She says, "A woman must make a name for herself because of her talents, her ability. She must have the opportunities to express her capabilities...You can become someone if you are committed, know how to value [your] own talent, know how ti highlight it and cultivate it."
Tarantula who spent 41 years working at the Bank of Italy is also an outspoken advocate for positive discrimination in order to get more women into decisions making roles and combat Italy's relatively low level of female employment.
In her position at RAI she is convinced that the public broadcast has an ethical responsibility to start showing women in a more realistic light.
I think the idea behind banning the beauty pageants was one with good motives but I get nervous at the thought of one person deciding what a realistic woman is like. What if Tarantino did not have a feminist background and had a negative view on what a realistic woman is like and banned shows based off of that view. I think it gets tricky when it comes down to one person or a small group of persons deciding on what is good or not so I wonder if banning this beauty pageant from tv really as useful as it seems. I also feel like saying that beauty pageants don't value female talent kind of discredits some of the work that the women put into their participation.
Source: Why This Italian Beauty Pageant Was Banned From TV... - GirlTalkHQ
I totally agree with you that I want to view it as a good thing but at the same time one person being so powerful in deciding what we get to see scares me. I'm still leaning towards it being a good thing though..
ReplyDeleteI understand the fear of someone deciding what "a real woman is" is scary, but people are already doing this. She's just doing it in the opposite way. I think it's interesting.
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