Learning Module 10

Learning Module 10 LIVE LEARNING MODULE due 4/18 by NOON

Pick one of the following events to attend during the Ladyfest activities and submit a 3 paragraph blog entry with your reflection, grounded in course content.

FRIDAY 4/15 1:00 pm – Screening of PBS’s In The Life episode featuring KIN4LIFE, followed by Q&A with Nor & IQ of KIN4LIFE – ten Hoor 125

SATURDAY 4/16 10:00AM – Old School Consciousness Raising Session lead by Melanie DeMaeyer (one of the author's we read this semester) – Chloe’s Cup - 2117 University Blvd
SUNDAY 4/17 Noon-6pm – Attend one of the workshops at Alabama Art Kitchen – 2626 University Blvd

Noon – Ladyfest Zine Workshop – Learn about the history and importance of zines and help make a zine for Ladyfest Deep South 2011.
3:30PM – Vagina Monologue Workshop – If you’ve ever heard of the Vagina Monologues, then this is the arts and crafts version of that. Come create your own!
4:30PM – Herbs Health for Women – This class is a very broad, general, and beginner friendly exploration of plant-based medicines for women. Local, Abby Hall Luca, will cover several herbs and herbal formulas/ preparations for young through post-menopausal women. No knowledge of herbs required!

For more info please visit the following social networking sites for Ladyfest Deep South 2011.

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Learning Module 9

LEARNING MODULE NINE
Due Sat. 4/9 by noon

What would you do to end sexual violence at the University of Alabama? 
Using your articles for this week, write 1-2 paragraphs demonstrating your understanding of the social systems and social conditions that support male sexual violence against women and other men on college campuses.  Then in 1-2 paragraphs, build upon the “Feminist Frat Boys” article and reflect upon some possible forms of action/activism that you and your peers (as well as the larger University system) can take to end sexual violence on the UA campus.

Learning Module 8

Learning Module Eight
DUE SATURDAY 4/2  BY NOON
Look up some of the videos discussed in this week’s readings.  In two paragraphs, discuss what it means to "flip the scripts" of hetero-masculine sexual dominance? How does this also relate to re-appropriation and counter-appropriation?  Who has the power to set the patterns for dominant forms of representation in the music industry and Why? (use “intersectionality” in your analysis)
Next find a couple of videos that demonstrate what you would consider to be empowering to the women (and men) involved in them (as well as those viewing them), especially in relation to what you observed and learned from the film Dreamworlds 3).  Provide the name of the videos and in 2 paragraphs explain how female artists are using their messages, language, bodies, etc. toward greater gender empowerment?

Extra Credit Blog

Due Sat 3/26 by noon

In 2-3 paragraphs, please reflect upon the following article and place it in conversation with this week’s readings on globalization and women’s labor.  What is the importance of labor unions here and abroad?  Why are they particularly important for women laborers?  How do union concerns here in the United States relate to union concerns in the “developing world”? (hint: consider free trade agreements).  Can you imagine unions being a point of transnational solidarity for workers?  Why?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brigid-o/from-the-triangle-fire-to_b_839023.html  

Group 4 Brainstorming

Group 3 Brainstorming

Group 2 Brainstorming

Group 1 Brainstorming

Grant Hill to Jalen Rose "Who you calling an Uncle Tom?"

Some may not know the background or story behind Jalen Rose and his comments about the Duke basketball team but I thought the article was very interesting to hear the discussion betwee two African American men about the past, present and the future of their race. Grant Hill makes some very good points.

Check it out:
http://www.thegrio.com/sports/grant-hill-who-you-calling-uncle-tom.php

Look At This!

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-prosecution-of-pregnant-women-as-drug-labs-in-alabama#?opt_new=t&opt_fb=f

What is happening in Alabama today!

