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Hello everyone,

Thank for you participating in this assignment.  You all had some very interesting and thought-provoking things to say.  Unfortunately, the Blog Ass'g has now ended....SO GO TO SLEEP!!!

Lastly, who the heck is Samuel???

A good pounding

Commercials seem to get off-topic and out of place as time goes by. Sometimes, the it comes as a shock to the viewer what the commercial is even about. I actually thought it was a condom ad because of all the sexual puns. More television commercials and advertisements seem to use women to promote their product. To be more specific, the image of women as sex toys. Why is it that sex is constantly used to promote products, regardless of what they?  Notice that while the two men talk about pounding this and that and motor boating the air bags, the girl in the background just keeps smiling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAMmDqtlR-Q

How do you feel about companies using women as well as sex like this to promote themselves?

Are people getting used to commercials that sell sex rather than the actual product?

Do you agree with this method of promotion?

It's unnatural...or is it?

      

Most of us have been raised to think in a heterosexual manner. Being told that it is the only way for one to express oneself, in terms of love and sexuality. Of course, when we get older and are are more educated, we learn otherwise. Later, we are told that homosexuality is wrong, unnatural and harmful. If you take a look at nature, you will see that it is natural. Animals all around us practice homosexual behavior. It is't new, human's did not introduce this, animals did.
Rats, elephants, deer, baboons, and dolphins are just a few examples. Dolphins mate for life, and yes, male dolphins do the same. Some birds parent their young with two males and one female. Some lion cubs have only lionesses guarding and raising them.
Scientists actually discovered this behavior a long time ago, but decided to disregard it because they though that  heterosexuality was dominant and because they (the scientists) thought "it improved their reproductive success".  

Watch this video and tell me what to think:
the first link is part one and the second is part 3. Keep watching :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFeXwKnCUNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIah88qqxBI&feature=related

So if we see that there is homosexual behavior in the animal kingdom, why do we look at it in such a dim light? Why do some of us continue to refer to it as unnatural?

How do you feel about what you have seen?

Sorry for the adult content! It's educational, so its all good :)

Gender sterotype in Commercial "Beers vs Heels"

Hello Class!

There are a lot of gender stereotypes shown in TV, Commercial, and actually everywhere. This Commercial clearly shows the Gender Sterotype for both men and women.
*Gender sterotype are general beleifs about sex-linked traits (collections of psychological characteristic and behaviors characterizing men and women)

Please watch this video and discuss about this following questions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZZreXEqSY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

1) What would your initial feelings/reactions if it was the men squeal over the shoes and the women cheer for the beer?

2)Will children growing up think that if they do not consume alcohol they are not "manly" and if girls do not like clothes and make up, they are not "feminine"?

3)If young children are exposed to such commercials portraying men and women in this way, do you believe they would grow up with the association that women are linked with appearance and men with drink related?

Gender Dominance

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When comparing genders, what comes to your mind? Do you feel that males are dominant or females are? I'm sure many of you have already looked at the advertisement, what do you see? You see anything that sticks out? Taking a careful look at this ad, who do you think are being used as sex symbols? The one women, all the males, or both males and female. You can see that males are represented as the more dominating ones, and the females are the most vulnerable.

In my opinion, I think that women are used a lot in many advertisements, for example in a previous post about the Burger King ad. I think that it can really catch a person's attention, when they see a good-looking women on a billboard.

My questions for you:
1) Do you think males will always be looked upon as being more dominant?

2) Would this ad be better if it was four women vs. one man?

3) What do you think about this advertisement?

YO ' Mama

Yo mama a term that many people use, it is either used to disrespect someone or to make fun of someone by making fun of their mom's. This in our society has gotten out of our hand because people some time cross the lines and goo ahead of them selves, which can lead to fight killing and all.

Most people believe that men and women are over protective about their mother and if anyone says anything about them the person would loose it. In the recent year most fight that happened in certain area 's started from someone saying your mother or yo mama and the other person got mad and offensive. This is even shown in media many celebrities use these kind of jokes.

Here is a video of one of the celebrities having fun and saying some jokes.

http://youtu.be/tYMf_EV6lbI

Questions:

Why do you think that people use yo mama instead of yo papa?

why is it that every time something happens your mom is involved?

Do you think that people are over protective of their mothers?

Women Seen as Housewives

Many shows have portrayed women being as a housewife. In this show The Flintstones Fred is being lazy and is just reading his newspaper whereas Wilma is vacuuming, this is basically what a typical housewife is portrayed in many shows being the housewife and just cleaning. Also, in the show The Simpson Homer is being lazy on the couch and is creating more mess by dropping his food. If we see Bart he's chasing his dog which can cause much furniture to fall and make things out of order, and as we see Marge she’s vacuuming. Many media shows portray a whole family but the women are the ones who are seen as the housewife, the one that cleans.

Today, across the globe that has changed families help one another to get things done faster so they can enjoy time with each other rather than the mom being the one that is always cleaning. Also, women have started to go to work while men can be the ones who can look after the children and clean the house. But as many still do see a typical family as the women being the housewife, taking care of the children whereas the men are the ones who are expected to have a job and deal with the financial matters.

In my opinion, between both parents, they both can do something as equal as what women can do and what men can do. In my family, both of my parents work and during the weekends my father does help clean. When I was younger my mother use to work night shift and my father was the one who took care of me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbPeg0oQxms

This video shows that a father can take care of their children even if the wife is at work. By a father spending time with their children can have a great impact rather than the mother always helping them with little homework or cheerleading as shown in this video.

Questions

1. Do you think that women are still seen as a housewife?

2. Do you think that both parents can do something equally the same? Why?

3. What do you think about the video?