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Throughout history women's bodies have been seen by societies as objects of beauty. This has been done through many art forms including music, dance, literature, painting and sculpture. Women's bodies were, and still are in the most part, loved for their frailty, curvaceousness, and their sensuality. Men worked women in to all of the different kinds of art forms they created. Poetry is often discussing the finer points of the lady the poet has in mind, the art galleries are full of portraits of clothed and not so clothed women, and many a song was heard and still is heard about a man pining over the traits he loves so much about his lover or the one he wishes to be his lover.

There is more to the expression of women as objects of beauty in film and other forms of acting than many people see to it. Women are portrayed in ways that perpetuate the stereotypes and biases that are held against them. Most performances reinforce our gender conditioning because the men almost always have active plot roles while the women are stuck in passive and submissive roles. The actresses are generally seen more than they are heard throughout the movie until it is time for her to take her disrobe and "give herself" to the strong and heroic male of the story. In many films the women are not seen as active characters, but as something that makes the story more interesting and beautiful. They also find themselves being portrayed as objects to be lusted after. When men and women are offered a majority of movies that follow this pattern, they are conditioned to see women as the quiet objects of beauty and affection and men as active, controllers of women. When these images are seen so often, it is hard to ignore them even if one happens to be aware of the false messages that they transmit.

Women have been the topic of songs since music was created. Many songs and sonnets were written about the beauty of the young maiden the author was enamored with. He would sing about her smile, her hair, her kiss, and the feel of her breast. However, I think it is a safe bet to say that her quick wit or her ability to engage in interesting conversation were never touched upon in a single verse. Modern songs do as much of a job if not more to keep women in their place as simple objects as the first simple songs did. I am sure many people still remember the song referring to the artist's affection for women with large rear ends. Some music has gone as far as to be openly violent towards women. People

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