I REALLY CANT BE THE BRIDE ASSIGNMENT 10

Sexual stereotypes in the Media: Superman and the Bride

Defined the word message means something you can see and hear some media outlets are but not limited to  newspapers, magazines, radio, records, films and television which directly or indirectly shows a sexual bias and often show men as the dominates sex. My impression of the film was that many perceptions of the Mondo male has not changed they are still considered the money provider and still are strong which is genetically proven with science I may add and are also superior to women (not true). I believe there is an option and we choose to be bought but we are or can be more self-reliant like the Chinese women that were portrayed in the films in this movies which I think is false because Chinese women are as suppressed but the idea of a Mulan is always wishful thinking and needed to teach these men a lesson. Listening to the message that blindly plagued the people in this film it was outstanding that a woman would say that a man was superior to a man and to them and they would prefer a man to do the job. This actually saddened me to hear that women where that valueless to fight for what they thought was right and didn’t they think they were better than that. Many women who were interview thought they were stupid. I’m guessing mothers back then didn’t instill in their daughters that they could be anybody if they put their mind to it. Any women who stood up for their self were considered a battle ax or a unruly stupid women like they were ruined or something because they have a brain or something. And women accepted this they understood their role as a beauty without the brain. One quote that really stood out to me was “Be a toy a man can enjoy” so offensive on so many levels. I just think about Barbie and how you could make her be anything you wanted her to be if you wanted to dress her like sailor Barbie that is who she was or if you wanted bikini party animal Barbie but her on a two piece bathing suits and you had yourself beach Barbie. Initially saying that they preferred the beautiful bodies with no brains, no brainer. How can we get away from the brain washing messages? I believe that the answer is that we cannot even the news is sexually bias in some instance. However I think this has changes dramatically because back in the day it was hard for a female anchor women to make it they had to dress with dignity and always carry themselves with poise and now today I have seen more female breast and revealing skirts on daytime news its ridicules knowingly they have turned themselves into sex symbols to sell a news channels. But then again you can’t blame them sex sells and the media knows how to sell sex plan and simple.

Assignment Eights WHATS WRITTEN ON YOUR BODY

Something written on the body can be interpreted in many ways. Usually people tattoo significant meanings, names and symbols on their body it’s a rare few who put tattoos on their body that has little to do with them as a person. A tattoo is a permanent open reminder to that person and those around them. It is also a characteristic about that person in which they want somebody to know or never forget. Usually a tattoo is never pointless because it’s something that is forever but then again you can never tell. In another perspective people say you can tell how hard a real man has done from his rough hard hands and how poise a real woman in a stereotypical sense from her soft touch or how wrinkle her hands had become from old age and from how much she has worked every day trying to raise her family. The hair is a person’s (genderless) crown of glory. Wither long, short, gray blond or black tells a story about a person as well.  A persons feet is also symbolic for how much of a journey they have been through. They say you haven’t experienced anything until you walk a mile in the other person feet or you cannot judge them until you do so. It is also a saying that you have to look through the other person’s eyes to see how they really feel when you please or hurt them. It is usually used in the context when someone has done wrong and they do not realize the actually harm that they have actually caused and somebody wiser is trying to get them to understand. I think Written on the Body did a really wonderful Job looking at somebody else’s life through the narrator’s eyes.   Written on the body left many questions as to how the body is portrayed as a whole and its many functions which was enacted in sexual situations many times in this novel. I do not think that the narrator looked at situations in other people eyes but only in hers and the way that things pleased her. Which is selfish, but then again she was willing to let Louise go. So in a pictorial way I could see Louise as this prohibition type of lady with many strengths and she beautiful I can see her with actually blond hair and red lipstick and a curvaceous body I can also see her that she is also fragile in the face and often flirty but she loves her fun and adventure this girl is a go getter. Her body is symbolic of many things because this narrator is infatuated with it. So what does this say about the narrator when they do not disclose the information about their physical attributes? And in the end actually Louise is not really a go getter but she leaves her lover maybe because her lover told her to go back or maybe she figured it was the right thing to do to save her own life intern making her selfish as well.

Assignment11

The statement “I am a writer who happens to love women “is also a genderless statement. I believe that the author is trying to create a genderless society were the actual person character is the only factor that determines the heart of person. In today’s dominate culture sex is the leading factor that determines a person and then you have the homosexuals who are a gender in themselves. If a person is a woman they are automatically locked into a gender role not chosen by them but society if a person is a man there are as well forced into being a person who is brain washed as being a sissy when they cry or a fag when they dress a certain way. It seems like the author is ignoring gender as a statement to eliminate the stereotypes that are associated with gender. Who set these rules? And why do we abide by them? And it takes a person like Jeannette Winterson to make a stand and break the habit of analyzing a situation based on gender. When asked the question; who are you? People usually say their name and usually want they love and like to do. Gender is usually obvious if they are face to face or sex is automatically established or searched for with clues like the tone of their voice if they are just talking on the phone for the first time. I would say that sex is a leading factoring of building a new relationship only because we have been wired that way and it just is. But I understand Winterson response as a writer who loves women. She did not specify as sex however everybody does know her sex. So people still do have a perception of her and her sexual preference also lead people to preconceived notions however I believe that it is a person like her that makes people think in a different perspective and think outside the box and I believe her intelligence and insight of people obsession with gender is what made Written on the body such a success. I believe that her ability to leave the narrator’s sex a mystery was a statement in its on. Whose needs gender in a situation about true love. Gender was not important in the relationship only the feeling that it gave the characters. I believe that this genderless society is what caused confusion only because we as a reader wanted to know (well some of us )and I know it plagued me not to know because like so many people today that’s the first thing that I look for and when I can’t tell it bugs. But I felt knowing the gender would have been a positive thing. I believe if the narrator had a sex it would have created more suspense only because I like drama and I think it would have been funny if in actuality the narrator was a woman because you hear about men finally realizing they are gay after so many years of marriage and then breaking up their home. But in this case I believe that Louise denied her love and choose to stay with her husband.