Blog Number Six

This advertisement I have chosen is the perfume ad with Britney Spears. In the ad I noticed that for one she has her finger in the belt loop which shows that she wants to take her clothes off or that she is teasing the men. I also saw all the birds in the ad in cages and at first I didn't understand why there were birds in the ad. The more I got to thinking the more I thought of the birds as men. That they are all in cages looking at Britney and that because of the perfume she is wearing she has the ability to chose which one she wants to let out. Also the bird on her finger to me shows that she has the man wrapped around her finger. This ad makes women think that if they buy this perfume that they too will have men lined up to be with them. The way Britney is dressed makes women feel that if they dress and look like Britney that this fantasy life will come true. The gender relations I saw in this advertisement was that once women dress and wear certain things that they have all control over men.


Reading Response

I agree with what Wolfe said, I do think that the way women show themselves off has change dramatically over the decades. One of my favorite shows of all times is the show Happy Days which is set in the 1950s. If you take that show and compare it to Desperate house wives you can see a huge change. I do think that there is a huge problem with the media in today's time period. All they ever show are skinny women with barely any clothes on. This not only effects college girls but also little girls too. I mean for instance Vanessa Huggins who played in High School Musical that got caught taken porno pictures, so many little girls watched that movie and then to have to main star get in trouble for doing things like that, that just doesn't send a good message. Over the summer I babysat a little girl whose favorite show was Zoey 101 starting Jamie Lynn Spears, but one day I came in a she told me her mom said she wasn't allowed to watch it anymore because Jamie was 16 and got pregent. This was a little girl that wanted to be just like Jamie. In today's society things like that are ok in the media but its not sending a good message to the little girls that look up to them. I do think that the media needs to get a handle on this because if they don't is it only going to get worse. Women need to be happy with who they are and they need to stop having the media tell them what can make them happy. We are never going to get any where in this 3rd wave if you don't accept and be happy with all varieties of women we have in our country and world.

Blog Number Five

This is my playlist!

These songs represent gender to me, they show the variety of all the different types of ways women can be. These songs are represent all types of music genre. I majority are from country which is my favorite type of music. I my choices in songs haven't changed much over the years I have always been a huge country fan and i am still am. I did pick some songs though that are older and I have always been a fan of older songs. I do not think that all women have to be the same, I think there are many ways that a woman can be a woman. As for me I grew up in a small country town and I showed pigs in FFA and my dad raises goats so for me country songs are my way of life.

My response to the readings is that I do think that our parents have a lot to do with the people we become or in my case that is true. I have always looked up to my parents and I do believe what they believe. With boys I think that having a strong dad as a role model is something I do think shapes them into more of a gentlemen. I really liked the activities we did in class this week. I do think media plays some what of a role in how we view groups of people and how people become. I also think though that our families and experiences play a even bigger role. In my life I wouldn't be the person I am today if it was not for my parents. I haven't ever really thought the media has shaped me but now looking back I guess in a few situations it has. I try not to let the media get to me because a lot of it is not true. I think that the wave we are in right now we are still trying to look for ways to make changes and I think that we need to the help of the older women that are more wise and have a lot more experience.

Blog Number Four

I am a freshman so I am still thinking about what I want to do here in a few years. I am pretty set right on Pharmacy. I think that Pharmacy is a really good job for women to have it give you time to work and be a mom. Pharmacy is also very high in demand right now so that makes it even better. Looking at the course in Women's Studies that OU offers i have found some very interesting that I would maybe take in the future like:

Body image vs. reality, Internship, Motherhood in Contemporary Society... those are just a few.

If I do end up doing pharmacy then gender would play not huge role but some what of a role because it is a really good job for women to have. Men and women are pharmacists so I'm not sure that gender would really make a difference.

I haven't ever had a real job, I have babysat a lot for some people in my home town. I think that babysitting is mainly a girl job. Parents seem to trust their children with girls better than with boys. I think that when it comes to kids that girls are more responsible.

My history with gender is that everyone should be equal no matter what!!!

Reading Response:

Reading through chapter four of the F-Word I found that the issues that the college women brought up with the survey are the same issues girls today are still facing. I would say that like the survey I think that gender equality is still one of the biggest along with self identity. Self identity is a big one with college girls, I mean college is all about finding out who you really are. Also having a balance in your life is another important social issue. I know that I'm just a freshman so the hard part of college and life hasn't really started yet, but even I have a hard time creating balance in my life. I am a huge perfectionist when it comes to school and grades so to me having good grades is more important then going out on the weekends. I know I should probably find a balance to make time for me.

I still havent been able to find the book FIFE.

Blog Number Three

Iron Jawed Angels I thought was an extraordinary movie. I have never seen it and I really enjoyed watching it. What shocked me the most though was that what was happening in the movie really did happen in real life. I have always known that women weren't always equal but this movie really put in perspective what it was really like.

I learned how hard it was for women to even get someone to listen to them talk. Like in the movie when they were handing out the flyer's and the woman couldn't get one person to even stop and take one. To me that would have been really hard to deal with because now we have the right to talk and make ourselves known and they couldn't even get one person to listen. The theme I found in the movie was to never give up. If the women like Alice Paul would have gave up then who would have fought for our rights. I very thankful that women like her didn't give up and that they continued to fight for our rights even getting rejected many times. The tensions I found were between the national women vs. the women like Alice Paul. The were very different in many ways from money and where and how they were brought up all these played a factor in the tensions that were between the two groups of ladies.

The ladies worked out these problems but just getting over it and working them out. Alice Paul was finally able to reach her goals by one not giving up and two by the note passing. They were able to make their voice heard with the Wall Street Journal for a voice to the public.

For the readings I have not been able to find the book Feminism is for Everyone. I am still looking I just have not been able to locate one yet.