Sandra Bullock troubled by media scrutiny of women

Los Angeles: Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock, who was named the Most Beautiful woman by People magazine recently, said she accepted the title as it gave her a chance to speak against the negativity that women face in the media over their age and look.

"I feel like it's become open hunting season in how women are attacked and it's not because of who we are as people, it's because of how we look or our age. I'm shocked and maybe I was just naive, but I'm embarrassed by it. My son is getting ready to grow up in this world and I'm trying to raise a good man who values and appreciates women, and here we have this attack on women in the media that I don't see a stop happening," she told E! News.

Bullock, who is raising 5-year-old son, Louis, is particularly troubled by the bullying that young girls face online.

"Little girls are having the hardest time with bullying and the internet-somebody with a very large hand and big voice needs to put a stop to it."

The actress said being on the People's cover allowed her to talk about the "amazing women" who "rise above and take care of business and do wonderful things, and take care of each other..."