Our society is surrounded by various mediums that reinforce popular culture. Mass media plays a significant role in reflecting, reinforcing, and changing the dominant systems and ideologies that help shape gender. Women are judged based on their height and weight. Men are under a lot of pressure to be muscular and muscular. Everyone has pressure to conform to a certain body type. The main sources of these opinions come from television, the Internet, books, radio and print media (BOOK). Magazines have helped shape popular culture for many years, and the topic has interested me throughout the semester in this course. The objectification of women in America is reinforced by magazines that refer to this class. It is important to understand feminist views on mass media when reading a magazine. The objectification of women in American mass media has been a problem for several decades. The image of the ideal woman that is presented through the mass media is harmful. Magazines set a standard for women to follow and ideals to aspire to. A woman has a set of guidelines provided by the mass media that teach women how to behave, when to wear makeup, how to dress, what her body should look like and how to treat her lover. The portrayal of women in many magazines has reduced the value of women to objects that are conquered, displayed and abused. The magazines challenge women to change themselves to fit into society. These changes are objectifying women and making men feel in control. Objectification is discussed in Women's Voices, Feminist Visions. Chapter nine of Women's Voices, Feminist Visions discusses the multiple ways mass media influence women's culture. Magazines are important in popular culture. Magazines are made... in the middle of paper... beautiful woman. Women can look beautiful and have power, ambition, success, determination and have the same value as a man. There are many feminist magazines. These magazines feature less sexualized women and provide insight into feminist views on events that are happening. One day, I hope that feminist views will be shown in more magazines so that women are less objectified and more equal to men in the media. In conclusion, magazines are important artifacts in popular culture. Publications objectify women by reflecting, reinforcing, and dominating gender systems in society. The way women are portrayed in the mass media has caused social tensions. Feminists have many opinions about multiple forms of mass media. I hope that one day women are not sexualized in the media and are instead shown as strong, successful women, equal to men.