Media Screening

     In a World and It's a Girl, were two films that really pointed out how females are looked down upon in different societies.  In a World was about a woman who wants to become a movie trailer voice over person.  At the beginning of the movie, she was just a vocal coach.  However, she wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and do more with her voice.  She wanted to follow her dream, but the movie industry and even her own father did not believe in her.  She was looked down upon because she was a woman.  People did not believe a woman could do voice overs for movies.
     It's a Girl pointed out more serious issues involving the way females are viewed in some societies.  It's a Girl was about how in certain countries, including India and China, having a girl is seen as a terrible misfortune for the family.  For many reasons, having girls in these countries is seen as burden to the family.  Most of these reasons revolve around the fact that women do not usually make money or own land.  When they are married,  they leave their families and go live with their husband to raise their kids.
     Women are just not perceived as valuable as men in these societies.  It is for this reason that parents in India or China are killing their newborn babies if they have a girl.  It is simply a horrible situation.  Baby girls are seen as so much of a burden on their families that they are killed instead of being raised.  The situation in the film, In a World, is no where near as deadly as the situation in India and China.  However, it still points out another example of how women are looked at.  Once again, a woman is looked down upon because people do not think she can do as good of a job as a man.  The thought of even giving her a chance to do it makes her father uneasy. 
     Both films showed examples of how women are still not treated as equals to men.  There are still many places throughout the world, including the United States, where women are still respected the way men are.  Women, in India and China, have an uphill battle to climb, as they are still seen as the inferior gender.  Women in the United States need to keep fighting for the right to be treated the same way as men do in every scenario, as they so deserve.