Gender Bias - Mountains on the Playground“97% of everything you know about yourself and your country comes from the point of male view” (“Miss Representation”). That's according to NBC news anchor Carol Jenkins. This is an indirect example of sexism in our society. Sexism has changed since the 20th century. We have gone from women being strictly classified as housewives to women being discriminated against in leadership positions. Much of the discrimination women face is closely linked to body image issues. What we can't forget in 2014 is who controls the ideas we have about women and leadership: the media. The misrepresentation of women's power and influence in the media causes many women to have low self-esteem and can make them feel like they don't deserve a seat at decision-making tables. Sexism has existed since America's beginnings, in many different forms, but its impacts have increased with the power of the media. One of the ways the media has discriminated against women is the way it portrays women in the workplace. Media is undoubtedly the greatest form of communication. So, if the media views women as objects and categorizes them as powerless, how will employers view women for jobs at these companies? The media uses a technique called media bias, which refers to the practice of using different techniques to spin stories to suit a specific group (Aliprandini). The media uses this to persuade people and one of the things they do is objectify women. The media leads people to make uninformed decisions about women and further reinforces the negative stereotypes that women are portrayed as adhering to. Women are misrepresented in all areas of work. discrimination against women, women of future generations will not have a say. We need women to volunteer in all aspects of leadership and to protest the sexism created by the media. We've come a long way since sexism was first recognized in the 1960s, but to get America back on track and end sexism, we need women to stand up for themselves. If women speak out against media discrimination, the media will have no choice but to give women fair and equitable leadership, not based on appearance. As research and media reports have shown, women make better decisions, but "we have a long way to go to ensure this reality across the spectrum and at all levels of media" ("Women's Media Center "). Challenge the media to show women more than beauty and youth, let's make the media show that women can have just as powerful an influence on America as men..