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Gender Stereotype: Men In The Media
Boys and young men learn early on that bieng a so-called "Real man"
means you have to take on this tough guy, in other words you have
to show the world only a certain parts of yourself that the dominant
culture has defined it as manly, we all can find out what those qualities
are by just listen to young men themselves "Real man is physical,
strong, independent, helpful, powerful, in-control, respected"
but in justice, most young men know what our culture expects about
so-called a real man, they also know very well what you get called
if you don't measure up. To be real man is to be tough, strong,
independent, and respected, meaning is to fit all that into a
narrow box that defines manhood, the terms that are the opposite
of that is Wuss, whimp, fag, and sissy are insults that are used
to keep boys boxed in, so if it's a boy it's pretty clear there's
a lot of pressure on them to conform, to put the act, to be just
one of the guys.
So the next question is, where did the boys and young men learn this?
Obviously they learn it in many diffrent places but one of the
most important places they learn it is the powerful and pervasive
media system, which provides a steady stream of images that define
manhood as connected with dominance, power and control, this is true
across all racial and ethnic groups, but it's even more pronounced
for men of colour, because there's a diversity of images of them
to begin with in media culture, for example, latino men are almost,
always present either as boxers, criminals or a tough guy in a bar,
and an asian men disproportionately portrayed as martial artists were
violent criminals. and as we've seen in the video, all the arab
men present as terrorists or as rich and stupid to know the value
of money.
With transcending race, what the media do is to construct violent
masculinity as a cultural norm, in other words, violence in the
deviation as it is an accepted part of masculinity, the media should start
examining this system and offer the alternatives.
In addition,stereotyping is a huge generalization about something made from few observations and little understanding. We all stereotype people or things or whatever at times, even without knowing it, because I believe it's just apart of human nature to assume and generalize.
ReplyDeleteI don't disagree. From strong influence of the media, stereotypes are to be expected. Asians are often related to martial arts. Bruce Lee dominated the movie screens with an Asian idea that not many people were aware of. He was good-looking, strong, and was seen beating up various white characters. This also can be related to how men are shown in movies or even in cartoons, which is strong, independent and masculine.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad, but most Westerners have no understanding of the Muslim world and easily become a prey of Israeli propaganda. What the Jews want us to believe is that their Arabian enemies are all monsters, a threat to the whole world that deserves to be annihilated, "smashed like grasshoppers" as Ben Gurion said. This idea began to emerge in Israeli media, now it spreads throughout the West with the help of the Jewish lobby.
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