Media and Gender Socialization

This video provides general information about the media and how it can effect gender socialization in people. It also provides a personal interview of a young women of how the media effects her life.

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[FutureMerc]

You should be telling people that they should strive to look more like the ads. We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic that claims 400,000 lives a year. Would you tell a smoker to smoke up? You are killing people!

[cmtwlr]

I honestly just did this for a class, so i did what the teacher wanted. nothing too personal. sorry if i upset you.

[jayguy173]

the term is gender stratification in sociological terms

[prschuster]

@NAeatsyourface Sex is obviously inherited and gender roles are obviously socially constructed, but what's missing here is the distinction between gender roles and gender itself. We have a whole new generation of post 2nd wave women who can aspire to all the traditional male occupations, but they're not following the unisex model of their idealistic feminist parents & grandparents. Those who are genuinely & naturally androgynous are in the minority. You can't impose that ideal on everyone.

[prschuster]

Sex, gender identity and gender roles are three very different things. Feminists are quick to make a distinction between sex (male & female) and gender roles (housekeeper or athlete), but they tend to confuse gender roles and gender identity. This leaves them clueless as to why the sons & daughters of feminist baby boomers didn't all become unisex, even after gender roles changed. Why? Maybe gender itself is not totally socially constructed, even if gender roles are deconstructed.

[puyen58]

You feminazis are all stupid.

You lose.

[puyen58]

stel119: "gender is a social construction..."

The term "gender" was co-opted by feminists.

Show me proof that your concept of "gender" is anything more than a ridiculous notion invented by kooks,

... AND which cannot be better explained using a reductionist framework and more legitimate sciences like biology and evolutionary psychology.

I'm STILL waiting....

[stel119]

gender is a social construction that varies cross culturally. sex is the biological aspects that define female and male. you're just embarassing yourself here.

[puyen58]

stel119-

Why don't you just enlighten us all with your brilliance? Make us a well reasoned argument in favor of social constructivism.

I'll be waiting.........

[puyen58]

NA: "We are born genderless..."

Your statement is shocking and is demonstrably false. Who the hell brainwashed you into thinking that?

NA: "...not boy or girl, that distinction is clearly taught."

If it's so "clearly taught", then why is it universal across time and cultures?

[stel119]

lol you're dumb. go do some research and then come back with a brain... or at least knowledge

[mollyezmerellda]

puyen and NA: why can't it be a mixture? there are obvious biological differences between men and women- hormones, etc. testosterone and estrogen do affect out behaviors. but society also shapes us- what we see being held as the 'ideal' for whichever gender can make us conform or rebel against these ideas.