Women's Image in Music Videos and The Media

After class discussion and watching that documentary on Nov. 2nd in class, it opened my eyes to how much women actually are exposed as "sexy" pieces of property and accessories. It is rather disgusting to see women behave that way and give men that much power over them. The whole time I was watching the documentary, however, I couldn't help but wonder how it all started. Back in the 1940's and 50's, women would have never acted the way they do today. It seems women were respected more then even though they didn't have the same rights that they do now. Then they were portrayed as respected wives and mothers, even though they were thought inferior. It is hardly different in that aspect today - though women have the same rights they are still thought of as inferior to men partly because of the way they act. In addition to being less respected, the way women are portrayed today in videos and in the media makes them seem less smart and all the same: they are just sex objects with no personality. It actually upsets me to think about how women let this happen. Women today have more power than they used to and this is the way they use it (or not use it for that matter)? Though there are women out there, such as feminists, who are smart and strong and try to show that women have more to them than just physical attractiveness and sex appeal, they do not get the upper-hand in the media or in music videos. Therefore, the "sex objects" in the media are how most of the population think of women since that is how they are shown. Come on girls, we're smarter than that.