Blog Post 4

I watched the video, "Girl Model" and read Teenage Girl Blossoming into Beautiful Object. I'll start by responding to the reading. I was confused by the article thinking, "Oh my gosh how can this be serious??" and then saw what kind of website it was on and realized it was sarcastic to make a point. It's too bad that becoming a woman and becoming beautiful in the world's eyes makes that girl an object for men and their sexual needs. She is no longer seen for her personality nor smarts and is noticed first for her looks. As wrong as this is, this is how society works! We are surrounded by the media and I feel like 90% of what we receive into our brains is through the sense of sight. So, our sight being our primary sense, it is only natural that we perceive people initially by what they look like. I feel like the concept from the video reflected this really well. Nadya was essentially being used for her looks. She was flown to Tokyo and her looks were photographed for magazines. She was taken advantage of because she didn't even get paid for her work, didn't land any paying jobs, and walked away from that experience being $2,000 in debt. The only one who benefited were the Japanese contractors. It's crazy to see what they go through also in their audition process. The way they judged and put these girls down for their flaws was just disgusting! My sister was a model and ended up quitting to go to school because the physical demands were just too high and were even unhealthy at times. I respect her for getting out of the industry when she did. If I had to compare her to anyone it would be Marilyn Monroe. She's a bit curvy (arrcording to scouts, but shes skinny to me!), and believes more in personality, inner beauty, and realness, than in starving yourself to reach a size 00. She's an absolutely beautiful person and it pained me to see her come home in tears because her agent told her she needs to drop 22 pounds if she wants a job (she was only 130!!). It's terrible what these agents will do to tear these girls' confidence down and for what?? Media, fashion, and sexual stimuli.