If I woke up and the world had completely reverses and being gay was now considered normal I would honestly think I was having some crazy dream I wouldn’t believe it. It would take a lot to convince me but once I was convinced I wouldn’t switch to being gay. For one thing I love women too much just to give it up because everybody else does. Heterosexuality it just like homosexuality in the fact that we have no control over who we’re attracted to. Women attract me like crazy and I have absolutely no attraction to men and that wouldn’t change just because everyone else is. I mean its just like being black in segregated times I wouldn’t be able to change my skin color in public and you should be proud of who you are regardless so I wouldn’t even like pretend I was gay to be accepted. I wouldn’t even want to be accepted like that besides since it would be fake they would catch me pretending and I would still be outcast.

I would think this some crazy stuff going on, how the world just gone change overnight like this. My life would change a great deal I would go from being a sexy, normal, accepted guy to a sexy, weird, unaccepted guy. I’m pretty sure my relationship with my family would be strained if I all of sudden became the only heterosexual but they my family so I know they would accept my decision and support me even if they didn’t agree, that’s what family does. As far as letting other people know I’m straight if people came up and asked me if I was straight I would tell them yes but I wouldn’t just walk around with a sign on my chest saying “I’m straight Hate Me”. I would have the same mentality that I do now as long as you leave me alone I have no reason to mess with you so just leave me alone.

Learning Module 7

LEARNING MODULE SEVEN
(Due Saturday by Noon)

Read the Heterosexual Questionnaire and take the time to answer the questions for yourself.  Now read the following prompt and critically reflect upon the following questions.
This morning when you awoke from a night’s sleep, you became aware that society was no longer as you remembered it. In fact, it had universally made a 180-degree turn in sexual orientation and the world you remember as being a comfortable environment for heterosexuals like yourself no longer accepts people like you. You don’t want to return to isolation, so you must deal with the situation, and do it right now. But now you don’t fit in. Homo-erotic love is the required standard. Heterosexuals are moral outcasts. They are widely thought to molest children, and the marriage of your partner that you have looked forward to for several years will not be legally recognized. Procreation takes place in test tubes and hired wombs according to accepted procedures, and couples like you and your partner are considered hazardous to population growth. You turn on the TV news, only to see a demonstration on the courthouse steps by anti-heterosexual activists shouting ‘heterosexuality is sin’ and ‘ban the straights.’ A sense of doom envelops you as the truth sinks in. You have a cup of coffee and sit down to think about how you will deal with the situation.” What do you think? How will your life change? What will happen to your relationship with your family and friends, now all gay? Will you allow others to know that you are straight and risk the consequences? What might they be? How do you decide to deal with the situation? Why?

In 2-3 paragraphs, write some key insights drawn from BOTH of these exercises, and how it felt to answer the questions.  Use course readings to discuss ways to navigate through this oppressive situation and how you see the world changing if homophobia was abolished.

In the news...

Because this pertains to what we are studying this week, I wanted to share this with you all...

The Westboro Baptist Church has been in and out of the news for a while now due to its radical views against homosexuality. They put on protests with signs that say things like, "Thank God for 9/11" and "Fags are beasts" and take pride in picketing funerals of fallen American soldier. Personally, I find these statements hurtful, harmful, and erroneous.

Watch the video and read the article about the First Amendment rights that were recently brought to the Supreme Court.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Supreme_Court/supreme-court-westboro-protests-military-funerals/story?id=13037219

Crunk Feminist Collective Article

Read this!!http://crunkfeministcollective.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-attacks-on-reproductive-justice/

Learning Module 6

LEARNING MODULE SIX
Due Saturday (2/26) by noon
After reading the essay, “And So I Choose,” by Allison Crews place her discussion of “rights” in conversation with the article you read for class this week, “Beyond Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life?”  First (2 paragraphs), in your own words, please describe why each of these terms are in fact problematic or limiting to our larger discussion of reproductive rights.  Why were each limiting in Crew’s reflection?  What does a “reproductive justice” paradigm offer instead?  Second (1-2 paragraphs) reflect on the recent arguments surrounding legislation addressed to congress (see links below).  What do you think is at stake in politicizing women’s bodies and reproduction?  What would a reproductive justice argument look like in response to this legislation.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/18/planned-parenthood-fundin_n_825258.html?ref=fb&src=sp
http://reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/Center%20for%20Reproductive%20Rights%20Testimony%202%2014%2011.pdf

