{"id":1769,"date":"2016-12-07T20:36:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T01:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2016-12-07T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T02:08:10","slug":"female-objectification-in-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/12\/07\/20\/36\/female-objectification-in-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Objectification in Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">There&#8217;s always a car wash:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">The film\u00a0<i>Bad Teacher,<\/i>\u00a0Cameron Diaz as an unqualified middle school teacher. Her character wants to get breast implants to catch the eye of a fellow teacher. To raise money for her surgery, she has a car wash. She wears short shorts and washes the car in a seductive slow-mo. The whole plot of the movie is materialistic and sexist.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The film <em>Bring it On<\/em> with Kirsten Dunst is a Cheerleader coach on her team and raises money by holding a car wash\u00a0to hire a new choreographer for state competition. You see all the girls in bikinis and throwing water on each other and scrubbing their body parts on the cars. They have a girl in front wearing a bikini and holding a sign to attract customers. It&#8217;s just a bit much.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Bottom line: There are better ways to raise money that does not require girls to strip down and show off their body. A little self-respect goes a long way..You are raising money, but you are demeaning yourself in the process. The only way girls get attention is by stripping down to a bikini. Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if they did\u00a0something in the community? like\u00a0tutoring lessons, garage sale, book drive or something? The people don&#8217;t care about your cause, they just want to see your body. That is so sleazy and dirty to me. Not everything has to be about sex and objectifying females.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1774\" src=\"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/SS3-BIO.jpg\" alt=\"ss3-bio\" width=\"400\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">It&#8217;s always raining:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In the movie, 50 First Dates with Drew Barrymore, there is a scene when her character(Lucy)\u00a0breaks up with Henry. It is raining (surprise!) and she is wearing a sheer white shirt and she goes to give him one last kiss and she is drenched and you can see her nipples. That is another example of objectifying girls. I can&#8217;t even focus on the break up scene and feel bad for her because the director keeps the camera on her nipples. It&#8217;s as though the break up isn&#8217;t even important and they are not capturing her heartbreak.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Another movie that has a nipple scene is Spiderman with Kirsten Dunst when she is kissing Spiderman in upside kiss. It is pouring outside and she is drenched and her nipples show through her shirt. The kiss is so sweet and passionate and then all of a sudden it&#8217;s boom! nipple&#8230;. It&#8217;s clear to see that she is a sex object- not just to Spiderman (Peter), but to the male audience as well. She is blonde, blue eyed and Peter has had a crush on her since he was a little boy. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Bottom line: It&#8217;s understandable to focus on the sex appeal, but it&#8217;s like she is a trophy Peter won in a science fair. She is not a object, she is a person. I would have liked to see more emotion from them, more connection. When they stop kissing, he just leaves her. He disappears. It&#8217;s like she was used for a cheap thrill. It was like he liked the chase. Women are supposed to be treated better and deserve more\u00a0than that. Films need to focus more on the connection and emotions their scenes evoke. They should not cut to a nipple because it looks good. What do\u00a0nipples bring to the table of a break up scene or kiss? NOTHING! it adds nothing to the scene. Women provide more than just their bodies and sex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1772\" src=\"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/d722053056f055d72a934d0ca6b79640.jpg\" alt=\"d722053056f055d72a934d0ca6b79640\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/d722053056f055d72a934d0ca6b79640.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/d722053056f055d72a934d0ca6b79640-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Tight clothing in action movies:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In the film, Fast and Furious, Michelle Rodriguez wears these really tight, low cut jeans and crop tops showing cleavage. \u00a0She is seen as sex object and conquest. She appeals to male audience because her character loves cars. She is driving fast cars and can fix cars. It&#8217;s like she is this whole package. A man&#8217;s fantasy. A hot chick that loves cars. \u00a0That is un-heard of.. I just don&#8217;t get why she needs to be dressed so provocatively while working on or driving cars? Is it because it gives her confidence? it distracts her opponents? I have no clue.. Her talents should speak louder than her body. \u00a0If she really is an important cast member in the film franchise, then I hope they have more respect for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1775\" src=\"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious-39281650-500-387.jpg\" alt=\"michelle-rodriguez-fast-and-furious-39281650-500-387\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Another movie is Avengers. Of the six heroes, only one is female, the Black Widow. Scarlett Johansson who plays this character is known for her vulumpous body. This never goes unnoticed, for the Black Widow is in a skintight leather suit for most of the movie. You never see any of the men wearing that. Scarlett Johansson is known for her boobs (sorry, but true).. If males are attracted to her body, I don&#8217;t think they care if she is a bad actress. I can bet that men don&#8217;t go see her for her amazing acting. It&#8217;s a bit sad that it&#8217;s the only reason audience go to watch a movie because of someone&#8217;s appearance. \u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s kinda like when you know you know the movie is bad but you try to convince a friend to go with you by saying oh so so (hot actress or actor by society demands) is in it. Yes, you are famous but for the wrong reasons. I personally wouldn&#8217;t watch a movie just because of someone&#8217;s appearance. \u00a0Like 50 shades of grey. People were going crazy for the actor and all the hype of it..I thought he looked hideous and he was so bad at acting. It was laughable. I got dragged to see it by a friend(she liked the guy). Worst 2 hours of my life and worst $13 spent. I don&#8217;t need to watch a movie about sex&#8230;I think we all know what to do and we each have our preference of what we like in bed. I don&#8217;t need a movie pushing S&amp;M on me..\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Bottom line:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">I watch a movie because of what it makes me feel. It&#8217;s a shallow world we live in that we would only see a movie if there&#8217;s only hot people in it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s always a car wash: The film\u00a0Bad Teacher,\u00a0Cameron Diaz as an unqualified middle school teacher. Her character wants to get breast implants to catch the eye of a fellow teacher. To raise money for her surgery, she has a car wash. She wears short shorts and washes the car in a seductive slow-mo. 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