Gender socialization

1. Summarize Killing us Softly. (1-2 paragraphs)
     Advertising sell products, it also sells concepts of love sexuality romance, success and normalcy. It tells us who we are and who we should be. Most important these advertisements tells women how they should look and what ideal beauty is. We learn that woman must spend time, energy and money striving to achieve this idea and at times feel shame and guilty when they fail. It objectifies women leading them to experience gender violence, eating disorders based on the images portrayed about women to being thin, women seemed to be silenced in some ads as though that should be her role in society, women are also taught to be passive even at a young age.


2. Summarize a Call to Men. (1-2 paragraphs)
     
    A call to men is talking about how man are socialized. Tony Porter expressed his concern about how men are being brought up throught the expiriences in his life. He believes that alot of the crimes that female endure is tied with the way men are tought to be or act. In america from youth men are being tought they are not supposed to show their emotions because emotions is a sign of weekness. we are also tought that we are supposed to be providers and that women are there to be our wives and be used in the way that we want them to. we are also tought to be tough and never back down from nobody. These characteristics or the "male box'' is what is expected from men, and if deviated men are viewed ass weak or unworthy.

  
3. Explain how both video relate to our chapter on Socialization. (1-2 paragraphs)
     The videos relate to each other and the chapter because it lets us know how much power or control our society has on us. We are brought up with certain values that is instilled in us from a very early age on how we are expected to be or act depending on our gender or race. It tells how the media plays a big role on how we are raised because it tell us what the dominent society views as norm.


4. Find one picture that represents the ways that boys and girls are socialized? (E.G. toys, TV, products etc.)