The Wrong Man

The nature of the humour and comedic styles of television situational comedies (sitcoms) has evolved from the start of TV to today largely due to censorship. Yet a consistent feature includes sitcoms reflecting how their writers and producers viewed their society at the time. Comparing and contrasting I Love Lucy (1951) with Seinfeld (1989) demonstrates that even as sitcoms evolve, they share the concepts of reflecting on the world around them, and the need for shows to make a profit. Both this…

“Men are tough; women are in touch with their feelings. Men are providers; women are nurturers. Men should punch back when provoked; women should be physically attractive” (The New York Times). We are taught, raised, and enforced by the gender roles that dictate our lives in American society. Everyone from young boys and girls too grown men and women have been shamed and ridiculed by the gender roles that distinguish people in the world. According to the quote earlier, by the writer Claire Cain…

Some people just want to ignore reality and ignore the fact that patriarchy is a political authoritative system that is most life threatening. Especially those, the patriarchal system assaults that the male body is superior to everything and those females are endowed with the power and right to rule over them. The human society in the Middle East organizes itself by labeling men as the superior race and women as the inferior race. When the society labels men and women that way, they themselves…

The Role of Women in Becoming a Man In the past sixty years, society has undergone a significant change in how its people view women and their role in everyday life. Women evolved from residing solely in the home completing such tasks as housework, child care, and making sure life runs smoothly, to becoming CEO’s of large corporations and fighting in the front lines of war. In this particular commercial ad for the Old Spice antiperspirant spray, the denotative meaning behind the ad can be…

make certain people feel less than themselves over the way they were born. To those who are making these ads, think about the message you are sending to your children. The ads put out by these companies can make them feel uncomfortable and send the wrong message to children. Advertisements may be for a specific group of people or object, such as golfers, but the message they send out needs to be excepting of…

my experiences, a woman can complete tasks just as well as a man, if not better at times. Everybody has a certain set of skill that they are best at. So why prevent someone for recognizing their true potential just because they are a woman? That question just made my head spin. If a woman is more qualified than a man for a job then the woman should get the job, and vice versa, if a man is more qualified for a job then a woman then the man should get the job. The thought that a woman would not…

Umuofia which contributes to Okonkwo’s idea of gender norms. Due to the obstacles and struggles, Unoka, the father, faced, Okonkwo strives to become his father’s opposite and the strongest man he can be. Okonkwo continuously acts a certain a way to appear to be manly and macho. Ultimately, his thoughts of a man having to act barbaric and violently to be seen as masculine leads to the death of Ikemefuna. The fear of weakness in Okonkwo is clearly seen when Achebe writes, “Dazed with fear, Okonkwo…

women being treated as inferior because they are forced to deform themselves in order to marry a good man. I believe that women should not be seen as inferior. Women should be treated equally. In society now a woman is still seen as inferior. I have noticed that women still get paid less in jobs. In other cultures, the woman is seen as an object or a slave. For instance, foot binding made a man feel dominant. John…

commercial push for the continued growth of their son, however the mothers want their “little boy” back. I feel that they purposefully did this in attempts to get the fathers to believe that Old Spice can be the push that their sons need to become a man and grow up. There was a scene in which the father was destroying his son’s former toys, while the mother did everything to save them. In another scene which showed the son on a date, the mother was in the fish tank holding tightly to a toy that…

During the time of the Athenians back in the fifth century, stereotypes were prominent amongst men and women, specifically amongst time of war. Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is a comedic play during the Peloponnesian War that is ripe with these stereotypes, providing further insight into the timeliness of human sexuality, desire, and the war of the sexes. The traditional role of women and their appetites during this time period was humorous compared to the duties of men. Women enjoyed parties,…