Our CEE event entitled, Social Experiment: Sex in the Media, was designed to question our global standards and evoke provocative dialogue center around the focus of women’s image within the media. We showed the documentary Miss. Representation to a target group of Duquesne University students. The group was asked to watch the film with open minds, and hearts in order to promote a genuine conversation based on the issues the film raises about our global society’s perception of women. The group was asked to keep a list of the top things that stuck out to them, and then report out to the larger group. Once we acquired the complete list of all the running issues that were posed throughout the film, we collectively came up with steps to create to a campus centered action plan. The CEE program was a safe zone for students to express and discuss freely the topic of sex that invade our homes, cars, and lives without permission. The program allowed for a diverse group of individuals to understand their peers positions. Often the group found a common ground, others instances the group stood on opposite ends of the room about particular subject matters but the group always listened to one another. After studying abroad in various country’s my group and I felt it was imperative to address that women within both our contemporary society and various countries are continuously being subjected to discrimination based on their gender. Our program sought to take the necessary steps to end this objectify trend that seems to plague our global culture. Traveling abroad empowered us as women, and we understood that upon returning to the states it was now our global duty to empower our generation and in particular the women of our generation. The initial steps to ignite change is addressing and tackling the problem head on, we had to address the elephant in the room, “Why are women taught to shrink themselves in order for men to feel large? Why are women taught to be strong but not too strong? Finally why is a woman’s value centered on her looks?”
Our CEE event entitled, Social Experiment: Sex in the Media, was designed to question our global standards and evoke provocative dialogue center around the focus of women’s image within the media. We showed the documentary Miss. Representation to a target group of Duquesne University students. The group was asked to watch the film with open minds, and hearts in order to promote a genuine conversation based on the issues the film raises about our global society’s perception of women. The group was asked to keep a list of the top things that stuck out to them, and then report out to the larger group. Once we acquired the complete list of all the running issues that were posed throughout the film, we collectively came up with steps to create to a campus centered action plan. The CEE program was a safe zone for students to express and discuss freely the topic of sex that invade our homes, cars, and lives without permission. The program allowed for a diverse group of individuals to understand their peers positions. Often the group found a common ground, others instances the group stood on opposite ends of the room about particular subject matters but the group always listened to one another. After studying abroad in various country’s my group and I felt it was imperative to address that women within both our contemporary society and various countries are continuously being subjected to discrimination based on their gender. Our program sought to take the necessary steps to end this objectify trend that seems to plague our global culture. Traveling abroad empowered us as women, and we understood that upon returning to the states it was now our global duty to empower our generation and in particular the women of our generation. The initial steps to ignite change is addressing and tackling the problem head on, we had to address the elephant in the room, “Why are women taught to shrink themselves in order for men to feel large? Why are women taught to be strong but not too strong? Finally why is a woman’s value centered on her looks?”