Christensen - Reflection
As I was reading this article by Christensen, it reminded of me of my childhood how I used to watch Peter Pan, Popeye, and sometimes Cinderella movies. Now that I look back on the shows and how they were represented, the stereotypes that they had back then were crazy. You would never see a person of color and if you did, it was rare. Usually in the movies about princesses or for instance in Popeye, the women is always being saved. Whether it is from a bad guy or something else, the stereotypes are obvious looking back on it. As a kid, I watched these shows sometimes and I never really picked up on it until later on when I watched them back. When you think of princesses, you think of pretty, tall, white, and girly. When you think of the men you think of muscular, handsome, and charming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5iQKRDDzYE
Here I have a link to a youtube video that shows the gender stereotypes in Disney movies. It shows that men are strong and manly and that girls need to know how to do chores and housework.
I like how as a guy that you noticed how women are often saved by the men in stories growing up too. Good hyperlink too on Gender stereotypes.
ReplyDeleteI liked your link and good point you made about men being the ones always saving the helpless woman in the movies and how gender is used.
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