Tuesday, May 31, 2011

How have representations of gender changed over time?

For men and women.

Please explain the differences from like the 1950s to now.How have representations of gender changed over time?
Well, in the 1950s, men were depicted as wearing a hat, and women aprons, and both were in black and white and smoking. In the '60s everything changed with the advent of Technicolor, and both men and women would be represented au naturale, or ';nude,'; as they called it in those days. Beginning in 1972, men and women were represented by a group of wild motorcycle enthusiasts who were ';strung out'; on PCP, or ';angel dust.'; The men were represented by Walter Matthau, and the women by Emmy-winning actress Jean Stapleton. By the '80s, the landscape had changed once again, and the men were depicted wearing pastel t-shirts reading ';Frankie Says Relax,'; while the women were represented by a giant, feathered hairstyle. From 1996 until the present day, men have been depicted by a midget being punched in the 'nads by a chimpanzee, and women have been represented by a late-night commercial featuring a blurred set of breasts.



This is in the U.S. of course. Let me know if you need a review of stereotypes stretching across time from around the globe, or help with any of your other homework.How have representations of gender changed over time?
Well here are men in the media in 1939:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nACj50uq6





And here are men portrayed in the media in 2010:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RyPamyWo



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qIkou5oN



Big difference.







Women, on the other hand were just as annoying in 1939:

... as they were in 1965:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6iktQ2y1



.... as they are today:



http://www.collegehumor.com/video:192522
more and more guys look feminine and more and more girls look masculine.

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