Considering this semester’s social action plan we focused on gender and the media. Our group addressed topics specifically on Homophobia and media representations of gays and lesbian, the negative representation of women, and gender policing. Unfortunately, over time the discrimination the media has created has somehow become normalized to many in society. According to chapter four, Performances, gender policing is described to be responses to the violation of gender rules aimed at promoting conformity which happens daily and can be brutal. Our text also states people like our family, friends, lovers, bosses and mentors all can partake in gender policing. Homophobia is the fear and hatred of sexual minorities which was discussed in “Dude, You're
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We wanted to create a place where students can learn more about gender and the media. To discuss how they can be affected or how they can handle gender policing, homophobia, and the advertising of women. Also we wanted students to freely express themselves about these topics in a judgement free zone. In completing our objective we planned to meet twice a week every Tuesday and Thursday after 2:30 to create a discussion panel to bring together other students from the Sociology departments a well as those who are interested to attend. The action steps needed to start was to assign tasks to each group member, reserve a room, create flyers to promote our discussion, reserve a table, and create questions and activities for audience to ensure their …show more content…
The discussion panel was proof that students have been stucked into the media’s black hole especially the topic of Homophobia. This topic truly was well presented during the panel and internalized by students. Though this group project has taught our group the importance of teamwork and group effort. If all members are not invested in the project it will not be a successful experience. A group should not be solely led by one person because every group member has a voice and it should vocalized. Lastly, members of our group have been able to grow, confront hardships, and dealt with past struggles. This is not easy, one can begin to feel very vulnerable but putting aside our comfort to voice the importance of these topics showed
We wanted to create a place where students can learn more about gender and the media. To discuss how they can be affected or how they can handle gender policing, homophobia, and the advertising of women. Also we wanted students to freely express themselves about these topics in a judgement free zone. In completing our objective we planned to meet twice a week every Tuesday and Thursday after 2:30 to create a discussion panel to bring together other students from the Sociology departments a well as those who are interested to attend. The action steps needed to start was to assign tasks to each group member, reserve a room, create flyers to promote our discussion, reserve a table, and create questions and activities for audience to ensure their …show more content…
The discussion panel was proof that students have been stucked into the media’s black hole especially the topic of Homophobia. This topic truly was well presented during the panel and internalized by students. Though this group project has taught our group the importance of teamwork and group effort. If all members are not invested in the project it will not be a successful experience. A group should not be solely led by one person because every group member has a voice and it should vocalized. Lastly, members of our group have been able to grow, confront hardships, and dealt with past struggles. This is not easy, one can begin to feel very vulnerable but putting aside our comfort to voice the importance of these topics showed