...1950’s Men and Today’s Men The gender role theory “posits that boys and girls learn to perform one's biologically assigned gender through particular behaviors and attitudes” (Boundless, 2015). The environmental causes of gender roles and the impact of socialization are emphasized by the gender role theory. The social role theory postulates that the social structure is the underlying force in determining gender roles. The social role theory also states that the division of labor between two sexes within a society drives sex-differentiated behavior. The division of labor is what created gender roles, which eventually, led to social behavior that could be defined as being gender specific in nature. Over the years, these roles would transform to adapt to the expectations of society’s current males. One popular trend of gender roles that has been commonly studied is workplace roles. For decades, men were viewed as the sole provider; therefore, the wife’s duties did not exceed past her home. She was in charge of caring for her husband, their children, and their home. Men were supposed to go to work every day to provide for their family, adequately meet all of their needs, and be someone that his children can look up to. In the 1950’s, men were coming back from war, and the women had filled the positions left open by men going off to World War II. During the 1960’s, known as the hippie era, gender roles began developing in a more neutral and equal manner, “but media still tried to...
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...connect to a variety of themes, but it also tells a story of the way things occurred at that time. The harrowing account of the Clutter family murders in 1959 in Kansas serves as a stark reflection of the dark underbelly of the American Dream during the 1950s. As the nation basked in post-war prosperity and suburban idealism, the brutal slaying of the seemingly idyllic Clutter family shattered the illusion of safety and security in small-town America....
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...The story takes place in a small town in Colombia, South America, set in the 1950’s. According to the Colombian culture, it is a terrible sin to take the virginity of an unmarried woman, so in the novel, this sinful man is murdered by two of the woman’s family members. Many motifs and symbols are embedded within the text of...
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...Available: http://www.deepfocusreview.com/reviews/rebelwithoutacause.asp. Last accessed 10th September 2015 Through the film, a division of young adults received a personality and individualism never before represented onscreen, establishing their place within their own unique cultural identity, language, and social rituals, as represented by Ray’s picture and in those which followed to use his film as a benchmark. Ray’s picture was the first to “get” 1950s adolescents with all their conflicts, oblivious parents, sexual confusion, social anxiety, and alienation Keith Grant, B. (2003). Youth In Film History. In: Film Genre Reader, Volume 3. Texas: Texas: University Of Texas Press. 499. However. Hollywood did not suddenly bank on hedonistic teen roles in the early 1950’s: their process of introducing the post-war teenager was careful if not apprehensive, as they gradually exaggerated the ephebiphobia -fear of teenagers- that was seeping into popular culture and politics. After a few notable “clean teen” performances in the 1940’s by Jeanne Crain in Margie (1946) and Elizabeth Taylor in Little Women (1949), the fifties teen...
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...In today society the view of fatherhood has changed in many ways. Fatherhood isn’t what it was back in the late 1950’s. Men in the late 1950’s were head of the house and mainly taking charge of the family roles, they did most of the outside task, disciplinarian in the family. Men in our current society are now stay at home dads, gay or straight, are adoptive or step parent to children. Men in the late 1950’ s had a lot of responsibilities many men would wear their business suites every morning and then come straight home, and be a father figure to their children, and a husband to their wife. During the late 1950’s it was a time where boys were strictly raised as boys and girls were also grown up to only know the roles of women. The expectations of fatherhood was taken vary seriously in the late...
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...I have to agree with Campany’s point of view on the “complex balance of gender and power”, the movie Rear Window does a complete switch of gender roles and in the 1950’s it was the man doing everything and the women always being saved. Lisa was the star women in the film, she seemed to be in a higher career than Jeffries, she seemed to dress better and prepare herself much better , she really did not seem like the correct women for Jeffries, but rather a women in his dreams. Jeffries seemed to be much more vulnerable than Lisa, she seemed as though she was wearing the pants in the relationship and Jeffries only had her, without her he really would be nowhere and in the 1950’s that was very strange. A scene that really is unusual for the time was Lisa in her expensive dress inside of Jeffries worn out apartment where everything seems to be cheap, but Lisa in the room made the backdrop seem even worse. The scene is very unusual because in the 1950’s the man was supposed to provide everything nice the women owned including the dress and even the dinner Lisa ordered from the expensive restaurant. At the end Lisa was not known as the passive female but rather the heroine. She was the one to come up with all of the plans of going over to Lars Thornwalds and digging up the garden, in search of the body that Jeffries had suspected. When Lisa was caught by Thornwald she showed Jeffries, how much she really cared for him when she cried to him and all he could do was sit in the wheelchair...
