Hi Everyone,
Please continue to post your own ideas and applications of gender studies to your blog. There were some very creative application made last week. You incorporated such areas of your work and family life in addition to recoginizing it in television and the news. It is nice to see many of you connecting gender communication to your personal lives. I would be curious to read your thoughts when it comes to the music that you listen to, or even to a movie. Anybody going to see Sex in the City the movie? What gender expecatations does it create or violate when it comes to the norm? Or, could the music that you listen to be applied to an concept in our text? Or, how about in your own decisionmaking and/or discussions? Are you recognizing your learned gender patterns as the basis of your own communication? Keep up the discourse with one another and try to stretch yourself to find new areas of your life to apply gender as a means of self-discovery to your gender communication patterns.
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Yes, I can not wait to see Sex in the City! The women in this movie humor me in many ways. It is okay for guys to act in such ways, but again women are judged by their actions. Music can be very stereotypical when it comes to women. If you look at the videos, there are women being degraded and used for their bodies. These women are probably very educated but all we see are sexual contents. I really think there is a way to get messages across in ways that are not provocative. As you can see, i am not a big fan of videos that do not show women in ways that are respectful with dignity.
Week 3 Post:
Images of Women in the Media
As I was reading the chapters and the information on the images of women in the media I wanted to find in my own mind images that seem to reflect a more current female model. One specific program that I though of is "My Boys" on TBS. I don't know if any of you watch it but its one of those summer shows that run for a short period of time. I think what I find so interesting about the program is that its about a female sports reporter. And not only that ,her best friends are male.
I find their interactions really interesting because its not what I typically see in male/female interactions. When PJ is with the boys she's just one of them. She plays poker, drinks beer, hangs out at the bar and their conversations are global. The pilot episode was really interesting because PJ started going out with a guy who would become her friend and while they were making out he felt that she was being too aggressive. He commented that she made him feel weak..almost feminine.
Now mind you that there are issues of romance for her, and she does have a female friend. But I feel that this program shows an example of male/female relationships that is rarely seen on TV. Every now and then there are some really interesting attempts at moving away form the culturally accepted norms.
I'm responding to the profs blog regarding Sex and the City and music. I was never a big fan of Sex and the City. While I think the show portrayed women in much more assesertive the overall concept never appealed to me. I like seeing women be assertive but I found that what the show was truly portraying was the lives of uppper class women who could spend large sums of money on clothes, apartments etc. I mean the cost of the shoes! It was too far removed from my own reality.
In relation to the music I listen to I have to say that its evolved somewhat. Ages ago when I was in high school I was a sucker for romantic love songs. I enjoy the romantic song every now and then but overall I tend to prefer upbeat music that energizes me. I have too much to do in my real life to listen to depressing music.
I am going to see Sex in the City movie, I cant wait for it. I was not a huge fan of the show but I did watch it from time to time. I think the movie tells women they can sleep around and not have any regard for how they are viewed. The show's message in my opinion is not a good one for young females because it tells females to use their bodies as an object and they should have no regard for who and how they sleep around.
As for the music I listen to, music used to have meaning, I remember listening to oldies as my parents would call them and they would have a strong message on love and loving one another and respecting one another. Most of the music today shows none of that. The music today talks about using ones body as an object and what another person is going to do to it, as well as violence etc. I dont think the music today puts a good message out there for anyone. I was listening to Michael Bastden (for those that know him) on the radio today and he was talking about the movie sex and the city and the messages that are portrayed for boys as well as for girls. Many of his points were valid about educating girls and boys on thier gender roles in society and more so about respecting themselves and their bodies.
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I can't wait to see "Sex in the City" as well. I also agree that the the message it sends doesn't necessarily reflect women in a positive manner. Though it's very amusing and entertaining it can be very alarming for a young women to see who may get many ideas from the movie. Lots of today's music is very stereotypical where women are portrayed in one manner. Very demeaning and strictly portrayed by their sexual characteristics. Indeed, I have noticed various videos that use this type of technique to portray women often.
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I can't wait to see Sex in the City either. A big group of my single friends are going to see it. I think that it is interesting to see women act like "men." They are independent, wealthy, and sometimes treat men as objects. I think it’s sort of like female versions of men.
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Just curious who went to see the movie and your thoughts! I think it was a switch from the normal showing because for once all the women seemed to get a hard look at themselves and their emotions. Where they used to carry on as if they didnt care too much. Just wondering what others thought.
Lakisha
Just this week I heard John Maher's song about fathers and daughters. I'd never really listened to the words but I did this time and it struck me how it speaks to the roles of men and women and the influence parents have on their children long-term.
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