Reply #58: The status of women has dropped in recent years. [View All]

[redqueen]

In the documentary Miss Representation, which I'm sure was studiously avoided by many, the evidence was presented for this phenomenon. It has to do mostly with the media, yes. The breaking down of regulations about unfair advertising took place in the late 80's. The women's movement was derailed in the 80's (the ERA). The increase in sexually objectifying ads that occurred in the 90's seems to have played its part. And now we have the internet, and porn on demand, and women's hypersexualized bodies being used to advertise so very much on the net, 24/7.

I'm not sure what your point is about the media 100 years ago.

Women were making progress, that progress all but stopped, and we are now losing ground in leadership. Those are the issues I'm most concerned with, and those have been on this trend since the 70's.

We can open the discussion up further back into history but there has to be more direction than just 'well it was worse for women then'.