On thursday Oct 30 our group made a presentation on Gender. We discussed gender roles throughout different cultures and societies. Lorrain told a story about how she helped her team win a soccer game as young child. However, the opposing coach wanted the win to be nullified because he accused Lorrain of being a boy because of her looks. This caused Lorraine's family to get very upset and just shows how the opposing coach couldn't believe that a girl could accomplish what Lorraine did on the field. Lorraine also showed a video about small children as they innocently pointed out gender roles in our society www.youtube.com/watch?v=am8n5bXefi0
Gabrielle talked her family who are part of a Moroccan Jewish culture. She described how the women of household are supposed to be the ones in charge of cleaning the house and cooking the food. She also mentioned her grandfather's views of gender roles as he had a problem with Gabrielle enrolling in sports activites because she was a girl.
Edwin talked about chauvinism in todays world. He explained that chauvinism is the belief that men are better then women. Male chauvinists often believe that women are property and can accomplish nothing with out men. As out dated a belief as it may seem to us, with the women's rights movements, many people, both men and women, hold this belief to be true. Edwin than showed the following videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0xoKiH8JJM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptx52QwFz10
I talked about how humans are all alike and how sex is seperated by just one single chromosome. I played this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRGNGpwb8nE
Enki showed a "Ted Talk" like video in which a guest speaker discusses how an aid of 50/50 in a poor country given to men and women was not the right solution. The speaker showed how women are better able to manage money than men and use it to take care of their family. The aid given soon moved to a 60/40 split and continued moving in the women's favor until almost all aid was given to the woman of the household.
Nicaury showed how disney cartoons invoke messages of sexism, male strength, and male dominance. She played this video:
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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The Groups presentation was great. I found the group to be well organized and quick. They got straight to the point in what they were describing, while keeping the audience interested and wanting more. I was surprised in their
presentation when Edwin showed the video of the chauvinistic man. I was surprised that some guys actually grow up think that strongly against women, especially in such a modern era. I have seen small cases of chauvinism before in
my friend’s families, where the men would let the ladies do the household activities and the guys would eat, grunt, and then not clean. However, the guy in the video was to the extreme, he like those guys that wives end up killing in their sleep. No respect at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0xoKiH8JJM
Also, I didn't even realize that when we were kids we were also subjected to the ideas of gender and sex; Disney movies. Thinking back I do realize I thought like the kids in the video. I would choose things in the same manner
as I saw it and related it to the household; mom took care of kids, cooked and father worked all the time. As I grew older I realized that in my household everything is split; meaning both my parents worked and when they had time off they would both take care of the family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am8n5bXefi0
this group presentation was amazing. especially the video that showed gender roles is already made during young age was good. i shoul show diverse gender iamgas to my a futer child. and we should carefule to make animations because animations affect to establish gender roles.
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