Gender Differences seen through Celebrities and Media

 

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As a child growing up, you experience different sides of your gender, whether you're a boy or a girl. As a kid, you watch TV and see your favorite celebrities playing the stereotypical "man" or "woman"; such as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a WWE wrestler showing off his masculinity through violence or actresses portraying the typical female girl in high school. These things, I believe, influence what decisions we make as kids growing up and how we play out our genders. If a kid watches Wrestling growing up, they may become more violent as adults and so on. These celebrities are seen as role models to these kids, and if they are doing these stereotypical things that defines their genders, then kids will act upon it as well. 

I think that nurture has a bigger impact than nature. A lot of good things were said during the class discussion and I agree with all of them. Before kids are even born, parents begin to force gender stereotypes on their kids. Parents teach kids to associate the color blue with boys and that pink is for girls. Parents also give boys sports equipment and assume that they will play sports. Parents give girls dolls and let them play dress up. We don't usually see girls playing "manly" sports like football and hockey because that isn't how they are brought up. A lot of todays sitcoms also portray many gender stereotypes, like, women are meant to be in the kitchen and men are meant to out working providing for the family. I think that gender behavior is mainly nurture.

Fahrenheit 9/11

     Michael Moore's controversial film about 9/11 and President Bush's failure to anticipate and respond to the events was solely an attack on President Bush and his administration.
     The lack of precaution to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were not to be placed solely on President Bush's shoulders. This was something prior presidents and Bush should have prepared against for many years.
     Moore's attacks against Bush were unjustified and felt like Moore had a personal vendetta against the president.

9/11 Blog

I found the lack of awareness and the lack of urgency by the FAA during the attacks really frustrating. They were fully aware that the attacks were under way, but for some reason kept waiting for something before they took action. In the movie, I remember hearing that an FAA worker was trying to report the second hijacking to her superior officers, but they dismissed her because they were trying to  figure out what to do about the first hijacking. I also remember listening to the recording of a phone call between a flight attendant and the FAA and there were spans of 10 or 15 minutes where the FAA wasn't saying anything to the flight attendant on a hijacked plane. The flight attendant was asked to repeat the same basic information several times because of the lack of understanding from the FAA. I also found it hard to believe that the military couldn't bypass the FAA. The Air Force kept waiting for clearance from the FAA, but when they realized that the FAA wasn't going to do something they should have scrambled the jets and taken the initiative. Overall, I can't even comprehend the lack of urgency and awareness from the FAA.