Martineau's thoughts on society.

After learning a lot about some of these famous sociologists, it's obvious that they would all have different takes on events that have occurred in our society. One particular aspect of our society that some of these sociologists might feel strongly about, would be how women are portrayed as sex symbols in the media. In the society we have created today, advertisers realize that sex sells. However, they resort to women to be sex symbols and bring in the money. In magazines, on commercials, billboards and pretty much every other type of advertising, women are degraded to nothing more than a way to catch the eye of the American people and persuade them into buying that particular good or using that service. This has become an epidemic and in my eyes, I don't see an end to it anytime soon. If Harriet Martineau were to see these ads, she would be appalled. As the founding mother of sociology, Martineau's main beliefs were related to feminism and those are the ideas which she is most famous and recognized for. After studying Martineau and learning quite a bit about her, I have a pretty good idea as to how she would react to this epidemic. Martineau would undoubtedly take a stand and fight for women to be seen as strong individuals rather than half naked girls trying to sell a product or service for a company. Advertisements using women to sell, may never come to an end, but she would fight for it the best she could.
Another part of our society that is problematic and an issue that Martineau would also fight for, is how women are paid less than men in the workplace. If a woman and a man are just as qualified for a job, yet the man receives higher pay than the woman, a problem arises. Harriet Martineau wants women to be respected in society and treated just as equally. Although she would be very happy that the women can even be employed and hold steady jobs and get paid, she still wouldn't settle if she knew that the women weren't getting paid as much as the men.Overall, until women are portrayed as strong, powerful individuals with the same rights and privileges as men, Martineau will not settle.