Learning Module 5 REDO

LEARNING MODULE FIVE (REDO)
Due Wednesday 3/2 no later than Noon

Imagine you are participating in a conversation with the Combahee River Collective and, in a consciousness-raising group, you read the following article.  Using the Combahee River Collective Statement and what you have learned in the past weeks, discuss a black feminist perspective to this issue (In 2-3 paragraphs).   How would the Collective approach the issue, especially with regard to privilege, interlocking oppressions, “the personal is political”, and a critique of the limitations of dominant feminist and anti-racist approaches to hierarchies of inequality.  What new perspectives might they offer?  Be creative…imagine you are sitting at the table with them!
http://www.theroot.com/views/recy-taylor-symbol-jim-crow-s-forgotten-horror

Learning Module 5

LEARNING MODULE FIVE
(due Saturday by noon)

Imagine bell hooks joins the Combahee River Collective and in a consciousness-raising group reads her article “Straightening Our Hair”, and shows the film clip “A Girl Like Me”.  Based upon your readings for this week, discuss a black feminist perspective to this topic.  How would the Collective approach the issue, especially with regard to privilege, interlocking oppressions, “the personal is political”, and a critique of the limitations of dominant feminist and anti-racist approaches to hierarchies of inequality.  What new perspectives might they offer?  Be creative…imagine you are sitting at the table with them!

http://www.understandingrace.org/lived/video/index.html

online module 4

A Partial List of Heterosexual Privileges

The most unfair advantage of being heterosexual is being about to love who I want and furthermore being able to “legally marry the person I love.” I think if you are able to love you should have the opportunity to get married and spend your life with that person. Number three is another one I never really thought about “I can hold hands, touch, and dance with the other person I love in public without fear of others’ reactions.” Living in the south my whole life I believe that most people are judgmental towards gays and would be offended if they saw two guys or two girls kissing. However, I wish that would change and the world would be open to every ones choice to love whoever they want. Finally number twenty “I can live life fully and openly with my family and friends.” Being a dancer I have several friends that are gay and to me this is the hardest part watching them live a lie to their family and others who are not accepting. I am able to bring my boyfriend around my friends and family with no hesitation, and I wish the same for my friends who are gay.

A List of My Privileges

1. I can cry my way out of getting a speeding ticket. (If the cop is white, and not a complete jerk I can cry until he feels bad for me)

2. I can walk into a classroom in Tuscaloosa knowing my race will be the dominant one. (There are more whites than blacks in Tuscaloosa)

3. I can love my boyfriend and not fear disapproval from my peers. (I am straight so they will accept him)

4. I can go on vacations during the year. (This would be because of my class, but being able to enjoy life and take vacations).

5. I can stand on the side of the road without being called inappropriate names according to my color. (We all know about the racial slurs happening in Tuscaloosa, and this needs to stop).

Examples and Privileges

The first of my three examples is from the Black male checklist and it’s “When I read African American History textbooks, I will learn mainly about black men.” I can see where this notion comes from. I remember in middle school we had assigned reading, and most of the books we read had to do with white male main characters. I can see this being the same with someone who reads African American literature. An example from the Heterosexual checklist that appealed to me was “ I can legally marry the person I love.” I do have that privilege and sometimes it’s easy to forget the struggle that so many other people have to go through because a state refuses their approval. Makes me feel grateful for the already circumstances, but motivates me more to be involved in the GLTB community, so that is finally something we can both equally celebrate. An example from the Male Privilege that caught my eye was “If I seek political office, my relationship with my children, or who I hire to take care of them, will probably

Not be scrutinized by the press.” This is very interesting to me, because it makes me think of Sarah Palin and all of the bad press she got about her personal life and family. Makes me wonder if it were a male in that position if it would even matter as much. This is just making me think of all the growing pains of equality that are still present in politics.

1.I will be more successful in acting because it’s easier for woman to pull emotion

2. I am not offered certain scholarships because I am white.

3.I am classified as ethic because of my dark features

4.If I wear a thong to the pool I am slut.

5.I will not walk by myself in a parking garage because I am woman.

