Friday, December 10, 2010
Favorite Blog
I think "Zeus: Father of Gods and Men" blog was the best. His blog was well done, you can tell he spent alot of time on it and the assignments. If i had a question about one of the assignments i would always refer to this, just to get a type of idea of what was suppose to be done.
Blog Post 15
1. The one assignment that was fun to do, had to be the Worst Date scenario. You got a chance to learn alot about other people, just by the people they interact with, and how they handle different situations. And basically their stories were quite entertaining.
2. The response to Susan Bordo's quote help me realize how others interpret things. Like when i look at a magazine i dont necessarily think that they're trying to portray masculinity. So it helped me learned the different types of masculinity.
3. I think the one assignment that i didn't quite care for was the first research paper with analyzing the magazine. At first i didn't quite understand the concept of it, but this assignment too has helped with my knowledge of masculinity.
4. Overrall i think Blogger was very useful pertaining to the class. If you missed a class all you had to do was look on the blog for what happened in class. Everyone from the class was involved with each other though the blog.
5. The assignment i would have liked to do more of was the worst date and the debate. I found it interesting and entertaining at the same time. We got a chance to really debate about the situation where many points were touched.
2. The response to Susan Bordo's quote help me realize how others interpret things. Like when i look at a magazine i dont necessarily think that they're trying to portray masculinity. So it helped me learned the different types of masculinity.
3. I think the one assignment that i didn't quite care for was the first research paper with analyzing the magazine. At first i didn't quite understand the concept of it, but this assignment too has helped with my knowledge of masculinity.
4. Overrall i think Blogger was very useful pertaining to the class. If you missed a class all you had to do was look on the blog for what happened in class. Everyone from the class was involved with each other though the blog.
5. The assignment i would have liked to do more of was the worst date and the debate. I found it interesting and entertaining at the same time. We got a chance to really debate about the situation where many points were touched.
Research Paper 2 Final Draft
Mikayla Mitchell
Professor M. Bogacka
ENG 101.0800
December 10, 2010.
There has become an increase in men who stay at home those of whom become caretakers of the children. As a result masculinity has been put into question due to “stay at home” dads, and men in feminine professions. Aren’t men viewed as being the breadwinners of the household? What type of man stays at home, while the women go out and work? A non-masculine one you might say. If a man is playing the mother role it can confuse the child, on which role they should play. At a certain age boys are taught to be masculine not do things that would make them look otherwise. But due to the unemployment rates and the men who are unwilling to take on a female career, the only choice left is to stay at home. Men who stay home are typically looked down upon and stereotyped because this isn’t following the traditional behavior of a man. If a man is the partner who stays home, they’re considered lazy or not being able to provide for their family. Or simply feminine, why would a man choose to stay at home. The movie Daddy Day Care and two articles “Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas” by Scott Coltrane and “Culture, History, and Sex: Anthropological Contributions to Conceptualizing Father Involvement by Barry S. Hewlett focuses on fatherhood and masculinity. I agree with Coltrane’s research that fathers have begun to participate more in their offspring lives. Fathers have stepped up their role as their caretakers. But people view that as not being masculine. As well as “The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the “female” Professions” by Christine L. Williams. Where she explains how female profession tend to push men away who want to enter these fields.
The movie Daddy Day Care, starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin provides a good example, of how stay at home dads are not looked at as being masculine. After Murphy and Garlin are laid off, the wives of the two become the breadwinners while the men take over the household. However they open their own day care services and quite frankly the mothers of the children isn’t exactly happy with them being the caretakers. They look at men as not knowing what they’re doing. “Men are very distressed by these negative stereotypes, which tend to undermine their self esteem and to cause them to second guess their motivations for entering these fields (Williams 219)”. Which like in the movie the guys decided to go back to working to avoid the controversy? The negativity comes to a point where they don’t want to be in a female profession even though it’s still a job. The suspicions and allegations that they encounter can sometimes be too much to bear. And because their use to being the bread winners that type of “title” can make them feel masculine.
