For This Intervention:
For this intervention, the idea is not to completely change one's perspective of a sorority girl, but rather for one to become aware of what the images of "sorority girls" are in the media. This theme of the pink-wearing, fake boobed, gold digging, attractive, ditzy, slutty sorority girl makes all women look bad, it is debatably one of the worst images of women in the media. The image of the "sorority girl" has moved beyond portrayals of members of made-up sororities in movies. Now the idea of a “sorority girl” in the media can be thought of as any girl who is pink-wearing, fake-boobed, attractive, gold digging, ditzy and slutty, which is currently quite a popular image in media. This creates a situation in which people may assume a woman who displays any of these characteristics to be the “sorority girl” type. For example, if an attractive woman wearing a pink suit walks into a business meeting, some may assume that she is also slutty and dumb and not worth taking business advice from, when in reality this woman may be a genius who enjoys wearing the color pink. So this image of the “sorority girl” in the media creates a problem for all women, forcing them to don themselves in drab attire and act about as lively as a seventy-five year old nun to gain any respect from others in society, especially respect from men in a business setting. The image of a “sorority girl” in media concurrently creates a problem for men as well, by setting up a certain set of associations of and expectations for women.
From Letterman's jackets to Greek Letters
The media portrayal of Greeks has done some damage to the stereotype of Greek women and women in general. Who is affected? High schoolers heading to college. If they have watched video after video and show after show portraying "sorority girls" as "sluts", then that is what they will think they will have to do in order to "fit in" once they get to college. Or these girls have the idea that they are going to have to change whoever they are in order to be accepted. If the media says that a girl should be prim and proper, stuck up and snobby in public then become an easy, slutty, ditzy girl to fit in with the boys- that may be what they will do once they enter college.
2 comments:
It's overwhelming to consider the effect the media has over people. Parents must start from day one teaching their children to believe in themselves and not to be swayed at everything they see on the screen. The media's ability to catagorize any segment of the population and then manipulate the publics opinion on that group can be extremely distructive!
I think it is very sad that these are the images that young girls feel that they have to live up to. I watch tv and movies for entertainment, and not anything more. I dont try to conform myself to images on tv. I think that it is sad that these girls are sacrificing themselves and changing who they are just to fit into some stereo type seen in movies and tv shows. The reason that these shows and movies are successful is because they are not real life. (if they made a movie about normal daily life it wouldnt sell!)
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