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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH6pPTqBK7g In the movie I feel pretty starring Amy Schmuer, we see how this women wants to fit into society gender representation norms so bad and be socially accepted into society. Amy does everything to fit her gender representation as a women such as her clothes, makeup, fitness, career, social groups, conversations, etc. Amy is very insecure until one day she has an accident which changes her perception of her body and image. She then again changes herself but to fit more into the feminine expression and is more confident doing so in her new found confidence. I picked this film because when I was watching it I felt I could relate in the way she saw how she had to fit into society norms to be a successful women. I myself sometimes feel this way and and do sometimes conform to some of society's norms of femininity but understand the layers behind that and know it has all been socially constructed to be a certain way. This film is placed int...

This was published by Ms magazine a feminist magazine publisher in 2014 I think what this cultural artifact says about gender is women are objects. Women are meant to be looked at and used instead of valued. It says that women are to be kept beautiful and maintain that beauty as well as hyper-sexualizing women. It also says that women are to be feminine in their attire choice, hair as well as a stance. It notes that others are a beast like that they are unable to control themselves when they see women and promotes the male gaze. It also shows how there is sexual harassment in the workplace and it is the women's fault for distracting others. It attempts to reinforce the traditional ideology of females because it is reinforcing the traditional rules of feminity since its focuses are on beauty and how a woman acts and is supposed to look like using their products. I feel that this has been one of the same rhetorics I have seen my whole life through pop cul...