Men are constantly being discriminated against because of an occupation. Society hasn’t made it any easier for dads to feel masculine either. If a man wants to work as a preschool teacher or a nurse, he’s considered a pedophile or feminine. Putting this type of stereotype on a profession can cause a man self esteem to drop. The people who men meet outside of work as well are often the ones who give off the negative stereotypes. Christine L. Williams mentions how the suspicions that occur in the work place often cause men to alter their work behavior to prevent any charges against them. “Unlike women who enter traditionally male professions, men’s movement into these jobs is perceived by the “outside world” as a step down in status (Williams 220)”. It’s a step down because men are viewed as supposedly being hunters and constructors, something manly. Not a teacher or nurse. Men always seem to encounter the worst criticism from the public when they choose to enter female jobs.
Over the years men have become more involved with their families then before. According to Coltrane “The ideal father at mid-century was seen as a good provider who “set a good table, provided a decent home, paid the mortgage, bought the shoes, and kept his children warmly clothed.” The man was always seen as the one to provide for their family. However now a days since fathers are the ones who tend to stay home, mothers have taken that role. The mothers become the workers without having a choice. Now women are looked at as being equal. Although in our culture we look at things as being right, other cultures may see it as wrong. Hewlett mentions that Aka view placing an infant in a crib as the same room as the parent as neglect. They feel the infant should be held at all times. Also “Fulani believe that parental care has very little impact on the child until he or she reaches the age of reason (7-8 years old) (Hewlett 61)”. But in the US a father should be involved with the child from when it is conceived. Or well that’s how we portray it in the US.
Fathers have become more involved with childcare. Although it’s not traditional men behavior, shouldn’t we be happy they’re in their child lives. Also with the low employment rates that we have, men have no choice to seek into a female impression. So why downgrade their status? At least their working and fitting into the stereotype of a lazy man without a job.
Work Cited
Coltrane, Scott. “Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions and Dilemmas.” Men’s Lives. Ed.
Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon., (2001): 432-449. Print.
Daddy’s Day Care. Dir. Steve Carr. Perf. Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin., 2003.
Hewlett, Barry S. “Culture, History, and Sex: Anthropological Contributions to Conceptualizing
Father Involvement” Marriage & Family Review and FATHERHOOD: Research Interventions and Policies. (2000):59-73. Print
Williams, Christine L. “The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in The “Female”
Professions. Men’s Lives. Ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon., (2001): 211-224. Print
Monday, November 29, 2010
First Draft Research Paper 2
Mikayla Mitchell
Eng 101.0800
November 29, 2010.
Masculinity has been put into question due to "stay at home" dads, and men in feminine professions. There has become an increase in men who stay at home, those of whom become caretakers of the children."Men today are far more involved with their families than they have been at virtually any other time in the last century," says Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America: a Cultural History. In Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas, Scott Coltrane states that "Men came to be seen as fulfilling their family and civic duty, not by teaching and interacting with their children as before, but by supporting the family financially (Coltrane, 435)". Aren't men looked at as being the breadwinners of the household? What type of man stays at home, while the women go out and work? A non-masculine one you might say. Well due to the unemployment rates and the men who are unwilling to take on a female career, the only choice left is to stay at home. Men who stay at home are typically looked down upon and stereotyped because this isn’t following the traditional behavior of a man. If a man is the partner who stays home, their considered lazy or not being able to provide for their family. Or simply feminine, why would a man choose to stay at home? The movie Daddy Day Care starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin provides a good example of how stay at home dads are not looked at as being masculine. After being laid off and opening their own day care services, the mothers of the children frowned upon them because they were men. Quite frankly the mothers felt uncomfortable with their children being around them.
