stupid Sopranos

One of my male friends and I were discussing Sopranos. I will generalize (and perhaps wrongly) that most guys enjoy or at least are not opposed that HBO show. However, I am “anti-Sopranos” simply because of the rampant sexual objectification of women. I do not have the male mind and thus, do not know if males take the nudity for granted and such content does not arouse them (because of the desensitization from such frequent images) , or if it is visual pleasure, or both? In any case, films and shows have much female nudity nowadays that creates a “norm,” creating a sense of inadequacy in young girls and desensitizing society to female nudity. A norm that is unachievable. A norm that veils that which is an actual abnormality. A norm that is accepted because people are unlearned of such sociological undertones that I have mentioned. In fact, I was oblivious to this sociological phenomenon until I took sociology and media classes at UW-Madison. That education, to me, is why college is important. It opens your eyes. It is more important in life to open one’s eyes rather than those classes which simply teach you tools to your degree.
This accepting of female objectification is evidentiary support to contemporary Western society as being an actual patriarchal society. Females support male nudity (hey guys, did you know that it IS the male body that arouse us heterosexual females??), so why is there so little of it? I am not encouraging it, but ask for more of equality in objectification of both genders. If male nudity appeared in media now, it becomes a big deal simply because there IS so little of it. However, a more consistent and constant show of the male body would desensitize us and become the “norm,” as female nudity is. Everywhere there are images of perfect women. Children are not blind to it, as it surrounds us. Young girls learn at an early age that perfection is the key to approval. Perfection of the external, the body. The attempt to an impossible ideal. How often do we see an unattractive female in films and in the media? Fat, bold, and unattractive men are accepted in that society of the media and find success. Females have a lesser chance of success unless their looks near the ideal standard. We all need to open our minds and eyes in order to change this so our mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, future fiancées, wives, and daughters do not feel such inadequacy and do not strive for societal approval by exposing their bodies to such great extent.