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Women who bare all on Spring Break lose a lot |
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
A survey of Appalachian State University female students revealed that out of 100 women, 98 would never consider being on a television show such as ‘Girls Gone Wild,’ while two would consider it.
The majority of women said they would consider it degrading and would not want their family or friends to see it.
However, there are still college women across the country that have made their way onto these types of shows, often over Spring Break.
It might seem like a fun, free, and young experience at the time, but personally I think the aftermath of
these decisions far outweigh the long-term negative effect on a women’s reputation.
“Society has become immune to things like sex on TV… Being scantily clad now is not an issue,” said
Natasha F. Wayne, a senior management major.
Wayne presented at the Diversity Conference in November on women in the media.
When a lot of young women, especially freshmen, get to go on vacation without their families for the
first time, they see this as an opportunity to go wild and get male attention with disregard for the
repercussions.
It’s easy for parents and other adults to tell women how degrading exposing themselves can be, and
how it only makes men look down on them.
However, when women see men staring and giving the majority of their attention to the women who
bare it all and act wild, it’s hard to not be tempted to imitate these actions.
“I’ve noticed with our generation and the generation after ours that more and more women are not as
secure with themselves,” Wayne said.
I think this insecurity tends to make women believe the only way we can get the kind of attention from
guys we crave is to show as much skin as possible and leave very little, if anything, to the
imagination.
When asked if they thought women feel obligated to be sexy or revealing in order to draw male
attention, 72 surveyed women responded yes, while 21 said no and seven said sometimes.
“There are ways to be attractive without being half naked,” Wayne said.
Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace have also become mediums for women to post pictures of
themselves that can often times be revealing.
“It is certainly out there much more, even on Facebook. Women have to remember that when they
apply for a job it’s still out there somewhere,” interdisciplinary studies professor Dr. Margaret H.
McFadden said.
“I feel as if these images and concepts have become so engrained in our minds, and while our
generation might not be so bad, the generation after us will be,” Wayne said.
I know it’s hard to think beyond the now.
Teenagers find it hard to think about the future and often live for instant gratification in the moment, but
sometimes you can start thinking straight too late.
As Spring Break approaches, I encourage students to have fun but be smart.
Spring Break can be one of the best memories of your college experience, so don’t risk marking it with
images that will ultimately haunt and embarrass you for the rest of your life.
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