On Monday I watched the documentary "Misrepresentation" that focused on how women are pressured to look and act a certain way. I found that most of these conflicts that were discussed in the documentary are still problems that occur today. For example in the documentary female politicians were sexualized which still happens in 2020. An example of a female politician getting sexualized is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, according to Huff Post men are fascinated by her due to her young age and attractive appearance while being involved in politics which is quite rare. Another struggle that women face is underrepresentation in the media. In entertainment women are rarely not involved with romance. In plots there is always some love story in movies with a female lead. Most likely you cannot recall a single movie or TV show where a woman is the protagionist without a love life. This is ongoing unfortunately. Women in leadership is a concept that isn't widespread in America since it's reported that only 23% of the House of Representatives are women. This is proof that society makes it so that women have a difficulty leading. Lack of women in politics can have negative effects on girls since they have nobody to get inspired by causing a dearth of women in power. This can then cause males to have a step above women which many do not favor. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservatives-afraid-alexandria-ocasio-cortez_n_5c38cb74e4b05cb31c421cc3
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