Blog 7

About a week ago I watched the movie Sex in the City and definitely thought that there was a lot of gender stereotyping involved. The movie, like the show, definitely portrays women as shopping addicts who move to New York for the sole reason of "labels and love". However, the four best friends are all stereotyped in extremely different ways. Carrie is seen as the woman who is independent and strong yet still needs a man in her life. Charlotte is the typical housewife who gets to stay home while her husband is the "provider". Miranda is the woman who can provide for herself and doesn't think that she needs a man. Lastly, Samantha is the woman who acts like a man because she always wants to have instant sexual gratification. The movie was definately advertised in a very feminine way and was geared towards women because it is all about women and their search for love. Women, unlike men, can really relate to this because every woman dreams of a lifestlye like one of the ladies in Sex in the City. The movie portrays their life as exciting and wonderful. After watching the trailer I thought that the movie would definitely make women want to go out and see it. Our society teaches women that they should like designer things and should strive to be able to afford it someday. As a result, this makes women want to go out and see this movie. In the movie, gender relations are strictly heterosexual and stereotype what society thinks a couple should be like. All of the couples are super attractive, happy, and centered around sex.

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In chapter 9 of Feminism is for Everybody, I agreed with hooks in that equal pay is an important factor, but not necessarily a huge one. I think that as a society we need to focus first and foremost on men and women attaining the same kinds of jobs without men looking down on women. Then, we need to work on making pay equal for both sexes. If we focus on gender inequality we can go further.

In the F-word, it made me sad when I read about boy children being valued more then girl children. That personally offends me because I am a girl, but also because I disagree. I was shocked when I read that parents are more likely to get a divorce with a girl child than a boy. I think that girls realize at a young age that they are more "pampered" than boys. I realized this when I was little through they way people treated me and acted towards me. I remember sitting in my room playing with my dolls while my brothers played outside. I feel that girls are given more things and more often given what they want. Nowadays, we hear that when a girl wants something she goes to her "daddy"and more often than not he gives her what she wants.