Annotated Bibliography #2

Calogero, Rachel M., William N. Davis, and J. Kevin Thompson. The Role of Self-Objectification in the Experience of Women with Eating Disorders - Springer. The Role of Self-Objectification in the Experience of Women with Eating Disorders - Springer. N.p., 01 Jan. 2005. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-005-1192-9?LI=truehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-005-1192-9?LI=true>.


This scholarly journal discusses the results from interviews of 209 women who were diagnosed with eating disorders. Almost every single one of the women revealed that outside encouragement from media and advertising is part of what pushed them towards their disorders and unhealthiness. It wasn't a literal message being sent to them but the images and ideals that are painted in the ads of women and sexiness are what gave them the ideas that it was what is seen as beautiful and desirable. 



Gray, Emma. "Women And Objectification: Brain Sees Men As Whole, Women In Parts (STUDY)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 25 July 2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/women-and-objectification_n_1701275.html>.

This article found on the web goes over many of the specific images seen in mass media and how there is a grand schism between the views towards men and those towards women. "Everyday women are being reduced to their sexual body parts." There are major points towards the fact that women aren't being seen as "wholes" but, rather, as just the appealing parts that they are composed of. Studies have found that feeling objectified negatively affects how women act, behave, self-actualize, and perform in every day life. The constant change in imagery victimizes women as individuals and doesn't treat them as equals.

Rockler-Gladen, Naomi. "Media Objectification of Women." Suite101.com. N.p., 5 May 2008. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://suite101.com/article/media-objectification-of-women-a52911>.



In this article there is a very clear definition of what media objectification is and does. Naomi discusses how objectification can be seen as good and bad, particularly in which human beings see other people and other physical beings. Everyone can depict themselves in the ways that they choose to be seen, but what is argued is that the mass media imagery pushes people, especially women, to be desirable, sexy, skinny, and appealing. Not what the new day and age women want to be seen as, as a whole, but because the media plays a major influential role on peoples' lives it also makes them believe they can 'see' they way media wants them to. There are then examples of game shows (i.e. Deal or No Deal), ads (Pepsi), and other various corporation advertising schemes that paint these ideals.