Thursday, January 14, 2016

All *people* are created equal

     Throughout the centuries men have been regarded as the dominant killer, bread winner, and anything that involves having more power than women. There is no simple answer to say where this domination idea came from, many follow religions some follow instincts; however, all past leads the same way. Father, son, mother, and daughter.
     Many people in this modern age are growing less and less confident with this idea, feminist groups have emerged with powerful voices and government positions. Yet no female can escape the glass ceiling held above them. They are constantly seen for nothing more than a body, a mother, and practically a toy. On Oprah Winphery's network a film titled MissRepresentation dug into the life of women through the eyes of social media.


     The ongoing male forced continuation of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexism among television, movies, and in the work place has far gotten out of hand. Today, most humans begin using technology at a very young age and so therefore at a very young age our untapped brains receive and process the messages shown as our everyday "what it should be" attitude. Yet what humans create for humans is far different than what it should be, the standards and assumptions created at a young age do not match the everyday life of our reality. Constantly seeing women in nothing but underwear sets the sexual image for our young generation. Yet for the older generation the real world has already set in, as unlike kids these images aren't just images.
     The media leaves a deep impact on the life of women and men. Each picture of a clothing deprived woman with a photoshopped body creates the image of women as only sexual creatures. Constantly leading to sexual harassment and in extreme cases sexual assault. It seems that no female can step outside without being told how good looking she is, or how not good looking she is. Yet there is hardly ever any comment on the mental capacity of the girl or no comment on the work she completes. This leads to disastrous results among females of all ages. Already by age 13, 53% of girls  are unhappy with their physical appearance. This number jumps to 78% by the age of  17. If these numbers are scary then keep listening, 65% of all females have some type of eating disorder due to the pressure placed on their shoulders. Another 17% engage in self-harm. In politics, the number of female senators worldwide has almost doubled within the last 20years; however, that still leaves only 22% of all seats resting in female hands. Females have won many more rights within a small amount of years, yet the power has only made a small shift. "All ((hu)man are created equal." A male should not be a male, and a female should not be a female, we all need to just grow into our own equal human beings. We are all people who deserve as much as we deserve, not as much as the roof set for us lets us climb.

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