I really don’t see any sexist in this movie clip. She does
what most married women do. Take for example mom does the exact same thing in my house hold. She cleans takes care
of the laundry, cooks used to take me to school and takes care of me like a
doctor would she is the best. It may seem weird that she is taking care of the
kids and having successful job and making the money for them. It really doesn’t
show the father in the movie clip. Men are except to have the main job income
and that don’t clean or really take care of the children. I mean the dad is there to teach the kids the good and bads of children hood the mom is there to be the care taker.
I really didn’t have much of an initial reaction to the
commercial. But the women in the clip is really concern about her little girl
just wearing hoodies and somewhat boys cloths. I think the younger ages of
girls sometimes go through the stage of being a “tom boy” and that typical fine
because it has been around for ages and most every girl will go through it at
one point. I will don’t think they are going to be a commercial about a boy
wearing feminine cloths just because boys are just supposed to wear blue and
army stuff. It is just how the world is going to be and the commercial are
going to show that.
Honestly when I was younger I didn’t read a lot of books. I
was outside a lot playing sports or playing in the mud. So I cant really think
of any children book that have sexiest notion in it. But if there are books out
there that have I think they would just have the boys reading books about
action and guns or other sports books , the same for girls that have dresses
and fairly tales of them falling in love or even them reading about dolls and
other girl stuff like that. So it was very hard to answer this question. Also when
you are younger I really don’t think kids are reading the books to find out
what sexiest is about and what they have to wear when they are 5 that would be
what the parents are for they buy the cloths for there child and that is what
they wear.
Hi Kash,
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that you say these girls are just going through a stage. What makes you think this? And if this is so, what do you think may cause this? What if this isn't a "stage" and this is just how the girl chooses to express her gender identity? Additionally, why do you think boys are just supposed to wear blue and army things? There are many ways in which different boys express their gender identity, and a lot of people challenging the stereotypical roles.
I agree, that I don't think children are reading the books to find out what is sexist about them; however, I do think that if they continually read messages with these stereotypical roles, it shapes their embodiment and expectations of their own and others' gender identities.
In response to question #1, I would be interested to get your take on the section about engaged fatherhood in the emancipatory families section. The division of labor in the household is a very heated debate complicated by the fact that everyone experience something a little different growing up and are therefore socialized uniquely.
ReplyDeleteFor future blogs,think about how you can connect your ideas with passages from the reading and key terms/concepts from the text. And also when and where audio/visuals may be appropriate.