Society hasn’t made it any easier for dads to feel masculine either. Men are constantly being discriminated against because of an occupation. If a man wants to work as a pre-school teacher or a nurse, he’s considered what, a pedophile or feminine. Putting this type of stereotype on a profession can cause a man’s self esteem to drop. The people who men meet outside of work are often the ones who give off the negative stereotypes. Which as a result, men began second guessing entering a female profession. The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions by Christine L. Williams she mentions how the suspicions that occur in the workplace often cause men to alter their work behavior to prevent any charges against them. “Unlike women who enter traditionally male professions, men’s movement into these jobs is perceived by the “outside world” as a step down in status (220)”. Men always seem to encounter the worst criticism from the public when they choose to enter female professions.
“The ideal father at mid-century was seen as a good provider who “set a good table, provided a decent home, paid the mortgage, bought the shoes, and kept his children warmly clothed (Coltrane, 436)”. The man was always seen as the one to provide for their family. However now a days since fathers are the one who tend to stay home, mothers have taken that role. The mothers become the workers and the mothers without even having a choice.
Work Cited
Coltrane, Scott. “Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas”. Men’s Lives (2001):432-449. Print
Williams, Christine L. “The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the “Female” Professions.”
Men’s Lives (2001): 211-224. Print
Daddy’s Day Care. Dir. Steve Carr. Perf. Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin., 2003
Friday, November 19, 2010
Annotated Bibliography
Coltrane, Scott. "Fathering: Parodoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas." Men's Lives (2001):432-449. Print
This article is about the future fathering of America. In other words the article summarizes how the positions of fathers and fatherhood has varied. Such as men aren't the ones who work and provide for the family, the women are. Basically considering the mothers as the "fathers".
I think the article is extremely useful and objective. It gives off important facts about parenting and how others look at the situation. Which comes from a line of sources.
This article will be very helpful towards my topic of fatherhood and masculinity. It discusses the fatherhood proportion and gives a bibliography of plenty other sources.
Daddy Day Care. Dir. Steve Carr. Perf. Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin., 2003
In the movie Daddy Day Care, two men lose their job and are forced to be stay at home parents when they cant find another one. Which hences the idea to open their own day care services. This falls into the speculation of parenting because the fathers have to switch roles. Also masculinity as well because the fathers are looked at as the mothers.
Daddy Day Care gives off examples of how the men have to cope with being the parents. According to Coltrane men are only in their children's lives financially. I think the information is reliable.
I think this film is helpful. It hasnt changed how i feel about my topic only enhanced my knowledge of it. it can help with my research because its a different point of view.
Hewlett, Barry S. "Culture, History, and Sex: Anthropological Contributions to Conceptualizing Father
Involvement" Marriage & Family Review and FATHERHOOD: Research Interventions and Policies.
(2000):59-73. Print
This article shows the different aspects of father involvement according to different cultures. It also focuses on wanting there to be an increasement of father involvement. It's conducted by research from all over and other articles. The US society's outlook on fathers is however completely different compared to other cultures. We look at fathers as automatically being there for the child when it is conceived.
This source is different compared to the other sources im using because, it mainly focuses on the different cultures and how they look at father involvement. While the other sources look at how the fathers are just now becoming involved and taking over the roles of the mothers.
The article fits into my research because it portrays a different aspect of what im discussing. Neither has this article changed how i feel towards the topic.
This article is about the future fathering of America. In other words the article summarizes how the positions of fathers and fatherhood has varied. Such as men aren't the ones who work and provide for the family, the women are. Basically considering the mothers as the "fathers".
I think the article is extremely useful and objective. It gives off important facts about parenting and how others look at the situation. Which comes from a line of sources.
This article will be very helpful towards my topic of fatherhood and masculinity. It discusses the fatherhood proportion and gives a bibliography of plenty other sources.
Daddy Day Care. Dir. Steve Carr. Perf. Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin., 2003
In the movie Daddy Day Care, two men lose their job and are forced to be stay at home parents when they cant find another one. Which hences the idea to open their own day care services. This falls into the speculation of parenting because the fathers have to switch roles. Also masculinity as well because the fathers are looked at as the mothers.
