For Further Research

For Further Research

Objectification and Exploitation of Girls and Women by the Mass Media and Social Media

https://www.rightsofequality.com/objectification-and-exploitation-of-girls-and-women-by-the-mass-media-and-the-social-media/  

Behind this link you can find an article that discusses the impacts of objectification and sexualization of women in different occupations, impacts among young girls, how it contributes to violence against women and how it can change the attitude of boys towards girls in a relationship, or how women started to objectify themselves without even knowing it due to such normalization of viewing women as objects.  

Here’s How Instagram Harms Young Women According To Research

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2021/10/05/heres-how-instagram-harms-young-women-according-to-research/?sh=5f9110a4255a  

I would like you to read this article because it is related to effects of Instagram on girls, a social media platform that is particularly known for constant competition and comparison among young women. This platform was primarily created for innocent photo posting, and within few years turned into a toxic space where women are displayed to “perfect lives and bodies”, which may have devastating effects on their self-perception, mental and physical health.  

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/how-gender-stereotypes-less-than-br-greater-than-kill-a-woman-s-less-than-br-greater-than-self-confidence  

This article concerns the issue of stereotyping of women and how it affects their attitudes, behavior, and occupation choices. Sadly, women tend to sort their occupation choices in which men are stereotypically believed to perform better due to their lack of confidence, not lack of abilities. Also, they tend to be shy in objects like science, math, or technology, because of previous reason. This lack of self-confidence may pointlessly hold women back from achieving prestigious roles in professions they simply believe they will not succeed in.

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