Thursday, March 22, 2012

Gender Socialization

      Killing us Softly, the message being sent is that advertisements play a huge role for women an men, but more for women. In the video it stated that "Women become a subject to object", when I heard that it caught my attention that women are something but since ad's can make one think differently so they would want to change themselves to satisfy others(men specifically). It showed as well that men don't deal with so much as women they dont deal with consequences and in result men can't be an objective. As well as according to these ad's it send a message to women that they would have to be skinny, they have to get bigger breasts , they will only be exceptable if they are young, thin, white, beautiful, carefully, groomed and polished. When hearing this it showed to me that they want all women to look certain way and to look the same. Messages as well being sent by these ad's show that women are expected to change more than men but in the end the messae being sent is by showing different types of ad's with a different message showing that everone is different and live the way that they naturaly are. 
A Call to Men, the message being sent Tony Porter states that men were known to be strong, leaders, dominant, courageous, no pain with any type of emotion, men were suppose to show anger and fearful. Tony Porter states that men are the biggest role to women they dominat the women. For when a boy is young fathers tend to teach their sons from early childhood to start the entty into becoming a man. Including that every man isn't suppose to show his emotions in fornt of a women it wouldve been considered being weak, and not manly. "The Man Box", its shows how much of a boy can be a man and at poinnts doing what they know is wrong and it shouldnt happen. By not having the man box it would give men freedom to do what is write. 
Killing us Softly and A cal to Men bithh express on how society wants us to see things. Socialization wants everyone to be a certain way so everyone can be the same, and be expressed on what they believe is right and well known amongest others. I believe our socialization are tyring to dominant men and women into believing that what one puts on ad's or anywhere in todays society its what one sees to be a true meaning to others.  




3 comments:

  1. I agree that socialization is making us see how we, either men or women, should behave as an individual to become part of the majority of society.

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  2. good point on how socialization wants us to act a certain way so we could be the same. And it ends up begin an issue if men and women don't play there roles right but if we all act the way we should be is there really individuality happening ? also i loved the picture of the little girl it shows that the advisement of women are effecting every female when the young ones.

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  3. Shannon,
    Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the two videos. You did a nice job of summarizing the two videos. I do believe that you could have shared some of your own thoughts regarding the videos. Nice work.

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