The first privilege I listed has to do with acting in film, and theatre, and speech. It seems like woman are constantly more successful in the roles they play because of the abilities to channel “real” emotion to the audience. Time and time again in speech woman are winning first place in the acting events, because of how well they can portray emotion, tears, and headache. Very rarely is it when a male wins because of his ability to do all of those over a woman. When it does happen, people are wowed. The second one I wanted to talk about made me think about when I was a senior applying to schools. It was imperative for me to get whatever scholarships I could. My teachers gave websites and guides to where you can find them. I remember getting stressed out because the numerous amounts of scholarships that only pertained to an African American descent. There were so many cool one ‘s I wish I could do, but I couldn’t because I am white. Not to say there wasn’t any for white females, but the ones that seemed the most interesting and enjoyable were restricted from me.

My third checklist is something that has really stuck out to me since I transferred this fall from South Florida. I can’t even tell you how many times since I’ve been here that I have been out at a bar and some man has come up to me and asked me what ethnicity I am, because I have super dark hair and dark eyes. I understand those features are not dominant here, but I get comments like “ What island are you from, what country are your parents from, are you Spanish, Latino ect ect.” I find none of that offensive but I never got asked that so much until I moved here. The fourth ties into the third. It is very normal to see thong bathing suits on woman at the beach or at pools in South Florida. I believe it’s because there are so many people down there from different cultures and countries where nudity is more exceptional. Here it’s quite different, considering the reactions I got from people over summer when I wore just a bikini (not thong) cut bathing suit. Won’t be doing that again till I go home. The last one I think is one that all women are privileged too. Parking garages can be very scary, and there are so many instances where woman have been abducted. I can relate to a place I used to work at. It was a policy for no woman to walk to their car without escort from one of the male employees. Now I can recall times being frustrated because of having to get out of there for whatever reason. But in the end it’s something I’m thankful for.

On the Black Male checklist I do not agree with what number 12 says. I feel that it is just as important for me to keep my haircut nice and my hairline straight just as black women feel they have to keep their hair nice. What woman is going to want a man that doesn’t keep himself up? Number 26 speaks about consuming pornography and getting pleasure from the sounds and images of a man causing a woman pain. I have honestly never heard this before and where I from that would be considered very weird. I didn’t know that as a black man this was a privilege that I had. Number 27 states that in my culture women are disrespected and insulted especially mothers. Once again I never knew that and I don’t agree at all. Women are the backbone for black men considering that most black men are raised by a single mother. Every black man that I know including myself fears no one on this earth except our mothers. Black men protect their mothers at all cost so number 27 is to me is wrong.

I’ve realized since I been at this school that when I got to predominately white parties people there are interested in me just because I’m black. So my 1^st privilege is “I am the center of attention at a party, especially if I am the only black man there. People in gender assume that because I am black I am a great athlete particularly in basketball. That is probably assumed because the NBA is mostly black and when we see black movies in most of them the guys go play ball for fun instead of doing something else. My 2^nd privilege is “Even if they have never seen me play I am always chosen first to play ball”. My 3^rd privilege is based off of my second privilege. Since I’ve been here I have tried new sports that weren’t offered to me back home. I realized that even though I may have never played a certain sport that because I’m a black man people figure I can adapt quickly and be good at it. My 3^rd privilege is “I am never overlooked in any sport”.

Another thing I have realized since I been here is because I am black I automatically have respect no matter where I am on this campus. Black kids and white kids both respect me strictly because I am a black male. I could be the softest most sensitive kid at this school but some of these kids may never know that because before I even open my mouth most of them respect or fear me already. Where I’m from you have to earn respect its not just inherited so my 4^th privilege is “I am given respect before I have to do anything at all to gain respect”. I have realized way more things since I’ve been here but because I am suppose to only do 5 this is my last one. As a black man I am given special priviliges on this campus that my white friends don’t receive. For example I have been invited to numerous frat parties and other parties in general and when I tell the people that have invited me who I am with they look at me and say and I quote “we want you to come not your lame white friends” I just find that odd considering that the frats only let in people that they know and females, but these frat guys were damn near begging me to ditch my friends so I could come party with them. With all that said my 5^th privilege is “I am considered to be cool and a fun person to be around”. I can’t say that I don’t enjoy all of these privileges I’m realizing I have but this is all so crazy to me because before I came here I didn’t even know that I had privileges being a black male.

