Gender Bias - Mountains on the Playing Field“97% of everything you know about yourself and your country comes from the male perspective” (“Miss Representation ”). that's according to NBC host Carol Jenkins. This is an indirect example of sexism in our society. Sexism has changed since the 20th century. We have gone from women strictly classified as housewives to discriminated against women in leadership positions. Much of the discrimination women face is closely related 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 the beginning of America, in many different forms, but the impacts have increased with the power of the media. One of the ways the media has discriminated against women is the way it portrays them in the workplace. The media is undoubtedly the largest form of communication. So, if the media objectsizes women and classifies them as helpless, 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 flip stories to suit a specific group (Aliprandini). The media uses it to persuade people and one thing they do is objectify women. The media causes people to make uninformed decisions about women and further reinforces the negative stereotypes that women are depicted as adhering to. Women are misrepresented in every field of work. discrimination against women, so women of future generations will have no say. We need strong-willed women in every aspect of leadership and to protest the sexism created by the media. We've come a long way since becoming aware of sexism in the 1960s, but to get America back on track and end sexism we need women to stand up for themselves. If women stood up to media discrimination, then the media would have no choice but to give women fair and just leadership, not based on appearance. Because research and the media have shown that women make better decisions, “we have a long way to go to ensure that 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.