"The Unreal World"

Personally, this article spoke the most to me, maybe because I'm female and I have felt the repercussions of reality televisions depiction of women. After reading through the article, I felt that someone had invaded my brain. The author, Jenifer L. Pozner, brought up many points and opinions that I have often said. She briefly discusses the different kinds of reality shows that have degraded women and caused society to desire these unrealistic women including America's Next Top Model, The Bachelor, Joe Millionare, The Swan, and The Real World.

Society has such a distorted view of how a women is supposed to look, think, and act. She tells us that people claim reality TV isn’t sexist because women aren't being forced to join these television shows, unfortunately, this is the sad part. Women have allowed this to happen. We see these "real" women on TV and realize that they are so far from the truth, yet women still continue to apply for these shows and let society see us this way. No wonder society doesn't respect us. Why should men respect women if they are calling each other sluts. How is anyone supposed to take us seriously when we are gallivanting on TV with half a brain and playing the role of who we are "supposed" to be. It's a shame that a child's image of a perfect woman is the one where she is stick thin with no mind of her own. Where being composed of fake elements on the outside is what determines us to be a worthy catch.


Reality TV is affecting womens' mental health.
http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20030303-000003.html