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Miss Representation Video  Women are only seen in the media as ideals for men o Always perfect  53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their bodies o That number increases to 78% by age 17  63% of women and girls have an eating disorder  17% of teens engage in cutting and self-injurious behavior  Rates of depression among girls and women have doubled between 2000 and 2010  US advertisers spent $235.6 billion in 2009 o 80% of the countries in the world have GDPs less than that  US women spend $12,000 to $15,000 a year on beauty products and salon services  The number of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on youth under age 19 more than tripled from 1997 to 20007 o The average facelift costs ~$11,000  That’s enough to pay for:  5 years at a community college  2 years at a state university  1 year at the University of California  Self-objectification has become a national problem o More depressed, lower cognitive function, less political efficacy  Women only make-up 17% of Congress  Only 34 women have served as governors compared to 2319 men  The US is 90th in the world in terms of women in national legislatures o Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan are better  68% of viewers were more likely to accept a female president o TV show “Commander in Chief”  Only 16% of protagonists in films are female o Most female movies are simply romance movies  “Ratings Creep” shows that movie ratings categories contain more violence, sex, and profanity than a decade ago  More than 20% of teens have sex before the age of 14  Women in their 20s and 30s are 39% of the population yet are 71% of women on TV are in their 20s and 30s  Media bias o Can be seen in verbs even  Women own only 5.8% of all television stations and 6% of radio stations  Women hold only 3% of clout positions in telecommunications, entertainment, publishing and advertising  Women comprise only 16% of all writers, directors, producers, cinematographers and editors o Only 7% are directors and 10% are writers  The average number of news stories of women and girls is only 20%

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Symbolic annihilation 1 in 4 girls experience teen dating violence 1 in 4 women are abused by a partner in their lifetime 1 in 6 are surviors of rape or attempted rape 15% of rape survivors are under the age of 12 1 in 18 men in the US are in jail or are being monitored 70% of the women in the workforce are mothers...