Notes and Quotes
Articles:
Huffpost
Entertainment- ‘Love
Island’ Is a Lesson in Why We Deserve Better from Reality TV In 2016
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“As they attempted to couple up, the girls were lined up (in
bikinis, obv) for the boys to pick from like slabs of meat on an oestrogen
buffet.”
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“The concept of being a gentleman has been lost on this lot, who
spend their days cooped up in the villa either bragging about their sexual
conquests or objectifying their female co-stars.”
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“By putting men like this on TV, we’re not only teaching boys it’s
ok to speak to women like this, but we’re also perpetuating the idea that women
should ‘put out’ or face ridicule.”
Daily
Mail- TV
watchdog to investigate ITV's Love Island sex scene aired just ten minutes
after watershed
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“Watching
at home, viewers couldn't hide their disgust at the public sex antics on the
ITV2 show. One tweeted: 'Love Island legit makes me feel sick. How you gunna be
having sex with people watching and saying stuff about sexual positions.
wtaf.'”
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“Another
contestant, former Miss Great Britain Zara Holland, 20, was stripped of her
title after romping with cast mate Alex Bowen on the show. She had her crown
revoked by organisers for her 'disappointing' behaviour.”
Forbes- What Reality TV Is Doing To Women
http://www.forbes.com/sites/worldviews/2012/04/20/what-reality-tv-is-doing-to-women/#7b39cfcd719f
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“Women might have an even tougher
time, especially moms who may try to get their teenage daughters to refrain
from being objectified.”
The
Huffington Post-
What
Has Reality TV Done to Young Women?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ashley-bush-and-raphaela-sapire/reality-tv_b_1916603.html
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“Among girls who watch
reality TV, 72% say they spend a lot of time on their appearance”
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“Rather than seeing
examples of what women can become — a scientist, a vineyard owner, a chef —
girls and young women are watching examples of females as teen moms, housewives
or socialites (Kardashians).”
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“Until there are women
who tell her, ignore our pop culture obsession over beauty and fashion...
she’ll think those are the only things that girls are supposed to care about.”-
President Obama
Newsweek- THE PROBLEM
WITH WOMEN ON REALITY TV
http://europe.newsweek.com/problem-women-reality-tv-69809?rm=eu
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“And you’d understand that women
were put on this earth to compete for male attention—when, of course, they’re
not busy pulling each other’s hair out or lounging half naked in a hot tub.”
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“The portrayal of women doesn’t
just reflect outdated stereotypes—it resurrects them.”
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“If we start to believe what
these shows tell us, which is that women are stupid, incompetent, and can only
succeed by using their sexuality to get ahead.”
Vanderbilt (feminism and film)
- Representations of Women in Reality TV
https://my.vanderbilt.edu/wgs272/2013/04/representations-of-women-in-reality-tv/
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“The casualness with which men
joke about objectifying women and how ingrained and accepted it is culturally
parallels the even more serious case of rape jokes.”
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“Boys will be boys” is an idea
that many have been socialized into believing. It serves as an excuse for men
to look at/talk about women in a sexual way. It has been internalized by both
me and women.”
Chelssrep-
How Are Women
Represented In Reality TV Programmes?
https://chelsssrep.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/case-study-so-far/
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“When it comes to men, the women
become naïve, this is the similarity between the girls in both reality TV
programmes. This supports hegemony that women should be beautiful and take
care of their appearance.”
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“Stacey suggests that stereotypes
can be good and being able to represent women to be the same in reality makes
it easier to stereotype these people to the particular place that these women
are from.”
Daily Star- 'Women like
to have sex' Love Island Sophie hits out at Miss GB for Zara de-crowning
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-tv/hot-tv/524739/Love-Island-Sophie-defends-Zara-Miss-GB-decrowning
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"Life
shouldn’t be about judging one another. Say, for example, judging a young woman
for enjoying herself. A young woman who hasn’t harmed anyone, but a woman who
has faced a torrent of judgemental and closed-minded opinions since leaving
Love Island. As an ex Miss Newcastle and Miss GB, I can say that it’s time
people move forward from their old-fashioned thinking and accept the simple
fact that... women like to have sex!"
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The pageant organisers said: "The feedback we have
received from pageant insiders and members of the general public is such that
we cannot promote Zara as a positive role model moving forward.
The
Artifice- Stereotyped: Women in Reality
TV
http://the-artifice.com/sterotyped-women-in-reality-tv/
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“Women are often presented
as dependent and subordinate as well as dim-witted and vain.”
