From: Shadab
The subtopic I chose was Self-Objectification. Both sexes Self-Objectify which can cause depression, discontent with one’s body. It is a well-accepted fact that it affects women more, but we believe it is normal problem with women. In reality it is in our control because we set beauty standards and at the moment it is set unimaginably high because very few women fit that mold.
In the photo I use a few elements to illustrate the point. The first element I use is the poster. The poster features a Caucasian supermodel of thin physique but a very prominent bust standing in a seductive pose. It shows what our society believes to be sexy, which is stressful to a person that does not look like that. The second element is the glass in between my model and the poster describing how that beauty model might be hard to achieve if not impossible to achieve. The third element is the size of Victoria Secrets in comparison to my model which emphasizes the pressure there is on females to fit a certain mold to be considered sexy. Lastly, the word scandalous is on the window in front of my model. Which to me is ironic because scandalous can be translated to sinful, which to me is setting up women for failure because it can used positively and negatively. For example, if a women is following social norms then she is scandalous but if she deviates and is intimate with more than one partner she could be labeled sinful (or a slut).
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One main focus on this image is the dichotomy between the girl on the left in the jeans and black hoody and the girl on the right in the gray hoody and black shorts. The girl on the right is young, thin, and athletic, with long hair, which follows traditional norms of a beautiful woman. Her back is faced to Victoria Secret which shows her lack of desire and need for beauty products to be attractive. The girl on the left is standing with her hands in her pockets and facing Victory Secret and shows her closing herself from the world. She is covered up from neck to toe suggesting she is self- objectifying herself. The girl stairs into the poster with desire to be just as beautiful as the female is portrayed. This all shows how fashion companies pry on those considered less attractive by playing into self-objectification of girls and telling them if you want to attractive, you must where our clothes.
Those who create advertisements for companies don't understand how much what they use effects everyone who witnesses the ad. Victoria Secrets is a perfect example to show how much girls will change their appearance to look like someone who models for VS. Even when the runway show is on, we let young girls watch so they can gain a "role model," however they shouldn't be who are girls model. Most of those models are doing good with their lives but they are still showing their bodies off to make money and to advertise to the public. The young lady standing outside the window is most likely thinking about how she can become that. The angle of the photo is a key point because the photographer is looking from the outside in. They are looking at how much these words and advertisements are effecting others self-esteem and who they want to become. Companies know exactly what they are doing when they make these advertisements, its ultimately to conform girl's into who they want them to me.
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