Daddy Day Care gives off examples of how the men have to cope with being the parents. According to Coltrane men are only in their children's lives financially. I think the information is reliable.
I think this film is helpful. It hasnt changed how i feel about my topic only enhanced my knowledge of it. it can help with my research because its a different point of view.
Hewlett, Barry S. "Culture, History, and Sex: Anthropological Contributions to Conceptualizing Father
Involvement" Marriage & Family Review and FATHERHOOD: Research Interventions and Policies.
(2000):59-73. Print
This article shows the different aspects of father involvement according to different cultures. It also focuses on wanting there to be an increasement of father involvement. It's conducted by research from all over and other articles. The US society's outlook on fathers is however completely different compared to other cultures. We look at fathers as automatically being there for the child when it is conceived.
This source is different compared to the other sources im using because, it mainly focuses on the different cultures and how they look at father involvement. While the other sources look at how the fathers are just now becoming involved and taking over the roles of the mothers.
The article fits into my research because it portrays a different aspect of what im discussing. Neither has this article changed how i feel towards the topic.
Proprosal
Mikayla Mitchell
English 101.0800
November 19, 2010.
The topic i would like to focus on is fatherhood and masculinity. I chose to do the reading by Scott Coltrane "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas". In the reading Coltrane explains the different types of father involvement, and the consequences and causes of father involvement. I agree with this reading because men are looked at the ones who go out and work to support the family, not to have a more intimate relationship towards the children. Basically he discusses how over the years things have changed and men are the caretakers.
The role of parenting is looked at as an interchangeable role. Its not common to see men being the ones who look after the children. They usually show there love financially. Meaning they throw money around, buying whatever the child may need with out not actually having to have a relationship with them. And with that, they look at themselves as being "good fathers".
I will be looking for information that focuses on fatherhood. Such sources like the reading mentioned above, and the movie "Daddy Day Care" should help me conduct my research. And the article "Culture, History, and Sex: Anthropological Contributions to Conceptualizing Father Involvement" is another reading that provides a brief overview of father involvement.
English 101.0800
November 19, 2010.
The topic i would like to focus on is fatherhood and masculinity. I chose to do the reading by Scott Coltrane "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas". In the reading Coltrane explains the different types of father involvement, and the consequences and causes of father involvement. I agree with this reading because men are looked at the ones who go out and work to support the family, not to have a more intimate relationship towards the children. Basically he discusses how over the years things have changed and men are the caretakers.
The role of parenting is looked at as an interchangeable role. Its not common to see men being the ones who look after the children. They usually show there love financially. Meaning they throw money around, buying whatever the child may need with out not actually having to have a relationship with them. And with that, they look at themselves as being "good fathers".
I will be looking for information that focuses on fatherhood. Such sources like the reading mentioned above, and the movie "Daddy Day Care" should help me conduct my research. And the article "Culture, History, and Sex: Anthropological Contributions to Conceptualizing Father Involvement" is another reading that provides a brief overview of father involvement.
Quick Write
The image of the pregnant men relates to Coltrane's chapter "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas" because it basically explains how fathers are suppose to be the ones who work and bring home the money, not have the maternal relationship like the mothers. In the article Coltrane says "Because parenting is a learned behavior for both men and women, most social scientists focus on the societal conditions that create gender differences in parenting or find proximate social causes of paternal investment that outweigh assumed biological causes (443)." Meaning parenting should be upon both parents, where they each play their roles. However there roles are looked at as being interchangeable. Where as its not normal for the fathers to be the nurturing, caring, parent that looks after the child.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Worst Date
I think my worst date would have to be going to the movies with this guy. No names of course. The plan was to meet up at the movie theatre, i believe at 9 or 10 pm. Now he arrived there before me, however i didn't know. So i was standing outside the movie theatre waiting for him, come to find out he was already inside. He claimed he thought i was inside. Now the movie had already started and he had already bought his ticket so he was allowed to go inside. Me on the other hand it was to late so i had to purchase a later ticket. I didnt pay for the ticket by the way. Now i thought we were going to wait for my movie to start so we can go watch it. But instead he went & continued to watch his movie. Also taking my cellphone with him i guess that was a way for me to stay or follow him. But i didn't. I ended up going home without my phone and he had to bring it too me later that night. I did not go on a second date with him but however i did speak to him again.
