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1. Looking at commercial advertising of boy and girl’s toys; girl’s commercials played soft musical tune, while boy’s toy commercials had more of a rock and roll musical tune. Furthermore, the media enforced general roles to the viewers by only including males in boy’s toy commercials and females in girl’s toy commercials. The settings for boy’s toy commercials were usually outside and consisted of darker colors. In addition, they included toy weapons and/or action figures (males with large…

The author of this short article is outlining the contemporary views of society and creating a binary between social norms now and social norms in the 1950 's. These social norms that the author is talking about are very obvious in today 's society, whether you are walking down the toy aisle at a toy store or skimming through a catalog filled with toys and other things. If you look closely enough, you will notice that there is usually an abrupt shift from pink and creative, aimed at females, and…

Narrative In the first aisle of the toy section were baby dolls, ranging from newborn baby dolls to toddler dolls. Some of these baby dolls were very realistic and came with packs of diapers, bottles, toys, and also had separate options of purchasing strollers, carriers, and cribs. I noticed that a majority of the baby dolls were girls and wore pink. Next to this area of baby dolls were the pretend house toys that consisted of play kitchens, cooking supplies, pretend food, cleaning supplies,…

When analyzing The Little Mermaid, Giroux holds Ariel under scrutiny with her relationship with the men in her life and how her perfect body might lead little girls to idealize unhealthy body standards for themselves. Giroux describes Ariel as “modeled after a slightly anorexic Barbie Doll,” due to her slim figure, large breasts, and wide eyes, all which seems like too much for a sixteen year old. The two main male relationships that Ariel has are between her father, King Triton, and her love…

Barbie is My Favorite Doll When I was a little girl, I thought nothing in the world could delight me more than a Barbie doll. She has often stayed with me in spirit and acted like a model for me to follow, when I have grown in my childhood. Indeed, Barbie doll is like a life-like figure, who stimulated my imagination, encouraged me to move on when I felt sad, enlightened me when I was in the dark. Interesting, Barbie doll was also my faithful friend, always lending its ear to listening to my…

A&P Short Story Essay "In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits" (Updike 430). The first sentence in John Updike's "A&P" introduces the three girls that will affect the main character, Sammy. The three girls play a big part in Sammy's final decision at the end of the story. Updike puts the three girls in bathing suits instead of regular attire to draw everyone's attention towards the girls, especially in a sexual way for Sammy. Sammy wouldn't have made the final…

Barbies, are what you call fashion dolls, created for younger children to play with, in the US, Japan, and many other countries. However Australian dictionaries, defines “Barbie” as a meal cooked on a barbeque. As you see, Australia uses slightly different words that most of us Japanese will not be able to understand. Plus, Australia is a unique country, so language is not the only difference it has from other culture. Furthermore the distance from Tokyo is more than 5000 kilometers, so…

Caitlin Romanowski Darcy Gagnon English 101 23 January 2018 Grown Before Their Time The monochrome portrait showcasing the girl is far too real; with her tiny hands concealed from the photographer. The child tucks one hand snugly in her apron pocket. She folds the other hand under, just above her left hip. The girl's shirt displays tattered ruffles that lay upon one shoulder and the print shows dull, faded polka dots. Likewise, her apron has no hem. The expression she wears says she…

Children are like wet clay, easily molded and shaped, and the messages that we convey to are crucial to their early development, such as the very toys that they play with. Most parents associate young boys with action figures while most girls are commonly associated with dolls, but this begs the question, what is the difference between a doll and an action figure? I went to Walmart to compare two different toys, Barbie dolls and G.I. Joe action figures to see the differences and the possible…

After going over the “Between Archives and Aesthetics” art exhibition an looking up information about all the artists in the catalog. One of the artists that really stood out to me in both her life and art itself was Greer Lankton. Born in 1958 as Greg Lankton, Greer grew up in suburban Illinois. The youngest child of a Presbyterian minister and his wife. Greer's earliest desire was simply to feel pretty like a girl. As a baby, she liked to put a washcloth on her head and pretend it was long…