New York Fashion Week begs the question : What do women want ?
As New York Fashion Week unfolds , eyes when on the picture-perfect models whose symptoms cause as much if not more than the clothes they put chatter still highlight . But there is one thing the outside endless conversations about female against the male image in pop culture left: What do women want ? What types of organizations and styles that women want to see ?
Fashion and entertainment are big business . They care about what sells in the first place , and this time of the conviction and the evidence suggests that women are sexualized a bestseller. It is interesting to note that women's magazines almost exclusively women on their covers, while the fitness magazines for men have not sometimes a female cover ( ie- February 2013 issue of GQ with Beyonce) , if not most of the time (ie, Maxim and Playboy ) . In other words , men are great consumers of images of scantily clad women , while the same can not be said - at least to the same extent - women who want to see the images of scantily clad men.
Take the case of Playgirl . It was founded in the 1970s as a feminist response to Playboy and is for heterosexual women who wanted to look at pictures of naked men . Today it exists only as a website and strong markets gay. Even a well thought out idea , " even the playing field " by - even encouraging - Women look at pictures of men ultimately failed. Women do not seem to want to sexualized images of men almost as much as men look to images of sexualized women (or men , Playgirl has shown ) will look like.
I am a model in Los Angeles that supports the empowerment of women. Some believe that I can not be both. As seen in the wake of the recent Vogue photo shoot with Marissa Mayer Yahoo CEO , critics are quick to say that this is a very intelligent woman as attractive, even sensual , is sexist and demeaning. While critics vary , they are centered around the loaded question to be: "What would you do with a man ? "
If we want to talk about objectification , there are many who go around for both sexes: Male models are designed and represented in the hair and makeup, and men like David Beckham in underwear campaigns. In fact , it's almost twisted dynamic modeling, as still as the work of a woman. More than once I heard someone giggling in parades , "he looks so gay. "
However, we see more and more pictures of sexy women than men , because that's what sells . Consumers also want to cover stories of other women , particularly " beautiful " women.
The VMA performance with Miley Cyrus set off a firestorm of debate on sexuality and lamentations about young women in America today. However, there was hardly a section on the other half of the duo performance , Robin Thicke . It was as if the singer was not even at the event, and even fewer had much responsibility in fulfilling Cyrus.
We should look at the underlying reason why women constantly pushed to the forefront when it comes to media sexualized look . MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said that " someone should be fired " on the VMA performance. His point is that a lot of entertainment by the powers that be on publications and networks , instead of being the stars themselves decided .
People are sexual beings , so sex will always sell . Neckline and shiny legs never fail to be a selling point for the entertainment industry. If we are to achieve equality , we will not ever closer to criticize and try to mitigate the raunchiness , but leveling the ground. More women in positions of power would be breaking gender roles and taking a deeper look at our nation's approach to sexuality a start. Our collective buying power of women is another way to change the industry.
In other countries, the social norms are different. I was just a casting agency in Germany, where I saw a television report that relates to a democracy with Eva Mendes Calvin Klein ads of 2008 and urged the Americans " prudish " for the ban. Note that this is a country where the ads with bare breasts are not uncommon. On the other hand , I lived for many years in South Korea, where the cleavage is a little outrageous.
Ultimately, the American state of mind is through a combination of media images of our social expectations , gender norms , and the guys who our conversation the green light. While we worry about the latest news about a controversial image or performance, we should ask why it was produced in the first place. For we are the public ones that have the buying power to give us the strength to help our media takes .