The Black Male Checklist

The first item on the checklist that caught my eye was number 5. It talks about how black men will be taken more seriously than a black man in a political office. I feel like this is untrue just by looking at Micheal Obama. She is more of a political influence than her husband. the next point is number 12 which talks about how black men don't have a hair standard like black women. I disagree with this one because i am a black man and I love to be freshly groomed and clean. The last point that i say was number 42 which talks about a women not being able to raise a son. I don't believe this is correct because I was raised by my mom and I have turn out just fine.

The first item on my checklist would be because I am a black man I will always be chosen first for sports. Since as long as time can recall African Americans always come out on top in athletics. Number two is because I am black that does not mean I am violent. Every black man is not a part of the stereotype. Number 3 would be that I have the privilege to a woman like a lady and treat her like one as well. Like my mama always said treat your queen like the queen she is and there wont be an unhappy thrown.

Number 4 on the list is I have the honor of holding up the line at any fast food restaurant I choose and daring anybody to say a word. That one is just for kicks. And the last item on the checklist is i will work harder than any other race because my people are said to be distend to fail. Just to show that you can do whatever you put your mind to. With these items and a couple more I think I'd be on the right track to being a Black Man

Learning Module 4

LEARNING MODULE FOUR
(due Saturday by NOON)

1)    Choose three examples from either the White Privilege Checklist, the Male Privilege Checklist, and the Black Male Privilege Checklist, or the Heterosexual Checklist (Katz) that made you think about your own privilege in a new way and tell us why (1 paragraph)

2)     Now make your own checklist (5 items) and explain why these are privileges using the week’s readings and lecture.  Explain key facets of the systems of oppression (gender, racial, heterosexist) that exist to reinforce these privileges in your life (2 paragraphs).

3)    Go to your section’s wallwisher link for “Gender Microaggressions” (on E-learning).  Post an example of a gender microaggression.  Then post the message that this microaggression sends (this is a required posting and will count toward full credit for this learning module!)

In the first advertisement it shows a picture of a young girls head on a grown womans's body. The caption behind the image of the girl/lady says just because she has the body doesn't mean she has the brain basically says that because she looks old enough doesn't mean she is. The caption at the bottom says that sex with and underaged girl is statutory rape.This add is is meant to show men that under-aged sex is a crime. It also shows the innocents of some of the young girls who are becoming experience to early.

The Second advertisement is from burger king about one of there new sandwiches. The picture shows a the sandwich positioned right in front of a womans mouth. To top that off the caption in the corner says it just tastes better. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know what they are implying here. Yet that still doesn't make up for the fact that the way they are conveying their message is not right

The last advertisement is on for women's Nike running shorts. This ad has no excessive skin showing or any sexual gestures. Instead it has a woman with nice legs who must work out to keep her legs that way. This ad by no means degrades women, it in fact shows women with a good healthy exercise routine, they can have nice looking legs as well. You can tell that positive advertisement is more effective then negative just by the number of women wearing Nike's shorts around campus.

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In the first image the company is advertising their candy bar to customers. Their advertisement is focused more on the body type of the two women instead of the candy bar. The company is saying that if you eat their competitors candy bar then you won’t have a nice body type, but if you eat their protein bar instead then you will have the perfect body. I think this ad is more directed to women more because they use two women in their image and its easier to play off of women’s insecurities about their bodies than it is to play off men. The ad also gets men to pay attention by having the women that’s eating the company’s candy bar in a bikini. So the advertisement is playing on women’s desire for the perfect body and men’s desire to have a woman with the perfect body.

The second image is from an advertisement for “Unforgivable Woman” a perfume created by P. Diddy. The image that we see is P. Diddy himself behind a woman in a sexual way grabbing her and seemingly trying to seduce her. The woman isn’t putting up a fight she just accepting whatever the male wants to happen. The first thing that comes to mind when looking at this image is not perfume it is sex. The message that the advertisement is sending is if a woman uses Unforgivable Woman then a man won’t be able to keep his hands off of you, implying that a woman wants a man not to be able to control himself around her. So basically this image is selling perfume and sex.

