Bring the Female Superheros The media and companies are teaching young children gender roles without them or even us noticing. It starts with toys and then continues into adulthood with things like movies and tv shows. Chris Bell’s Ted Talk “Bring the female superheros” exposes how the exclusion of heroic female figures in American culture is impacting the society and our younger generation.
It’s not all about the female superheroes getting photoed on the movie poster or getting merchandise but it does starts small and slowly builds up. The younger generation is learning through their toys. Everyday that children play with their toys, they are learning something. Whether if it’s beneficial to their growth or not, they are still learning it. This process is called public pedagogy. Public pedagogy is how societies are taught ideologies. “It’s how you learn what it meant to be a man or a women, what it meant to behavior yourself in public. It’s all the social relations that makes us up as a person” (Chris Bell). The next generation isn't being taught like we were. We now live in a 100% media saturated society. …show more content…
We learn about other people and the way the world is through media. Media not just being technologies and devices but also corporate entities. “Since the distribution of information is tied to financial gain, there's a problem” (Chris Bell) The problem being that there is six companies that own 90 percent of American media. If six companies control 90 percent of American media, how much influence do you think they have over what you're allowed to see every day? What do you think the younger generation sees everyday, through not only media but through their toys. “They don’t tell use what to think, they tell us what to think about” (Chris
It’s not all about the female superheroes getting photoed on the movie poster or getting merchandise but it does starts small and slowly builds up. The younger generation is learning through their toys. Everyday that children play with their toys, they are learning something. Whether if it’s beneficial to their growth or not, they are still learning it. This process is called public pedagogy. Public pedagogy is how societies are taught ideologies. “It’s how you learn what it meant to be a man or a women, what it meant to behavior yourself in public. It’s all the social relations that makes us up as a person” (Chris Bell). The next generation isn't being taught like we were. We now live in a 100% media saturated society. …show more content…
We learn about other people and the way the world is through media. Media not just being technologies and devices but also corporate entities. “Since the distribution of information is tied to financial gain, there's a problem” (Chris Bell) The problem being that there is six companies that own 90 percent of American media. If six companies control 90 percent of American media, how much influence do you think they have over what you're allowed to see every day? What do you think the younger generation sees everyday, through not only media but through their toys. “They don’t tell use what to think, they tell us what to think about” (Chris