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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 completely agree with Aunt Jemima. I know that as a kid I would watch wrestling and want to be like The Rock. I also remember watching Power Rangers and wanting to take karate and try out all the moves on my brothers. Watching those shows definitely nurtured me into a more violent kid, and I am sure that I wasn't the only kid who did that.
ReplyDeleteI also agree. I think that society is what makes boys and girls the way that they are today. From the moment a child is born, they are put into a world where their interests are already set for them. Boys are automatically assumed to be masculine, and they are the ones to be doing all the handy work in life. Women are assumed to be more emotional, and sensitive.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most significant things that helps shape genders into they way that they are is the media. Almost every show on the television portrays girls and boys in a certain way. Girls like pink, and gossiping; and boys like sports. While this may not always be the case, the majority of the world follows these standards.
Aunt Jemima is right in saying that celebrities and TV do influence the behavior or boys and girls as they grow. People on TV are seen as role models and based on your gender you watch different shows typically. The shows and movies that you watch decide who you are most likely going to resemble in behavior. Boys are put into a world where superior masculinity is a good thing and what celebrities do in shows and how they act depict that. Girls on the other hand tend to be put into a less violent and more feminine world. From the sob movies to shows solely based on girls, the girls get a sense that a more girly personality is what they should be like.
ReplyDeleteThe TV is generally a terrible thing. It molds children and with poor role models and terrible themed commercials it is not what is needed or society. Up until people reach the age of 8 they are sheltered and taught basic knowlege but after that they enter an era where they have the possibility to be shaped by the evils of the world. Boys and Girls learn how older men and women act and try to mimic the same way. Having roll models like the cast of Jersey Shore or Real World are not how we should be teaching the boys and girls to act. We need good roll models due to how suseptible children can be which goes along with how i agree with Aunt Jemima and his views.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Aunt Jemima TV creates a ideal behavior and model that greately influences how children see male and women roles in society. Famous people are always looked up to by children and even adults in todays society and set an example for people to live up to. For a young boy, when growing up many of the tv shows and movies set stereotypes that young kids want to live up too. A boy is taught through watching television that to be a "real man" you have to be a jock and strong and to not show emotions or thats being soft. We all know that this is the medias way of setting roles in society for men and women and depicting how each should act. Even though many chose to be different and forget these roles, this is the way most of the world looks at things and believes thats how you are supposed to act.
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