Miss Representation: The Stereotypes of Women in Media
This week, my Critical Thinking class watched a film called Missrepresentation which was dedicated to exploring how the media tends to underrepresent women in power. The documentary, produced and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom provided examples of how women were suffocated by the stereotypes and troupes that media has portrayed over the years. This documentary was something that intrigued me so much because before watching this film, I was guilty of not questioning the things that media does to undermine women. The magazines, news articles, etc., that I have read have similar headlines to the ones that were criticized in the documentary and only after watching the documentary, I was able to see why reading tabloids and news articles that are more focused on the outward appearances of women and not what they are saying or doing, is something that most of the United States has fallen victim to. The troupes that television shows and movies have used for wome
