After noticing the lack of women in the film industry, I decided to stop watching R-rated movies. Since the majority of women in R-rated films are portrayed as sex objects, I feel it is my duty to start a new trend.
R-rated films are not only sexist, but they are also intensely disturbing. In every movie, there seems to be at least one scene where a woman is brutally beaten or raped by a man. Women are not just victims in R-rated films; they are also treated as subhuman. For example, in the movie “Saw,” a woman is chained to a water heater and will drown if the main character does not cut off his foot. Although this scene was very disturbing, it did make me think about how far some directors will go for shock value.
I also decided to stop watching R-rated movies because they are not just violent; they are demeaning to women. In many films, women are treated like second-class citizens because of their gender or race. For example, in “The Godfather,” one of the male characters says that he wishes his wife would die so that he can marry another woman. He then proceeds to kick her while she is on the ground!
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Modern movies are extremely R-rated. This is a problem for women who want to watch movies without being objectified.
As a woman of age 19, I’ve watched countless R-rated films on my own time. Many women do this, because they enjoy the thrill of watching something they’re not supposed to see. However, what I’ve found appalling is the amount of R-rated content that is directed towards the female viewer in these films. It seems as though male directors and producers feel that the only way to make money off of men is to put women in their movies. In this day and age, it’s ludicrous to think that all a movie needs for success is a woman in it.
Countless R-rated movies have been released in the last 10 years that show women being treated as sexual objects. These types of movies don’t appeal to any respectable woman, so why are they in there?
It’s important for us to remember what we’re fighting for: equality. Men should be treated equally by society, and women should be treated equally by society. The next time you watch a movie with an R-rating, ask yourself if it truly deserves the rating and if it will help or hurt you as a woman in this country.
I used to be an avid moviegoer. My friends and I would go to the cinema at least once a week, and when there were no good new movies out we’d go to see the same one again. I also loved renting movies. Video stores were one of my favorite places – there was just something magical about all those movies!
But eventually I started to become uncomfortable with how women were portrayed in many of these films. I began to notice that male characters in action/adventure/thriller/sci-fi movies (which are my favorites) rarely have any character flaws, while female characters almost always do. I decided to do some research, and I found that my observations are backed up by statistics from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
Furthermore, women who do take on roles in these genres often face criticism for not being “feminine” enough or glamorous enough or whatever other “enough” society has told us we should be. Instead of being praised for portraying strong women who can stand their own ground against men, they are often attacked for not acting like traditional movie heroines, or even just for looking too masculine.
I made a decision: no more R-rated, male-oriented movies for me! It’s
As a young girl, I loved watching rated R movies. I think that my parents have always known that I’ve been interested in those types of films. However, as I got older and began to understand the content within these films, I realized that it was not making me a better person. It took me until junior year of high school to realize this.
I decided to stop watching R-rated movies because they tend to portray women as objects. I often see the lead female character getting undressed or even naked on screen while the male protagonist looks at her longingly. The woman is usually shown wearing little to no clothing, and she is usually scantily clad throughout the whole film. This type of behavior makes young girls want to grow up too fast, and it makes them feel self-conscious about their bodies and their appearance because that is what society tells them to be like.
This is a huge issue for many young girls because they do not realize that Hollywood has created a fantasy world where women are supposed to look like models and have perfect bodies. This can cause low self-esteem in young girls and can also cause them to become more insecure about themselves if they are not thin enough or pretty enough compared to other women in their life.
My love for movies has always been a part of my life. Growing up, I was constantly surrounded by the allure of the silver screen. Some of my earliest memories are of going to the theater with my parents and watching some of the greatest films ever made. As I grew older, I began to truly appreciate what film could do. Not only could it entertain people, but it could also enlighten them as well. It opened my eyes to different ways of life, other cultures, and new ways of thinking and seeing the world around me.
However, there is one aspect of movies that I find particularly troubling: their treatment of women and girls.
In particular, as a young teenager, I watched many R-rated movies that were created for an adult audience and not intended for children or teenagers. However, these movies were always available to me in theaters or on television because there were no laws preventing their ratings from being lowered from R to PG-13. These R-rated films often contained content that was inappropriate for someone my age and had a negative impact on my perception of reality and how women should be treated in everyday situations.
At first glance, many highly successful R-rated movies seem harmless enough; however, upon closer inspection it is clear that they
I used to love going to the movies. I’d go as often as I could – sometimes once a week or more. Many times, I would go by myself because my friends didn’t like the same movies that I did. But, unfortunately, in recent years I have all but stopped watching movies.
The reason is that, even though there are some R-rated films that are well-written and don’t contain much if any offensive material (for example, “American Beauty”), most of them do. Often, the amount of bad language and sexual content in these movies is so overwhelming that it ruins the entire movie for me. A good plot line is lost in a sea of four-letter words and racy scenes.
I would love to be able to enjoy movies again without having to worry about what will happen next. So I am proposing a new category of movie rating: F for Family-friendly. This rating would indicate that the movie contains no offensive material whatsoever – no bad language (including religious profanity), no nudity or sexual content of any kind, no violence other than slapstick comedy, and nothing else that would be inappropriate for family viewing.