First Draft - Research Paper
Sometimes when viewing magazines, particularly men magazines we tend to not notice what the media is really trying to portray for us to see. In other words men magazines such as GQ, King, Esquire, just to name a few, provide advertisements that give off a certain message of what masculinity should be. But we fail to realize what they really are. To be masculine is pertaining to men and their characteristics. However not all men are considered masculine. In this paper i will show how GQ uses articles, features, and advertisements to promote masculinity.
Over the years, GQ magazine has provided articles with the same pattern of trying to convey the message of masculinity.
Over the years, GQ magazine has provided articles with the same pattern of trying to convey the message of masculinity.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wedding Crashers Review- blog post #8
Work Cited
Wedding Crashers. Dir. David Dobkin. Perf. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. New Line
Cinema., 2005
In the film Wedding Crashers, two divorced mediators spend their free time on their hobby, crashing weddings. The main male characters in the movie behave in a manner not really caring for the female or the female’s feelings. There intentions are strictly sexual, meaning they attend these weddings with the hopes of attracting women and "hooking up" with them at the end of the night. Towards each other they condone their behavior. Every wedding they attend they are portraying a different identity. I wouldn't really consider their behavior masculine because their hiding their true identity. In my opinion to be masculine is being confident and dominant about your sexuality and your appearance. Lying doesn't portray that.
I think that the movie places more emphasis on the relationships between females, because when they attend one wedding and meet two women they learn about love and relationships. With attending these weddings they’re not looking to catch feelings or any other serious encounters. That’s going against their “rules of wedding crashing”. I think this kind of goes with what David Grazian discusses about males’ behavior in ‘The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and Performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity”. In the article Grazian basically puts that men go by certain rules that they always follow in order to get their women.
The film shows that there are different types of masculinity and different ways of viewing it. Also that you should accept life the way you are and not try to be anyone else.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Annotated Bibliography
Shah, Neel. "I Love You, But I Hate What You're Wearing. Now Change."
GQ - Gentlemen's Quarterly July 2009: 20. General OneFile. Web. Oct. 2010.
In this article Shah explains his encounter on a blind date. Now anticipating the blind date he was told the female was “smart, funny, and attractive”. However when she first walked in Shah’s immediate thoughts was that he couldn’t take her serious. All because of the 2005 True Religion designer jeans she was wearing. Of course that was a bit shallow, someone being turned off by a pair of jeans. It happened on two different occasions, the second time, blowing the female off, after seeing her in metallic blue Christian Louboutin booties.
The topic of this project is Masculinity, different types of it. After coming across different occasions, where Shah has blew off females because of the jeans they were wearing, you start questioning his sexuality. If you are more concerned with her jeans, than with what's inside them? You might have a problem.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Final Draft
Every we go and everywhere we look, we see advertisements, the sole objective of which is to get us to purchase goods, products and/or services. Often times advertisements convey subliminal messages behind their ads, such as male ads convey the message of masculinity. The hidden messages are the features being used to appeal to the consumer. In a Lucky Brand ad it promotes masculinity through features, clothing, and the overall appearance. It can be considered as the 'bad boy' aura, but not so much of the appearance, because the model is well attractive.