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“Apart from being depicted
as passive and weak, women are generally much younger and more physically
attractive than their male counterparts, displaying them as sex symbols.”
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“There is also a prominent
theme in reality television that confines women to a home setting which renders
that the main female roles exist inside the home.”
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“Women are often judged
against men whom serve as the norm in television and in society.”
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“Women are valued simply for
their relationships with men which becomes a chauvinistic motif throughout
reality television.”
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“Kim Kardashian was only
noticed due to her publicly leaked sexual intercourse stunt with musical act
Ray J. Before this she was just another young woman, which only further
promotes the over-sexualized nature of women in television and the need to
flaunt ones physical attributes in order to get noticed.”
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The Real Housewives- “The
wives in the program are always dressed to the nines and made up heavily,
adorned in expensive jewels and sporting designer shoes. This makes them seem
almost as if they are dolls or toys; property that their husbands dress up.”
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“These shows not only
culturally signify that subordination is acceptable, but they promote the
embodiment of the media’s version of attractive; tall, thin and beautiful.”
·
“Over forty percent of prime
time reality television programs are sexually oriented.”
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“The increasing sexual
connotation of reality programs displays a cultural message to viewers that it
is appropriate to over-sexualize your lifestyle as well as revolve the majority
of your life around dating and intimacy.”
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“Teens and adolescents who
regularly view sexually or romantically themed reality shows are more likely to
endorse traditional gender roles and stereotypes. These traditional roles limit
women to the home and the caring for of children and allow men to be the bread
winners.”
·
“Not only do reality
television programs relay the appropriateness of the confinement of women, but
they also promote over-sexual attitudes in teens and young adults.”
Reality TV—The real effects of Gender
Stereotypes in the media on our girls self-esteem
http://selfesteem.dove.co.uk/Articles/Written/Reality_TV_The_real_effects_of_Gender_Stereotypes_in_the_media_on_our_girls_self_esteem.aspx
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“They offer such a limited view of what it is to be a woman, and all over
the world young girls are lapping it up,” he says. “I’m thinking of programmes…
where all the women talk about is their looks and their clothes. It focuses on
the lives of beautiful women who spend a lot of money on themselves – and
that’s just not the real world.”
Women as Sexual Objects and
Victims
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“The sexualisation
of women is related to the development of eating disorders, low self-esteem,
depression, and negative feelings regarding sexuality.”
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“When men view
images of sexually objectified women, it has been shown to increase men’s
acceptance of rape myths, interpersonal violence, and gender role stereotyping.”
Blog- My Love Hate Relationship with Women in Reality TV
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/diary-therapist/2014/07/my-love-hate-relationship-with-women-in-reality-tv/
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“Shows like “The Bachelor” showcase a regressive
view of relationships by allowing women to compete for a relationship and
saying “pick me, pick me” in hopes that they are chosen by the bachelor. From
the slut, the airhead, the backstabber, and the Angry Black women often
portrayed, the type of behaviour portrayed on reality television has set the
feminist movement back at least 30 years!”
The Girls Of Geordie Shore: Unlikely Paragons Of Sex Positivity
- “We exist in world where we are told to fear or be ashamed of our bodies, rather than enjoying them. And somehow the Geordie women have unlearned this — and thus, in their small way, helped feminism.”
University papers:
Iowa State University- Portrayals
of women in prime time reality TV programs
http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2395&context=rtd
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“Studies have shown that women have been
underrepresented and stereotyped in TV programs.”
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“Throughout the decades, TV has depicted females by
focusing on their physical characteristics, sexual appeal, and romantic
success, whether they are housewives, mothers, or objects of desire”
Eastern Kentucky University- Reality
television and its impact on women’s body image
http://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=etd
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“Research has indicated that body dissatisfaction can
be seen in studies with girls as young as six years old”
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“A cultural ideal of thinness for women, which is
well below the average weight of women in that culture, directly causes body
dissatisfaction at a higher rate among women than men”
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“A study found that for girls
their ideal figure was thinner than they were and that their ideal figure was
also thinner than what boys indicated that they liked. Boys showed no desire to
be thinner”
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“A study found that girls who watched more
appearance focused television shows were less satisfied with the way they
looked. Results also indicated that girls who had more discussions with their
peers about celebrities and what they looked like had more of a desire to be
thinner.”
Videos:
Reality TV and Women's Self Esteem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAuOYB8dUI
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“You are told in reality TV that
no quality about women is worth anything other than her beauty, that she has no
access to power other than her beauty”
The Problem With Women on Reality TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4HpBmIPXc
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“The portrayal of women in
reality TV is not realistic.”
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