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...Through Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood’ we observe 1950’s America where society was predominantly patriarchal with women expected to fulfil domesticated roles; this entailed staying at home to look after the family and women who did work were expected to do maternal jobs such as nursing and teaching. Capote presents some females as conformists to such a society which is seen through the lives of Nancy and Bonnie; conforming to 1950s America proves to be detrimental to their lives. Nancy Clutter is intellectual and driven yet is shown to be confined by cultural ideals of gender roles at the time. Bonnie Clutter is presented as a fragile, damaged individual who was once happy and prospective. During her domestic role she is deeply depressed; this shows how such a life can affect oneself. Capote presents Flo Buckskin as a woman who conformed to some female ideals in 1950s Modern America but similarly negatively affected by the culture in which she existed. Through her, Capote presents how heritage can cause a lack of opportunity , especially for a woman during this time. Nancy Clutter is presented as a girl with many prospects. He uses an asyndetic list of concrete noun phrase to show the reader her accomplishments ‘a straight A student, the president of her class’ and the honorifics such as ‘president’ and ‘leader’ imply that even at such a young age she was successful. Capote also presents how Nancy fulfilled her gender role of the time by servicing others; this is seen in the way...
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...The role of women in society has been greatly overseen in the last few decades. In the early days women were seen as wives who were intended to cook, clean, and take care of the kids. While men took care of having jobs and paying any bills that had to be paid. Women have made vast improvements in their lifestyles in the past few decades from holding positions in governments, to simple things like getting a job and supporting themselves. In 1920’s, all women were given the right to vote. In the 1930's, the roles of men and women varied greatly. From the workplace to the home, the expectancies were different. The views of both genders were also very different. And things kept changing from one decade to another. The role of women and their importance...
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...The world was a very different place sixty years ago. The men came home from the war to take back the work force, and women were forced back into the home. Everything had to be cookie cutter perfect, including the gender roles. In the BBC Television show, Call the Midwife, the roles for both genders have been portrayed as they were back in the 1950’s. The men were the breadwinners of their family, they were expected to work arduous hours and were not expected handle the dirty work of the household; the women were pressured into getting married early, birth many babies, and never indulge in their aspirations for a career outside of the home. The war engrained men to be the defenders of their nation. As they came home, that role spilled into their everyday lives. They became the defenders of their home and family. They strived to put food on the table and a roof over their family’s head. They were looked down on if they could not meet the needs of their family or keep them in line as seen in Episode 2 of series 3. A husband found out that his wife cheated on him after she gave birth to a black baby. His reaction was violent as her betrayal...
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...The well-known image of a nuclear family and their loveable dog, cheerfully standing behind their picket fence is fading. The 1950's portrayal of popular families no longer pertains to the majority of Americans nowadays because our society is moving toward equality. The television sitcom series, Modern Family, attempts to embody a more contemporary image of American families. Nevertheless, their intention is to depict modern families nowadays all the while still emphasizing stereotypes and outdated views in terms of gender roles. The award-winning series Modern Family features the lives of three families who form a larger extended family. Besides the creative and hilarious writing of the show, the popularity results from viewers easily relating to the characters and their family dynamics. As far as one can see, each character and respective family within the show appears to be like the typical family seen in today’s society. There are many well-liked and innovative features within the show that deals with modern day households, such as a gay couple who adopts a Vietnamese baby or a divorced father who has a multiracial marriage with a younger woman. However, the term "modern" in the show's title isn't necessarily spot-on. The Dunphys, who are the utmost old-fashioned out of the three, depict the nuclear family view just as the aforementioned 1950's happy family standing behind their picket fence. Phil Dunphy, the husband and father figure, is a silly character who is the breadwinner...
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...Madigan 207749 THE ROLES OF CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT ——————————————————— Patience Madigan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………….. 4 THE ROLES OF CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT 1.1 OVERVIEW ……………………………………………………………… 4 1.2 OBJECTIVE ……………………………………………………………… 4 2. DISCUSSION …………………………………………………………………… 5 2.1 TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES ON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY … 5 2.1.1 1950’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.2 1960’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.3 1970’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.4 1980’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.5 1990’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.6 2000’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.2 CULTURAL FORCES ON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY …………. 5 2.2.1 1950’s Mass Culture ……………………………………………….. 6 2.2.2 1960’s Counter Culture …………………………………………….. 6 2.2.3 1970’s Punk Culture ………………………………………………... 6 2.2.4 1980’s Heavy Metal and Rap Culture ……………………………… 6 2.2.5 1990’s Grunge and Rave Culture ………………………………...… 6...
