...The second reading for The Macho Paradox, by Jackson Katz (2006) further explains how media plays a role in rapes against women. This section shows how music artists, commercials, television, and movies, all contribute to societal norms for men, and thus are contributing to men raping women. Personally, the most significant point in this reading was that some women are even convinced that their role as a female is to be sexual. Not to say that women are okay with being raped, but more that society is causing them to think that being sexual is what women were created to be. As Katz (2006) puts it, “Our culture relentlessly assaults girls and women, with the idea that femininity and sexuality are intertwined: that their bodies and their sexual...
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...society, many people have come to accept the fact that women can do everything that man can do. It is now acceptable for women to be “manly” without losing their womanhood. The question is: if the image about women only being feminine has changed, how come men are still pressured to only be masculine? Are “macho” men the only “real” men? Does it take a strong jaw-line, defined and muscular abs, and a beer in one hand to be considered a “true” man? Today’s world has summed up men to be just that… In order to be considered real men, they can’t wear the color pink, drink diet soda, do housework, drink fruity-flavored alcoholic drinks, or be anything less than a sports-loving, scotch-drinking, gym-going, and woman-loving guy. In an ad about the new Dr. Pepper soda, “Dr. Pepper Ten”, the slogan that Dr. Pepper used was “IT’S NOT FOR WOMEN” in big, bold letters. This message implies that the drink is meant to be only for men. Underneath the slogan, the ad reads “A lady-free zone of rugged, macho, hair-on-your-chest awesomeness that’s definitely not for women.” In this ad, not only is Dr. Pepper discriminating women, but it is also raising the question that if a guy is not “rugged, macho”, and has “hair on his chest” then, could he not drink that soda? Would he fall in the same category as the women who can’t drink it, therefore not be considered a man? Dr. Pepper made it clear that this drink was for men even though the description of the “ideal man” that they would like to drink their...
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... | | | | |Duranta Scar Remover |2-3 ml |3 times a day |The scar from burn removed after 2| | | | |to 3 weeks of application. | | | | |The scar from burn was removed | |Cebo de Macho |2-3 ml |3 times a day |after 3 weeks of application. | Table 2.1 shows the comparison between the effectiveness of the two scar remover.They are both effective to the scar from burnt but Duranta Scar Remover removed the scar after 2-3 weeks of application, but Cebo de Macho takes three weeks to remove the scar. It implies that the Duranta Scar Remover is applicable to this kind of scar because it takes only a short period of time to remove the scar. Table 2.2 Comparison between the Effectiveness of Duranta Scar remover and the Commercial 1B and 2B (Scar from wound) | | | | | |Scar Remover |Amount Applied...
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...son hombres y el otro 50% mujeres. Se sabe que la varianza en cada grupo es similar. Se pide: a. Generar una muestra aleatoria de 20 individuos con muestreo aleatorio simple sin remplazo. Repita este proceso 5 veces y revise en cuántos casos obtuvo una muestra con 50% de hombres y 50% de mujeres. b. Generar una muestra de 20 individuos con muestreo estratificado. Calcule la media de cada estrato y estime la media poblacional con esta información. 3. Una investigadora quiso estimar el peso promedio de 90 ratas (50 machos y 40 hembras) que han sido alimentados con cierta dieta. Las ratas fueron separadas por sexo; por lo que el uso de muestreo aleatorio estratificado con dos estratos pareció apropiado. Para aproximar la variabilidad dentro de cada estrato, la investigadora seleccionó la rata más pequeña y la más grande en cada estrato y las pesó. Ella encontró que la amplitud de variación fue de 10 gramos para los machos y de 8 para las hembras. Si va a tomar una muestra de 20...
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...little Little Things – One Direction [Zayn] Your hand fits in mine Like it’s made just for me But bear this in mind It was meant to be And I’m joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks And it all makes sense to me [Liam] I know you’ve never loved The crinkles by your eyes When you smile You’ve never loved Your stomach or your thighs, The dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine But I’ll love them endlessly [Zayn&Liam] I won’t let these little things slip out of my mouth But if I do It’s you Oh, it’s you they add up to I’m in love with you And all these little things [Louis] You can’t go to bed without a cup of tea And maybe that’s the reason that you talk in your sleep And all those conversations are the secrets that I keep Though it makes no sense to me [Harry] I know you’ve never loved The sound of your voice on tape You never want To know how much you weigh You still have to squeeze into your jeans But you’re perfect to me [Harry&Niall] I won’t let these little things slip out of my mouth But if it’s true It’s you, It’s you they add up to I’m in love with you And all these little things [Niall] You’ll never love yourself half as much as I love you And you’ll never treat yourself right, darling, but I want you to. If I let you know I’m here for you Maybe you’ll love yourself like I love you, oh. [Harry] And I’ve just let these little things slip out of my mouth ‘Cause it’s you, Oh, it’s you, It’s you...
