I want to start off by saying that I have nothing against the celebrities that are used by corporations to portray certain ideologies. I believe many of these celebrities, once locked into contract, have no choice or say in what they wear and what they do. I believe many of them are abused and used in multiple ways. I do not judge them at all, and I do not know them, their ideals and morals. I’m sure many of them are lovely individuals.
Sex, it seems to be something my generation really knows nothing about. What used to be considered a sacred, powerful energetic act of love, with a tremendous amount of healing energy has turned into lustful heartless acts of pleasure seeking that does not come from a place of love or appreciation at all. Sex, lust, and the objectification of women in media throughout recent human history has been responsible for programming sex into the minds of men, looking at them as objects rather than human beings. It’s no coincidence that multiple pornography sites rank among the top 100 in the world.
Sex is everywhere, in television programs, movies, and music videos. You cannot watch an hour of television without seeing a suggestively dressed or undressed female. Approximately seventy percent of television programs examined between October 1999 and March 2000 contained sexual content, numbers which were up from previous years.(1) A staggering 89 percent of movies, 84 percent of sitcoms, and 80 percent of soap operas contained sexual content.(2) Since the 1960′s, studies have examined the sexual objectification of women. These studies examine women in various roles such as housewife or a sex object, go on to discuss how these portrayals have influenced the attitude of people all over the world.
Who is responsible for this? When I say media has depicted women this way for a long time, I’m talking about five or six corporations that control it all, among other things…
This mass programming has men looking at a woman’s body and body parts, paying no attention to her as a person or human being. Based on my experience, I was constantly surrounded by males who pointed out women’s body parts, and constantly sought after sex and their body parts, not their hearts. It left me in a very awkward position, because I did not want others to think something was wrong with me. Personally, I’ve been afraid to look at women for a number of years now, fearing that they might think I am looking at them from a place of lust. Don’t get me wrong, I am not exempt from this category, I have also been subjected to the same programming as everyone else. I also wanted to mention that being attracted to a woman or man is perfectly natural, but there is a lot more that encompasses attraction, and lusting after a women’s body is far from true order of things. There is something extremely sacred about a bond between two people, and all the potential involved when the two come together from the right place within.
As a result of sexual programming, many men have strong desires for sex. At the same time, this type of programming has women trying to look a certain way in order to be attractive. Women have been subjected to the same thing with regards to how they view men. I just believe it has been more extreme in the opposite regard.
Here is a commercial that depicts the sad truth of today. Many men are completely driven by their sex drives, want nothing but sex, and view sex in a manner it was not meant to be viewed in. Women are constantly sexually objectified, again, this is a result of mass programming, which I believe has it’s origin in the CIA’s MK Ultra program.
Some studies suggest that women internalize this outsider perspective, and begin to self-objectify by treating themselves as an object to be looked at and evaluated on the basis of appearance. So, while we have the mass sexual programming of men, we also have women who are affirming that, by playing that role they have seen everyday for their entire lives within the media, men do this too. How often do women (and men) watch their appearance? How often do they portray a role that is depicted on television? This is one example, out of many how some of us have been playing roles for years, trying to be “be that guy.” Truth is, the media depicts a narrow and unattainable standard of a women’s physical beauty. This measurement of beauty and appearance has become the defining characteristic of an individual’s own self worth, but things are changing, and the true definition of beauty is coming to light.
If you view women from this perspective, you are not alone and don’t judge yourself. If you are aware of yourself doing this, then you are on the right path. That’s your soul telling you something, true attraction involves aura, energy, unconditional feelings that cannot be explained. I’m not saying it doesn’t involve physical attraction. I’d like to leave you with this last video, explaining what sexual objectification is and how we can change it.
Sources:
(1)http://www.apa.org/education/ce/sexual-objectification.pdf
(2)http://pure.au.dk/portal/files/10594/8_-_sexual_objectification_of_women.pdf
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