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For my empirical essay I decided to observe the interaction between Hooters girls and male customers in order to examine how gender is socially constructed and how this place itself lead to gender inequality at a Hooters restaurant located in Santa Monica. For this purpose, I will describe the servers and their male customers based on their ethnicity, class, and race, in order to demonstrate how theses features connect with gender and how they shape the way people interact in a social situation. In this paper, I want to illustrate that

In the past years, Disney/Pixar has revolutionized the premise of their movies by shifting away from princesses and portraying resilient male characters as the protagonists of their highly successful animated feature films. From 1995 to 2008, Disney/Pixar released eight films, all of which included a male lead, yet these characters are arguably unlike any other protagonist in early Disney animated films. In their essay, “Post-Princess Models of Gender: The New Man in Disney/Pixar,” Ken Gillam and Shannon R. Wooden call attention to the new manner Disney/Pixar use to depict their heroic male characters in their movies. Gillam and Wooden claim that Pixar is using their movies to promote the acceptance of a new standard of masculinity capable of embracing feminine traits, as conveyed by the male characters within the films. As a viewer, it is easy to recognize the emasculation of the male protagonists within Pixar movies, however, the authors’ claim is faulty; they fail to acknowledge that society now has room for a new sympathetic man because it is straying way from a patriarchal beliefs of the past.

Moreover, the manhood acts in the film actively maintain the gender inequality present. The purpose of the acts is to be accepted by other as being in the “dominant gender group” (Schrock and Schwalbe 149). This demonstrates how sex and gender are different things. Sex is whether you are biologically male or female, but gender deals with how you behave such as masculine or feminine. These manhood acts can actually be seen

The movie Pocahontas was released by Disney in 1995, and its sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World three years later. Together the movies depict, to a certain extent, the story of Native American “princess”, Pocahontas. I will watch both movies in their entirety, paying close attention to detail, and take note of how exactly the story is portrayed. Afterwards, I will research as much as I can about Pocahontas and compare it to what is presented in the Disney film. I will then asses why I think, exactly, the filmmakers left out or changed what they did.

Dave Barry identifies the stereotype between a man and woman in their household duties. Men don’t help out in the kitchen and even the simplest task is a struggle for them. When they try to help out in the kitchen, a small job, such as cutting a turnip, is complicated so they end up not being able to help. He mentions how on Thanksgiving, the woman is in the kitchen preparing the meal and she asks the men to watch the children for her. The men cannot even do this job because they are interested in watching the Detroit Lions. “…this voice from behind the kitchen steam would call, very patiently, ‘Gene, please watch the children.’” Barry shows that women are very patient and passive when men aren’t doing what they told them to do. They also

Again, the representation of a man being helpless and powerless are traits commonly assigned to female characters. Whereas the representation of women being smart and helpful are commonly assigned to male characters. Hitchcock purposely gives the “male” characteristics to women characters and “female” characteristics to male characters in order to challenge the stereotypical gender roles.

In the movie there was a lot of traditional gender-role. Men had to prove they are though and women had to me caring a nurturing. Oscar had to play a dominant role around his family and friends. Oscar was struggling with money because he recently got fired but he wouldn’t let anyone know. Around Oscar’s friends he had to show how tough

There are countless factors throughout the book that help to create a critical gendered lens. However, I have found that the four most helpful have been the discussions of intersectionality, gender performance, gendered/sexed language, and the three prominent theories of gender/sex. Learning the term intersectionality and what it means in terms of gender and communication really helped shape the way that I looked at all of the content of this course. The idea that a person’s identity is multiplicative rather than additive gives clearly explains intersectionality. The idea that all of the components of a person’s identity work together to make up who they are and how they view the world and are viewed by others is critical to the study of gender

The show manages to convey the social norms that dominated the country for decades (or even centuries). The father's tone while answering his eldest sons question it gives the impression of how easily the audience and the fictional characters could accept that women in general belonged in the kitchen. As far as he was concerned, things were the way they were simply because that was the way things always had been. In the father's mind, women and men were designed specifically to perform as these roles, and there was no possible alternative. As mentioned a show like Leave it to Beaver was largely a way of normalising middle-class values and beliefs for the American public.

Women were loyal to their culture and focused on how they could best serve their nation. They lacked power and were forced to abide by their domestic role. It was difficult for women to achieve their goals as an individual before Kitchen. Men on the other hand had few domestic roles, which gave them more freedom. That said, the idea of gender in Yoshimoto’s writing in particular, follows no conventions that would be patriarchal in nature where gender roles were defined. In contrast, Yoshimoto’s novel she demonstrates how women and men had a difficult time relating to each other. Though the female protagonist, Mikage, we are able to see this modern persona of the Japanese female. This persona is an independent individual, in control of her own

Gender roles is a problem that takes place in both the workplace, domestic conditions, and society. Often signified through the age-old stereotype. That men are required of the more "challenging" or more "advanced" jobs, while women restrict themselves to the less grueling and less beneficial positions. Terms such as "that 's a man 's job" is a leading cause of inequality in the workplace. Not to mention, gender roles and standards are set in the homes of many families everywhere. The so-called "picture perfect family" situation; the husband goes to work while the wife stays home to tend to the children. While romanticized as ideal, this concept is the very essence of a patriarchal society. Meanwhile, the brutally vicious society we live in often berates women 's self-esteems in more way than one. Stereotypes of beauty, or who are skinny, pretty, white, and wealthy, are unfortunately the ideal standard of women and

In almost all the scenes, the women occupied the house. This is where gender roles correlated with the locations of the females and I saw patterns of women cooking in the kitchen, serving food to their boyfriend or husband, and taking care of a child. The men occupied the workplace and here I observed them collaborating on a project and discuss their future career goals. These gendered locations provide an insight on a heteronormative masculinity that is in the workplace. This is continuously done by only showing men engaging with one another and working at the

Society is accustomed to having men play the role as “breadwinners,” while women stay at home, cook, clean, and raise the children. Mad Men portrayed men with high office jobs, while females had the lower end jobs. Nannies and secretaries were played as women in the show, which is a stereotypical job for a female. One of the women in Mad Men, Betty, was going to do the dishes, but her husband told her to “leave the dishes for the girl.” This represents the role of females taking care of the household.

Gender inequality is one of the central themes in the novel The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan. I think that the title “The Kitchen God’s Wife” itself recognizes that many individuals believe that a woman's role in society pertains to completing domestic chores. Her husband, the God, dominates over her actions in the kitchen. Basically, woman have no position, neither outside or inside the sphere of their home. It is revealed that social divisions between males and females in China continue from early childhood and last until late adulthood. To begin with, Winnie Louie is taught the importance of obeying others, putting others ahead of herself, and maintaining healthy relationships. When she first gets her period, her aunt tells her that a

The narration of the film In the Heat of the Sun is bathed in masculinity. The story basically follow the male protagonist and narrator, Ma Xiaojun, his gang of male friends, and the masculine world they inhabit. There are only three notable exceptions to a film that consists almost entirely of men and boys: the protagonist 's nameless mother, and two girls his age: Yu Beipei and Mi Lan. Both girls are amongst his cohort, and are therefore the main focus of the whole gang’s adolescent desire. However, the overwhelming masculinity of the movie leaves little room for the exploration of the female characters’ identities and personalities. In fact, perhaps unintentionally, the film In the Heat of the Sun objectifies the women, and reveals how