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...Analysis of Gender Roles in Disney Princess Films Jasmit Singh 213749361 Traditional and Popular Culture – 1900 9.0 Susan Niazi – Tutorial 6 Whether it’s the colours they wear, the activities they engage in or how they behave, men and women are known to play different roles in society. These established gender roles “are not innate or natural but a product of society”. Children, adolescents and adults all learn gender roles through the environment they’re surrendered by. One of the many huge influencers that help shape gender roles is media. Although “there has been a lot of change over the years in terms of what is considered appropriate societal roles for men and women, this change is not reflected in contemporary film”. The ideology of mainstream media continues to focus on the males being the heads of society, which in result, shows an unequal representation of the females. From an early age, media puts an image into young minds, informing them how males and females should think, act, behave and appear. In many television shows and films, one can easily see the distinct difference between the role of a male and a female. Often films are enforcing stereotypical gender roles where the male is seen to holds more importance in society than the female. Amongst many film producing companies, Walt Disney Pictures for decades have been enforcing stereotypical gender roles in their princess films. Though it may not be outright obvious, Disney productions play a huge role in fostering...
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...Since the beginning of time, gender roles have been a topic brought up in arguments. Women in Of Mice and Men are treated like property. This shows how much women were disrespected and misunderstood. The roles of what women are expected to do in their jobs and in society were not the same as men. Everything from how they were treated in the workplace to how they were expected to act and look was just completely different. A woman’s life seemed to be just more difficult than a man's life. A woman's life and a man’s life in the 1930’s was very stereotypical and very different. Around this time, women were expected to play the role of being a housewife. Woman had goals and dreams, but they couldn't be accomplished because they had to stay home. The evolution of gender roles over the past century have changed enormously. Around the 1930’s/1940 or the Great Depression, when Of Mice and Men takes place women's rights were very slim.Women had very different behavioral expectancies than their men counterparts. While most men went to work, the women stayed home which was not much different than before. However, women often felt as though their role in the home had been enhanced, and it typically did not negatively affect their feelings . Men had to work really hard for money, because women were expected to stay at home and play the roles of housewives. “Nother time I met a guy an’he was in pitchers . . . he said he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural. Soon’s he got...
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...texts you have studied in light of this comment. In A Streetcar Named Desire, the men are seen as cruel and bitter due to their harsh use of force to achieve what they want. Whereas in All New People, the men are perceived as the victims of society rather than its actual driving force. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley fulfils the duty of carrying the traditional patriarchal role of the breadwinner in the society of the 1950’s era. He is represented as masculine through the use of his dominance in the household, control over Stella and being the prime influence in his social group of friends, as they see him as someone they want to be. However, this is contrasted in the modern day text of All New People, as Charlie conforms to the image of the ‘new man’ by emphasising the different types of masculine forms in society and how they are widely accepted. He expresses this through the use of showing emotion and being more considerate of other people’s feelings, while being aware of his own. Tennessee Williams makes it prominent that in 1950’s post war America, men and women each had specific gender roles that they had to attain and carry out. Stanley’s physical sovereignty is embedded throughout the play due to way he behaves and his innermost desire to control everyone around him. “Well, you can hear me and I said to hush up!” “[yelling]: Sit down!” Stanley demonstrates his supremacy in the household through his aggressive tone when speaking to others, due to being the only way...
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...issue addressed is the lack of equality in this particular circumscribed circle called politics on an international level. There is still the need to define discrimination, stereotyping and prejudice among groups and race. In modern times, psychologists and scholars have focused their attention to human behaviour, the human mind as well as gender based issues within the political sphere and even within that area, issues of discrimination, stereotyping, prejudice especially gender do not cease to exist. Sexism has, in the modern era, gained much academic and social legitimacy. Scholars and feminists have thoroughly examined the politics of identification as follows: (a) Gender shapes not only who we are but the world(s) we live in (b) Resistance to changing our personal (gender) identities obstructs feminist movement (c) The identity of the modern subject is not gender neutral but masculine (and typically European) (d) Feminist identity is itself problematic given the diversity (non-identity) among women. (e) Identity groups most closely associated with political power have also been historically based on gender inequality. (f) As members of these groups, women have interests in their success, including the group's acquisition of political power competitors. Source: Peterson, V. (1996). The politics of identification in the context of globalization. Women's Studies International Forum. Groups may be...
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