The pose is what can capture the readers attention. As Susan Bordo mentioned in "beauty (re)discovers the male body" the 'rock pose' is to be considered strong and dominant. Many models stare coldly, or even just a simple smirk which should establish power, and confidence of what everyone is suppose to fear. Susan Bordo also comments that "As embodied in attractive and sometimes highly manipulative images, "men act and women appear" as a visual instruction" (200). However the model in my ad is not acting but appearing, or rather posing. Even though in the ad he's not doing much and just appearing there still can be a message behind it. Which is look and stand strong to appear dominant even if however your not on the inside. Therefore your winning over women's affection because women tend to want a powerful man. Its all about appearance so when others look they can feel that confidence that you are portraying.
In most case scenarios the masculine ads are portrayed without a shirt on, showing off their well built and toned muscular bodies. But in this case the model however is wearing a shirt but yet it isn't buttoned all the way. Therefore his chest is still capable of being seen. Saying he doesn't have to be completely topless but yet is still powerful. The attitude and confidence makes the ad. In the ad the model is wearing a denim shirt and jeans which is a everyday look for men. Ads usually show specific clothing that screams masculinity.
The pose is what can capture the readers attention. As Susan Bordo mentioned in "beauty (re)discovers the male body" the 'rock pose' is to be considered strong and dominant. Many models stare coldly, or even just a simple smirk which should establish power, and confidence of what everyone is suppose to fear. Susan Bordo also comments that "As embodied in attractive and sometimes highly manipulative images, "men act and women appear" as a visual instruction" (200). However the model in my ad is not acting but appearing, or rather posing. Even though in the ad he's not doing much and just appearing there still can be a message behind it. Which is look and stand strong to appear dominant even if however your not on the inside. Therefore your winning over women's affection because women tend to want a powerful man. Its all about appearance so when others look they can feel that confidence that you are portraying.
In most case scenarios the masculine ads are portrayed without a shirt on, showing off their well built and toned muscular bodies. But in this case the model however is wearing a shirt but yet it isn't buttoned all the way. Therefore his chest is still capable of being seen. Saying he doesn't have to be completely topless but yet is still powerful. The attitude and confidence makes the ad. In the ad the model is wearing a denim shirt and jeans which is a everyday look for men. Ads usually show specific clothing that screams masculinity.
The ad in which the model appears to just have stopped and pose has just a plain background. It can be said he was on his way out, starting his day. The ad actually goes on to two pages, one where its his upper body being pictured, and he's just looking off. The other page is where he's actually standing and posing, not staring coldly but sort of in a flirtatious manner. His hair, facial hair, weight, and skin all appear attractive. Conveying the message that it's perfectly fine for men to be masculine while still looking good and not have that rough and rugged look of a 'bad boy'. Lucky brand can be giving off the idea that the new masculinity is a bad-boy in a good-boy or man’s disguise.
How do male ads speak to us now? Do we view them as masculine? What about these ads make people want to go out and buy their product/goods? The hidden messages are the reason behind it all.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Lucky Brand Jeans- First Draft
Often times advertisements convey subliminal messages behind their ads, such as male ads convey the message of masculinity. The hidden messages are the features being used to appeal to the consumer. The purpose of these advertisements is so your convinced enough to buy their products. This lucky Brand advertisement gives off a good example of what masculinity should be.
The product being advertised is clothing, Lucky Brand Jeans. The clothing and the pose captures the readers attention. When i refer to pose the model in the ad has the 'rock pose' which is to be considered strong and dominant. The rock pose is suppose to show that men are fearless while other ads go for a different approach. Most case scenarios the model portraying the rock pose are centered in the ad standing straight with a expression of confidence and intimidation on their face. Usually their not wearing a shirt showing off their muscular body. His body is built and toned. Or in this case the model in my ad has a shirt on but it isn't buttoned all the way to the top therefore his chest is still capable of being seen.
The ad goes on to actually two pages, one having a shot from the chest up with the model looking off into the distance. And the other is where he actually has the rock pose. He's wearing a denim shirt and jeans which is a everyday look for men. Ads usually show specific clothing that screams masculinity. The theme can be considered as ideal life because in the ad it says Lucky You. So basically it appeals to the consumer because when there looking at it people want to feel that confidence that he shows and have his features. Susan Bordo comments that "As embodied in attractive and sometimes highly manipulative images, "men act and women appear" as a visual instruction" (200). However the model in my ad is not acting but appearing.
