Women are one of the most important products the media is presenting. Women are portrayed in media due to what people want to see and what the media is presenting.
From the Pre-Islamic poetry, the woman was considered in poems and books a muse and a source of inspiration, though during the coming eras and despite the great challenges women had passed through yet the women is still in the same frame.
However, women are presenting not as a muse nowadays but as a sex object that her body is only a source that stimulate the instinct. Also, a good source to sell fragrances, jewelries, cosmetics, clothes etc.
All women wish to be thin, tall, and beautiful. This is what we are seeing in our schools, colleges and work field every day. Each and every day we are surrounded by images of beautiful, thin people on TV, in magazines and newspapers, and spread across billboards. Also, there is no evidence about the true images at the beginnings by the access use and misuse of Photoshop programs. As a lady, we used to be proud of our “curves” in our bodies but now with one click on the keyboard we can fake the truth and erase those curves that make us ladies.
Lebanese women are viewed as sex objects and the Lebanese media is the one to blame, for the superficial image they had imposed to the public. Now the Lebanese women are nothing but an imitation for western media. Most of the Arab media represent women as a weak and dependent person in the movies, advertisement, and TV shows in order to sell and to allow people have the feeling of sympathy. Moreover, not only men are attracted to sexy media women but the Arab women are seeking for imitation to look exactly like those media women to have thousands of copy. Women are competing men in all majors and field of work. This lead us to an intellectual and creative women that can fit anyplace in the society. Women can reach many positions by her intellectual approaches not by her physical appearance. Then we should cancel the image of dependent women that can’t take a decision by herself or she is always the men’s property.
Arab women are changing the fact of being dependent in the media. She is turning to media by their empowerment and be a field of education that can overcomes barriers of distance and time by the new technologies. These new technologies allowed women to be seen as equal to men and have the ability to discuss, investigate, and present issues. Women are trying to be a source for education and creativity not only for a muse.
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