Extra Credit

This week I was watching commercials religiously and came across all of the Dove body wash or shampoo commercials. I realized all of them had the same concept. They would have a woman with very soft skin. The commercial portrayed her in a very delicate way as well. And the commcericals were always full of color and bright.

I came to the conclusion that this commerical is to portray woman as the sensitive type. They are the delicate creatures whereas men are the tough masculine ones. From this commerical it shows that women are the sensitive ones.

After much contemplation and thought I realized that writing this blog about the show on mtv called the Dual III. During this show there are different games and obstacles set up and guys compete against guys and girls against girls. In the end of the show there will be one guy and one girl left to win the ultimate prize at the end;money.

I chose to pick the Dual III because it depicts a very big gender role gap. I say this because men are always given the tougher challeges to partake in. Also the girls are always seen as the weaker ones out of the bunch and the guys will conquer all. The men on this show always want to show their strength by pciking fights and seeing who will come out victorious. This show just helps to show that women are always seen as inferior to men and they won't ever be stronger mentally or physically then men.

Today I have decided to write about the TV show on Vh1, "From G's to Gents". In this show they take about 8 to 10 troubled men and try to lead them downt he right path. Most of these men have had run ins with the police and may have had to serve time in jail, or are so self absorbed they don't know how to treat anyone around them. Most of these guys see women as objects and show them no respect as well. The main goal of the host on the show is to get them to deal with their problems and show them etiquette, and how they should treat people especially women.

This show is suppose to show how male dominance and ego can get in the way of a male's success. It also shows that they want to be in control and show that they can be "bad" which gives them bragging rights especially among other men. It also shows that with a little direction this ego crisis can be fixed.

This week I was under the influence of a show called For The Love of Ray J. It is a typical reality dating show where girls are selected to win over the heart of singer Ray J. They are put through challenges to prove how much they want to be there. There is usually drama to thicken the plot and reel in more viewers.

The show depicts women as the trophy wives that all men are looking for. Ray J is out looking for "love" but the show has little of that on it. It's mostly women showing him how strong their sex appeal is compared to the rest of the girls in the house. From what I have seen so far, he has mostly kept the women who have the so called "slutty" characteristics which doesn't really make for a good long lasting relationship. The show portrays women as "a piece of meat" and that all they are good for is entertainment and show.

Well, here I am to write yet another blog about gender roles. This week was a little different then the past couple weeks in that I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. I've been watching this particular show called, "Tool Academy" on VH1 for the past couple of weeks, but for some odd reason it never struck "my fancy". After watching this past weeks episode I was very entrigued about what the show was all about. The girlfriends of all these so called "tools" brought their boyfriends there to try and clean up their act and make them more faithful, mature, and better men, in a nutshell.

I was able to see that the show was almost depicting men as meat heads and all about themselves. The show is able to convey from the men's perspective that they can get away with a lot more then women. To them what they are doing is okay and acceptable, however, if their girlfriends even though about doing half the things they have partaken in, they would be considered "sluts" or "whores". I think its an accurate depiction of most men everywhere because they believe the woman she be there awaiting them while they go out and have fun and party.

I hope this was intriguing and sparked some interest. I know some may not agree with this but its what I took from the show after I watched it.

Until next time,
Caitlin

Hello there again!

This week I haven't watched too much TV so it was hard to think about what I would write this blog on. However in the end I picked a Glade plug-in air freshner commercial. Although this does nto seem like it would depict anything within gender roles, you have to look deeper into the commercial. What I found may not have been intended, but i was able to precieve it as an alternative message.

In this particular commerical, there is an octopus mom, and her two children. Even though the commerical is talking about how this plug in can freshen the room ten times more than the leading plug ins it also shows that just the mother is home with the children. It can be thought that only the women really get the full benefit from this plug-in because they are stereotyped to be the ones who stay home and raise the children and clean the house.

Blog # 1

After much contemplation as to what I was going to write, I realized that Friends the t.v. show would be a great example of gender roles. In one episode that I recently watched, Joey the goofy lovable character sported a purselike briefcase. He was coaxed into buying it and thought it would look perfect with all of his attire. He sported it everywhere and thought it looked great, and didn't have a care in the world about how it made him look. This carefree attitude was soon burst by the somewhat pessimistic character, Chandler. Chandler couldn't even imagine that Joey would wear a purse everyday which le later exclaimed as a "murse".
This episode just reminded me that most stereotypes of any types of bags are geared more towards women. Also if men are seen with these type of bags they can be put into a category of being too "feminine". A bag is maininly thought of as a woman's possession because bags are a woman's lifeline where they can hold most of their belongings in it. The episode also shows that certain items that are for one gender or the other.

Caitlin Sloan