5. How have popular culture and the media influenced your ideas about gender identity? Provide at least one supporting example. (MCCCD Competency – 14) How has gender identity affected me when it comes to popular culture, and the media; provide an example? As we’re all aware the media exposes different stories of people every day, where it’s through video footage, news releases, television; or that of popular reading materials such as (OK Magazine); media stereotypes all ages and natural origin backgrounds. In the advertising business alone more than 2,000 of these viewers are barely meeting adulthood, most under the legal age of 21 are viewing these ads while watching TV, skimming through a magazine; or even browsing the web. These
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Meaning they’ll do whatever it takes to improve their image, including becoming bulimic; or anorexia just to maintain their required weight limits for modeling. More and more women are making significant changes to their bodies through extensive surgeries like breast enhancement, facelifts; and buttocks lifts just to increase their self-image especially after child bearing years. “Thus even though women have the greater responsibility for child rearing, men are quoted as parenting experts” (Jones, ASID, IIDA, IDEC and Phyllis Sloan Allen, 2009, pg. 120). However, men are never portrayed in the fashion industry compared to women, they’re only mentioned in matters of politics, business functions; or religion. Men on the other hand are rarely showed in advertisements that include sexual gestures, or baring it all too some point; unless it’s advertising under garments like” fruit of the loom” for example. So, what is this world coming too, everywhere you look these days is nothing but nudity, sexual gestures; and showing off someone self-image through that of solicitation of oneself; using the media, web, and popular culture through that of gender identity. Don’t people realize what an influence this makes on everyone involved, it gives others the perception that this is acceptable behavior, and normal; when it offensive and disgusting in nature especially when young women are
Meaning they’ll do whatever it takes to improve their image, including becoming bulimic; or anorexia just to maintain their required weight limits for modeling. More and more women are making significant changes to their bodies through extensive surgeries like breast enhancement, facelifts; and buttocks lifts just to increase their self-image especially after child bearing years. “Thus even though women have the greater responsibility for child rearing, men are quoted as parenting experts” (Jones, ASID, IIDA, IDEC and Phyllis Sloan Allen, 2009, pg. 120). However, men are never portrayed in the fashion industry compared to women, they’re only mentioned in matters of politics, business functions; or religion. Men on the other hand are rarely showed in advertisements that include sexual gestures, or baring it all too some point; unless it’s advertising under garments like” fruit of the loom” for example. So, what is this world coming too, everywhere you look these days is nothing but nudity, sexual gestures; and showing off someone self-image through that of solicitation of oneself; using the media, web, and popular culture through that of gender identity. Don’t people realize what an influence this makes on everyone involved, it gives others the perception that this is acceptable behavior, and normal; when it offensive and disgusting in nature especially when young women are