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...http://www.prejuges-stereotypes.net/main.htm Social status or group position determines stereotype content, not the actual personal characteristics of group members. {Groups which enjoy fewer social and economic advantages will be stereotyped in a way which helps explain disparities, such as lower employment rates. Although disadvantaged group members may have greater difficulty finding a job due to in-group favoritism, racism, and related social forces, the disadvantaged group member is unjustifiably characterized as 'unmotivated' (he could find a job if he looked hard enough), 'unintelligent' (he's not smart enough to have that job), and 'lazy' (he would rather take hand-outs than work).} Stereotypes focus upon and thereby exaggerate differences between groups. Competition between groups minimizes similarities and magnifies differences. Psychology Categorization and AssociationCategorization and Association are two fundamental concepts involved in stereotyping.Categorization- we tend to group people on the basis of easily identifiable characteristics such as age, race, and gender. This can happen outside of our awareness (Devine, 1989).Association- When we stereotype, we usually have sets of traits that go together, that is, are associated with groups of people. We attempt to bring to mind examples of behaviors of people, and the easier we can imagine such examples, the more likely we will think those behaviors will occur. Example: If the only African American...
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...In chapter one of “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien uses multiple levels of ambiguity regarding the word “carry” in order to demonstrate how war negatively affects soldiers in both mental and physical ways. In doing so, O’Brien argues that war is pointless and needlessly damaging to drafted soldiers. O’Brien begins the chapter by describing the physical supplies the men are carrying to ensure their safety in battle. They carry plentiful weaponry, including guns, mines, and grenades: “They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried” (7). O’Brien both tangible and intangible objects in this sentence to emphasize how the men are carrying many more burdens than just...
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...The End of Men Casper Pedersen 2.a Men have always been the dominant force in western society both economically and politically. Most top jobs belong to men and the majority of the world’s influential politicians are male, such as Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and the Chinese president Hu Jintao. Because of this male dominance, men have led the way of culture and society for ages. But all of this may be about to change in our postindustrial era. In her article, “The End of Men” from the magazine The Atlantic, July/August 2010, Hanna Rosin argues that woman are in fact well on the way of taking over the role as the dominant cultural force. But is she right when she proclaims “The End of Men”? Hanna Rosin builds up her article in order to convince her readers that women are playing an increasingly influential role in society and are ultimately replacing men’s status as the dominant sex. She does this by referring to developments in the job market, in education and politics and in the pop industry. In all these important fields she sees a tendency towards female power. Her argument is initially built on facts, “Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same” (ll. 1-3). These facts speak to the reader’s intellect and builds up a trustworthiness, so that the reader feels that Rosin is right in pointing out...
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...You see it everywhere, at college guys strutting into class like they own the place. Or at the gym guys grunting every time they pick up a weight set. Not only is it annoying but it feels like a step back almost devolutionary. The macho mentality is annoying but it can be dangerous if it goes to the head enough. The hyper masculine or macho culture leads to the homophobia, self-reliance, restricted emotions, and objectification of sex. Homophobia is a result of hyper masculinity because of the fear of being thought of as gay if you were to show emotions or tie yourself in any way to what is traditionally though of how women act. Restricting of emotions is the primary and possibly the most destructive of these forces. Self-Reliance is primary based on the idea that admitting that you need help shows weakness. The objectification of sex is based on an aggressive and almost animal like view of sex that goes along with the hyper masculine...
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...Narrator to hit him. The Narrator is reluctant at first, but gives in. In return he receives a punch to the chest by Tyler. This is the beginning of The Narrators self-realization. The Narrator agrees with Tyler that self-destruction is the way to self-improvement. The Narrator mentions the fight club as not being a solution to his problem, but rather a way to escape from the problems, as mentioned in the text: “Nothing was solved when the fight was over, but nothing mattered”. According to the text “The Crisis of Manliness”, The Narrators problems stem from being fostered in a home absence of a clear idea of what it means to be a mean, causing them to react against their jobs by revering to the crudest form of macho violence. In the case of Fight Club, the crudest form of macho...
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...information when attending to a message, before they seek to fulfill their need for information alone. The article states that this method is best suited for targeting audiences that are high sensation seekers, usually a younger high school and college age demographic. From a managerial perspective this means that in order to deliver a message effectively to this target audience, the advertisement must contain some form of high impact stimulus. This stimulus could be in the form of loud music, action adventure video, or pulsating text or light. An example of this sort of ad campaign is the Slim Jim jerky ad with former wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage violently interrupting an apparently boring rehearsal of a high school play and shouting “Are you bored!” The ad starts off slow and doesn’t’ grab the intended audience’s attention until Macho Man explodes through the set. The next communication theory presented was the Extended Parallel Process Model. This model states that audiences will evaluate a message based on a threat appraisal, how severe are the perceived consequences and the likelihood they will occur to them are. If these are perceived as high and likely respectively, the audience transitions to the efficacy appraisal of...