In the ad his hair, facial hair, weight and skin all appear attractive. Conveying the message that it's perfectly fine for men to be masculine while still looking good and not have that rough and rugged look of a 'bad boy'.Even though in the ad he's not doing much and just appearing there still can be a message behind it. Men arent suppose to like being looked at, its sort of a female thing. But yet the ad is just of posing and looking good doing so.
The product being advertised is clothing, Lucky Brand Jeans. The clothing and the pose captures the readers attention. When i refer to pose the model in the ad has the 'rock pose' which is to be considered strong and dominant. The rock pose is suppose to show that men are fearless while other ads go for a different approach. Most case scenarios the model portraying the rock pose are centered in the ad standing straight with a expression of confidence and intimidation on their face. Usually their not wearing a shirt showing off their muscular body. His body is built and toned. Or in this case the model in my ad has a shirt on but it isn't buttoned all the way to the top therefore his chest is still capable of being seen.
The ad goes on to actually two pages, one having a shot from the chest up with the model looking off into the distance. And the other is where he actually has the rock pose. He's wearing a denim shirt and jeans which is a everyday look for men. Ads usually show specific clothing that screams masculinity. The theme can be considered as ideal life because in the ad it says Lucky You. So basically it appeals to the consumer because when there looking at it people want to feel that confidence that he shows and have his features. Susan Bordo comments that "As embodied in attractive and sometimes highly manipulative images, "men act and women appear" as a visual instruction" (200). However the model in my ad is not acting but appearing.
In the ad his hair, facial hair, weight and skin all appear attractive. Conveying the message that it's perfectly fine for men to be masculine while still looking good and not have that rough and rugged look of a 'bad boy'.Even though in the ad he's not doing much and just appearing there still can be a message behind it. Men arent suppose to like being looked at, its sort of a female thing. But yet the ad is just of posing and looking good doing so.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Outline
Preliminary Thesis: Often times advertisements convey subliminal messages behind there ads, such as male ads convey the message of masculinity.
I. 1st Supporting Point: The dominant pose that men have.
A. Example
1. Further Detail: Clothing advertisement have " the rock" pose which can be considered confident and dominant.
2. Further Detail:
B. Analysis
II. 2nd Supporting Point: The appearance of the ad.
A. Example
1. Further Detail: The models wearing a denim shirt and jeans.
2. Further Detail
B. Analysis
II. 3rd Supporting Point:
A. Example
1. Further Detail
2. Further Detail
Analysis
Susan Bordo's "beauty (re) discovers the male body"
In response to Bordo's reading "As embodied in attractive. . . " i disagree with this. Yes women are suppose to care about their appearance but it isn't unmanly if a man cares about his as well. I think its unfair to refer to a female who doesnt care about fashion as unfeminine or lesbian, or referring to a male who cares about their looks as unmanly. Depending on the matter everyone goes about things differently.
In my ad there's a male model representing Lucky Brand clothing. His hair, facial hair, weight and skin all appear attractive, while his face has the expression of confidence. Basically showing all men that it's not unmanly, as Bordo would say, and every guy deserves to look good.
In my ad there's a male model representing Lucky Brand clothing. His hair, facial hair, weight and skin all appear attractive, while his face has the expression of confidence. Basically showing all men that it's not unmanly, as Bordo would say, and every guy deserves to look good.
Friday, September 17, 2010
ENG101-Male Privileges
I think every male has the privilege of being unaware of their privileges. Some feel as though they don't have privileges over females which is untrue. Men are put on much higher pedestals than females. Meaning they are expected to run households, not sacrifice their careers to stay at home with the children, and even have a better career then a woman would.
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