hot" or popular something is ... if i don't like it i wont wear it !! i find it so sad that some people compromise their own style in order to feel like they belong. i think people need to embrace their own style but truth be told it takes a while to find it. I used to be one of those people who always cared about what people thought. i could never afford the really expensive brands ... so whenever my friends got rid of an abercrombie and fitch sweater for examples .. i would jump at the chance to wear it and have it for myself. its absolutely pathetic how i felt soo much better about myself just by wearing a sweater that all of my friends had. but now that i look back on it everybody else probably felt the same ... or else they wouldn't be wearing the sweater to . now that I'm older Ive learned to embrace the things that i like.... and my clothes don't make me fit into a crowd ..... my clothes make me stand out. yes i wear things that other people like and i guess you could say that they are within all the trends, but i love taking things and making them my own. so i have developed my own style of not really caring what people think ...... i wear what i want to wear and how i want to wear it ..... i sure hope people can develop the same thing ... that way our society would be a much cooler place rather than having a bunch of fashion clones walking around our streets.

If It Sounds Too Good To Be True… It Probably Is

We have all seen these types of advertisements.

The ones that promise happiness, popularity, beauty, love and acceptance if you were to purchase and use their products.

People in advertising say that it’s better to be thin, have a life style of drinking, casual sex, and smoking…etc
Believe it or not, there are tones of ads that subconsciously play with your mind, focusing on what the advertisers think young men and women want.

Why do we let these commercials and ads form our view of society? What makes us want to be like these people in these advertisements?
While searching for general commercials that use this technique for buyers I came across this one ad for “Kraft Dinner.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Gr3cK_J9c

In this commercial, it shows a young man eating “Kraft Dinner BOLD” while working ate a gas station. After taking one bite, he becomes more daring and goes out to a sports car pretending that it is his. He starts to wash off the front of the car when a group of girls pull up in their car next to him. One of the girls walks up to him handing him her number saying that her has a “nice car.” After she’s walked away the owner of the car comes out of the gas station and hands him cash for washing his car. Who wouldn’t eat bowls of this mac and cheese to bring a little more luck into their life? Moral of this commercial; if you eat ‘Kraft Dinner’ all of the prettiest girls will want to come over with their numbers and you will gain some cash. In reality you will probably eating your “Kraft Dinner” alone.

If you are willing to buy a certain product to greater improve yourself, it doesn’t mean you are not happy with your current situation, but you want to bring a little more excitement into your life. Unfortunately, when eating “Kraft Dinner” for example, you won’t get a group of girls vying for your attention but end up feeling worse (and full.)
Don’t get your hopes up, these products won’t get you to suddenly walk in the spot light.

You are who you are, and no product can change that.

Below are some of the advertisements that have caught my eye, and I feel will further show these ideological messages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e04SjNGlfUo&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9tWZB7OUSU

Modification

Body modification is defined as willful alteration of the human body, whether it's for religious reasons, a rite of passage or just for self-expression. Most of us have undergone this, body modification can include piercing any part of your body or getting a tattoo on any part of your body. Some are more socially acceptable than others.

Considered "Socially Acceptable": A Simple ear piercing.

Considered NOT "Socially Acceptable":

Some of the things that people do to their own bodies may seem cool now, but let's think later into their lives, will they be happy when their skin starts to sag and wrinkle.

But of course the examples above are minor body modifications. Some people try to be a human version of an animal by doing many different modifications. People who try to do so, are called "Humanimals". Why do people do this? Some believe that they are related or connected to a cetian animal so they get plastic surgery, get tattoos and even piercings to look more like this animal.

Canada is a free country, and each person is their own. But sometimes people can get out of hand with expressing themselves.

The sence assailant

I Have noticed during my travels across your world that you are losing a battle that I'm shure that many of you do not know you are fighting. You are losing the war against advertisements. Now don't feel like the reason you are losing is completely your fault, their techniques are hard to avoid. You are constantly bombarded by images, models, characters all convincing you to buy one thing or another or use this over that. My I am surprised how materialistic this world is. You all require the latest and best product, no mater how new the object that is going to be replaced is. Every where that you look, something is being pushed into your face saying that this is the right thing for you. I have to say that advertising companies have "crossed the last straw". Where I am from, the only form of advertising was the town crier, and he mainly spoke of what the king was doing, not of what to buy. You have been exposed to the constant battering for so long now that you have become desensitised and have grown accustomed to it all. After my first day here, I refused to look out side again for fear my eyes would burst if I saw another bill board. You all have forgotten what it is like to be able to walk down a street and not be exposed to advertisements. You are forbidden to have original thoughts. You must not be blinded by the bright lights any longer. Regect what the companies tell you and form your own oppinion. we must stop bombardment and free our eyes from the advertising abomination.