Women In Front Of The Camera

While researching my junior theme, why there are so few women directors, one idea i came across is that women were wanted in front of the camera rather than behind it in positions such as directing. ""It seems as if historians were primarily interested in women in front of the camera as actors and sex objects" (Link). Women in film, tv shows, advertisements, etc. also have a certain "image" they want to follow, which makes everyone else look like that. A few weeks ago, my adviser was talking about wearing high heals, and how we see a celebrity walking around in them, so we automatically think they wear them around 24-7, so we should do. However, in reality they wear them for twenty minutes during an interview, or just walking down the red carpet. 

While reading another article, it said "The pressure put on women through ads, television, film and new media to be sexually attractive—and sexually active—is profound" (Link). There is a huge pressure put on celebrities, which then puts the pressure on everyone else. Even in computer or video games and animated childrens movies, this image is already introduced to them. For example, in Disney movies, the size of the princesses are very inaccurate and not proportional at all. Pocahontas is a good example of this. My adviser also brought this up one morning, and how it puts stress on everyone to have their body like this, when it reality it is nearly impossible.