These two images are more focused on sexuality than the product they are actually trying to sell. In both pictures the product being advertised is significantly smaller than the images used to captivate customers and help sell the items. In today’s world sex sells and because everyone has this train of thought many advertisements that we see in our day to day lives are sexually based.

The last image is much more positive because it is empowering women rather than idolizing their bodies. The caption on the ad says “I’m making myself proud” with an athletic women stretching. The woman isn’t wearing any provocative clothing instead she has training clothes on which shows she is doing something positive with athletics. This image is saying that this woman wants to please herself instead of trying to please a man going against most ads portraying women trying to please men. If I created my own ad it would be something dealing with athletics. It would be a woman and man running a track race almost at the finish line and they would be right beside each other. My ad would be showing that women can be equal to men in everything.

The first image is for a Wonderbra advertisement. This is a pretty offensive ad being that it is implying that the blonde woman is stupid. It does this in several ways. First, the caption says= “I can't cook. Who cares?” Its basically meaning that her skills have no input on why you should like this woman. Instead you should like her for the size of her breasts. Second, The woman has sort of a sexy/ confused look on her face. This is another representation of the blonde woman being unintelligent. This is offensive to me because I am a blonde woman and I take pride in my brains. Third, this woman has extremely large breasts. This is not an accurate representation of the common woman. So this makes me think who is this ad really for? Women, or men?

The second advertisement is for Nikon cameras saying their new camera has automatic face detection, up to twelve faces can be detected. Well Nikon decided to put two attractive women in lingerie in a questionable position in a bed. Nikon has already grabbed the attention of most men who flip through magazines. They also had the females put sexy stares on their faces. The horrible part about this ad is there are actually people from other apartments looking at these women through the open window. Also, there is another man who has been hiding behind the curtain watching the women. This ad is basically telling of the typical male fantasy. What man wouldn't want to have two half naked women in their bed? On the other hand, most women would not want to be half naked with another women. So this is just not very realistic.

Finally, the last advertisement is for Secret deodorant. It features an average looking woman holding up deodorant. This woman is not very exposed nor is she slender and sexy. Her secret is she has not shaved her armpits in three months, and the only reason she did was for this advertisement. This ad is basically saying this woman is happy with her body, and doesn't feel the need to make herself super sexy in order to be loved. This is an empowering ad and women should be pleased to see this in a magazine because there are not many ads like this in the world.

The first advertisement is for the "wonder bra." It is giving women the impression that med don't care if you can cook or anything about you, as long as you have big boobs and a banging body. It devalues women and everything they can do. The message it sends across is that women need to look like her to get a man and this bra can achieve that look.

The second Advertisement is one for a men's magazine. It is extremely degrading because it has two naked women in the man's room and the caption says "in a perfect world". One women is hiding in the closet that he can get out to enjoy whenever he wants. The other women is waiting in his bed barely clothed. It makes women look like objects in order to advertise a men;'s magazine.

The final advertisement it for Dove "true beauty". It is a quote from a women saying she is healthy and likes her body. She may not be what the media tells her is "perfect" but she is right where she wants to be with her life. It is empowering to women to hear another female sharing openly in the media that she loves her body.

In this first ad, for organ donation of all things, the woman is wearing very little clothing. Her body isn't necessary positioned overtly sexually, but her facial expression is sexual. She is a thin white woman, the ideal image of beauty in advertising. And she's promoting organ donation, of all things. The copy reads, "Becoming a donor is probably your only chance to get inside her." In the second ad, a woman who is styled to look young is being used to sell used BMW's. The copy, "You know you're not the first one," implies that even though the girl (or car) looks "new" or innocent and virginal, you as the "owner" would be the only one who knows that she or the car has been around the block a few times. And that you shouldn't care as long as the girl or car LOOKS "new". The third ad is for Nike, who has a new ad campaign targeting women that seems to be trying to expose beauty myths. The woman is healthy looking, and the copy says basically, "This is my body and I like it, because I made it" The copy reads at one point, "Some say [my shoulders] are like a man's. I say leave men out of it." If I were to create an ad campaign, I hope I would try to include both women and men using the product I'm trying to sell. There's nothing wrong with showing a product in the environment for which it was meant.