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...more comfortable expressing and accepting this choice of black femininity. Some limits of this approach would be the radical views some might have with this approach and not accepting it because of that. Autobiographical In the Slatton reading, black manhood is described and it reminded me of when I was a child and was basically taught by parents and more often grandparents that it's so important to give off this “macho” persona and tough it out because I was male. Another example relating to this would be the Bell Hooks piece in chapter 5 where black bodies are seen as more aggressive and this is an idea and stereotype that is reinforced throughout my childhood from people around me along with the media. Jackson speaks on the idea of achievement in black manhood and the importance of it but often times growing up achievement was related to becoming a professional athlete because “that’s what black people are good at”. In the movie Moonlight, a young Chiron is picked on simply because he didn’t display a hard exterior and this is one of the many ways the “macho” persona is reinforced from childhood and is basically how I watched it get ingrained as a child. Through this exercise, I was able to think back on childhood experiences and how I would raise my kids a certain way to try and avoid or prepare them for certain aspects of black manhood or womanhood. Challenges I faced during this exercise was the thinking on the negative or not optimal aspects of my childhood or development...
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...Octavio Paz, Los hijos de la Malinche [Extracto de The Reader México, ed. Gilbert Joseph Henderson y Timoteo (Duke UP, 2002). Sin lugar a dudas, el ensayo más famoso de la historia escrita acerca de "mexicanidad" es de Octavio Paz El laberinto de la soledad, que apareció por primera vez en la revista Cuadernos Americanos influyentes en 1950. Paz (1914-1998) para entonces ya estaba una figura importante en la poesía mexicana, y el libro marcó su brillante debut como ensayista. El ensayo es un ejercicio intelectual de vértigo, tratando de explicar el "hermético" del mexicano a través de una personalidad alusiva, aunque a veces opacos, la combinación de la psicología junguiana, imágenes poéticas, y el análisis histórico. Paz sostuvo que México tenía la intención de negar su verdadera herencia que su evolución se retrasó por ciclos repetidos de la conquista, la violación, y la revolución, y que siglos de historia fueron incorporados en el carácter mexicano. La carrera literaria de Paz se inició en la década de 1930. Luchó en el bando republicano en la Guerra Civil española y posteriormente emprendió una carrera diplomática, que incluyó mensajes en Francia, India, Japón y Suiza. Renunció a esta carrera en 1968 en protesta por los asesinatos del gobierno de manifestantes estudiantiles en la plaza de Tlatelolco (véase la parte VII de este volumen). Mientras que se mantuvo muy crítico con el sistema político mexicano, se convirtió cada vez más conservador en sus últimos años, que...
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...Readers Reviews 1) I really enjoyed reading this book. I am an elementary school teacher and I feel that this book is wonderfully written so that children are able to enjoy it. 2) This book was a very well written book which I think parents should encourage their children to read. It deals with illegal immigrants from Mexico. It teaches children about being tolerant, accepting, generous, and standing up for what is right. I think it teaches a good lesson for all children and parents. 3) I enjoyed reading about helping another person who was worse off than they were. The illustrations were colorful, interesting and well done and for that I really liked them. Readers Reviews 4) I really enjoyed reading this book. I am an elementary school teacher and I feel that this book is wonderfully written so that children are able to enjoy it. 5) This book was a very well written book which I think parents should encourage their children to read. It deals with illegal immigrants from Mexico. It teaches children about being tolerant, accepting, generous, and standing up for what is right. I think it teaches a good lesson for all children and parents. 6) I enjoyed reading about helping another person who was worse off than they were. The illustrations were colorful, interesting and well done and for that I really liked them. Summary * This is a story about Prietita a young Mexican American girl who meets a Mexican boy by the name of Joaquin. ...
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...victims, when it comes to divorce between parents. There is in this short story, ‘’Compass and Torch’’ written by Elizabeth Baines, no difference. The boy stands between a choice of his overprotecting mother who doesn’t trust the father of her son, and his masculine and macho father, who clearly has trouble on how to be together with his son. Throughout the father and sons trip, we follow the main characters thoughts. Jim, the mother’s new boyfriend, is not the eight year old boys biological father, and that is something that the boy is very aware of. Still, he is forcing himself to accept that even dough he is not his biological father, he still has an impact in his life. ‘’It is a good one, said Jim, pointedly approving, handling it back. ‘’Yes,’’ said the boy, forcing himself to acknowledge Jim’s kindness and affirmation. But Jim is not his dad.‘’ The boy is going to be together with his father, after four months waiting. The boy looks up to his father. ‘’The man says with robust authority: ‘’it’s an all-weather mountain tent. Two-man. ’’ The boy is thrilled. A tent to weather all conditions. In which he and his father will be two men.’’ He looks at his father, and sees his role model, because he is very macho and masculine. When he sleeps in the tent, be will no longer be a boy, but a man, just like his dad. The boy is trying to connect with his father, asking him questions about the compass for example. ‘’Is it the kind of compass were the top lifts up, like mine?’’....
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