Beauty Myths

The Gucci image displays a girl showing off her tatoo of a "G" and a man rubbing her legs down where the tattoo is being displayed. I think this is inappopriate because Gucci is a very popular fashion line, and young girls probably see that ad all the time. In their eyes if it is being advertised, then it seems to be ok for that kind of behavior. I think this ad could easily be advertised in a more appropriate manner without the tattoo where it is, and the man looking like he is carressing over her.

The second image about coffee looks like the man is beating the woman for a coffee advertisement, and says she better not let her husband find out. I think this image is not displaying women as the independent women that we should be, but it is portraying women as letting the man take over in every situation. This image has a lot to do with gender, by people assuming women are the not strong and independent people.

The third image is advertising for bras, and the caption says "Draw your Weapons." I think it is really hard to display bras without not showing women being undisplayable. In Vicoria's Secret magazines, they have to display women like that because that is what they are famour for and what they are selling. The image is not as bad as a lot of them, but the caption, I believe is unnecessary when trying to display different bras and their sizes.

The first image is a clear example that sex sells. They are advertising Tom Ford for men. They are attracting men by almost exposing a female's breasts. They are explicitly selling cologne and are implicitly selling sex. There is a white woman with red lip stick and red finger nails. This is attracting males because for one she's white, and another thing, the red shows experience.

The second image also shows that sex sells. It is a fashion ad. This displays male dominance and the powerlessness of a female. The man has his hand around the woman's neck while another man is resting in a chair. He obviously doesn't care. The woman looks as if she wants the man to take control.

Overall, the first two images reinforce the beauty myths in many ways. They show male dominance and beautiful women. They also reinforce the beauty myths through race. The models are brighter than normal. Also, the advertisements seem to apply to the upper middle to high class living.

The last paragraph is the total opposite of the first two images. This shows innocence and applies to more family oriented people. The child displays innocence and the mother (Brandy) shows are connection to her daughter by smiling. If i was creating my own ad, it would probably be for sports. I think this would show a strong portrayal for both men and women because they both can be idols to many people.

In the first magazine advertisement that I found, Absolut vodka uses a woman with exposing, sexy clothing to make their product seem luxurious and attractive. The ad says that every drink is an exceptional experience in an Absolut world. I don't understand why they would say it’s an exceptional experience when they use a revealing photo a pretty woman to promote their product. Showing a woman with a sexy body has nothing to do with alcohol. Unless their message is that you can look like her if you drink our vodka, or perhaps women will look like this the more you drink. This picture says that beauty myths today are true because of the type of woman they use in their ad.

In the next advertisement, Budweiser portrays a naked woman in bed of their bottle caps, wearing a bottle cap bikini. This says a lot about how men will drink the beer that seems most appealing to them through ads. So many alcohol advertisements are using this technique these days to lure men in. These companies use women as an object, not a human, just to make their alcohol look luxurious and acceptable.

Most men like beer, and most men who like beer buy it usually pretty often. But there’s loads of beer in the world, so it can be hard to know which beer to buy. Often men who like beer will just buy a beer they’ve had before because they know they like it. Other times, if clever advertising people get their way, men will buy beer because they saw an advert with a sexy woman draped over the beer. Most men like sexy women. Often the same men who like sexy women also like beer. If you combine the two, men will obey. This process makes men look stupid, but it also makes men happy.

My last advertisement is for an award winning fitness and self defense gym. The picture shows a woman in very fit shape, who looks tough and ready to kick somebody's butt. She is not the typical beautiful girl you see in other ads, but she has an award winning body. The clothes she is wearing are not sexy compared to the other ads because they are covering up a decent part of her body. The ad says, "confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have." This statement works against all beauty myths today. It tells women that if you want to be sexy, you don't have to be like everyone else. You just need to be confident, and be yourself. There is no need for women to expose themselves just to get attention.