We've had a few blog entries that have asked you to consider your topic for the next paper...Wednesday, we're going to the library to get some help with research...I'd like you to write a short comment where you get specific concerning the argument you are going to make or at least the question you are going to ask. This assignment requires a gender analysis, but a good paper will get specific about the questions it intends to ask/answer. For example, Robinson didn't just write "I'm going to talk about gender in Rambo." or "Gender influences many things in our lives, as can be seen in Rambo." or even "One can see a male identity in Rambo." But, he made a specific argument regarding male identity as it relates to father figures or the absence of fathers in the movie. When we begin writing, it's ok to be general...but when it gets time to revise, you should be able to get more specific and avoid general arguments. Likewise, begin your paper with your specific arguments. Sometimes, you won't know what you intend to specifically say until you've reviewed your subject...and even if you are analyzing something you are familiar with, I suggest you reread/listen/view it again with gender analysis in mind and a notebook in hand...since you'll be citing the source for specific quotes/evidence you can use to make your argument. For this comment...more specifically, what kind of argument do you think you'll be able to make about the piece? Something more specific than "you can see gender roles in X."
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My paper paper deals with the conflicting gender roles between the first two terminator films. The original film was very traditonal in its gender roles. Men played the powerful heroes and villians. They were cold, emotionless and could be quite violent. The women depicted in the film were carefree and were victimized. They did not fight back. They depended on male support to survive. The second film does not portay men and women in such stereotypical ways. The women in the film are very powerful. They are not the nuturing motherly type. They are the kickass violent and emotionless type. The men are much less stereotypical. They do not kill indiscriminatley and they also take on a nurturing role, as a caring parent. The roles are reversed between the two films. The second terminator goes against the grain and depicts powerful women, not lowly victims
In my paper, I was going to talk about gender in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. This movie depicts clear message of the roles that women and men play in a relationship. Kate Hudson is a woman who has a good job at a high end fashion magazine, and she portrays herself as needy in the relationship she has with the man. The man in the movie is masculine, drives a motorcycle. The femininity and masculinity role identities are very stereotypical in this movie, because its most of the traits you would see in a relationship today. In this paper, I'm taking the approach to analyzing the roles of women and men in a relationship, and how their role identity comes into play. I think this movie will be interesting to analyze.
In my paper, I am going to explore masculinity concerning father/son relationships in Road to Perdition. In the movie, the son, who did not have a strong relationship with his father, travels with his father, a Irish mobster, as they try to dodge a hitman who is gunning for their lives. Throughout the course of the movie, the father and son form a loving relationship and finally get to know each other as father and son. The son learns all he knows about being a man from his father, who tries his best to guide his son away from the lifestyle that made his who he was. Although, the father-son bonding only lasts about six months, the son learns what it means to be a man and he also finds out who his father really was before he is shot and killed in front of his eyes.
My paper talks about the way Sex and the City blurs the lines of gender roles. Certain characters depict stereotypical gender roles while other characters embrace qualities of the opposite gender. Charlotte is a very feminine character while Miranda is often seen as the man in the relationship. I'm going to explore the other characters and see where they fit into the spectrum of gender roles.
My paper will talk about the gender roles portrayed in most Disney movies, but specifically about the movie "Beauty and the Beast". The "normal" women are portrayed as completely submissive to men and are willing to do anything for men. The main character, Belle, does quite the opposite. She is independent and wants more out of life than to be property of a man. I think this coincides with how female roles have been viewed in our history. If we look back only a few decades, we see women as being housewives and doing everything they can to make the man happy. Now, our society is moving toward a more equal definition femininity. Women have more rights and are becoming more and more independent every day.
My paper deals with masculinity and the basic ideas or actions that our society believes a man should have or do. I talk about things such as looks, power, domination and confidence. I also talk about things in regards to how men are supposed to act towards females. The big issue that is dealt with though is what happens when a female or a male goes against their society given gender role.
My paper will deal with the gender roles associated with the Disney movie Pocahontas. Because he male characters are given different tasks and treated differently than women, I think it is an excellent example of stereotypes. It also shows that gender roles are constructed early in childhood, hence this being a juvenile movie. Alot can be learned by criticizing "simple" movies.
For my paper im doing the movie John Q and basing it more on the lines of the father. How everyone and everything he does relates to gender roles of the male. It deals with the family relying on him because he is the man and other things as to how people outside the family deal with him.
My paper will be dealing with the idea of females being put in power in the movie In Like Flint. In this movie the women have formed their own society without men. They do not need men anymore. They try to take over the world and men as well. This movie deals with the basic idea of women taking over control and how they can manipulate men into doing whatever they want. Basically how women can have anything they want if they can manipulate properly.
My paper will discuss male gender stereotypes that are present in the movie "Chicago." More specifically, I will address how the movie promotes two polarized male stereotypes that are common throughout our entertainment culture: the idea of the "attractive, immoral, glamorous man" (as portrayed in Richard Gere's character) versus the "bumbling nice guy, obedient to his wife but not really respected by anyone" (in John C. Reilly's character). I want to focus on the limited view these stereotypes convey of men; there is a lack of middle ground in such stereotypes. Men must be either of these two, and there is a discrepancy present in our culture between what we say we want our men to be like and what we actually promote and glamorize.
In my paper i will examine different stereotypical gender roles and how they are broken in the movie Juno. In the movie Juno constantly breaks out of the stereotypical female role in many different ways. She depends on no one to help her with her pregnancy and deals with everything on her own. She often times takes on the stereotypical male roles herself. She makes a conscious decision not to involve the father to protect him. In fact many times she questions those who follow the normal gender roles. she actively seeks to break those roles at many points during the movie, but at others she herself reinforced these same roles she is trying to break.
I intend to explore one stereotypical female trait in its portrayal on the show "The Hills." As of now, my thesis is concern with appearances (aka looking attractive) is the basis for the construction of female identity on the show, and thus motivates every character's appearance, actions, and values.
ˆI'm using the movie 300 to base my paper off of. In the movie, the King is one of the most emotionless heartless character that I've ever seen. I am wondering what kind of effect seeing this movie has on both men and women. Also, I am going to look at the fact that more men liked this movie then women. What does that say about women and men's role in society, or what they think it should be?
I am specifically going to look into war and the ways that it causes the people involved to lose connection with emotion, shut down normal conditioning, and just live on the instincts. I feel that the movie Saving Private Ryan would be a great example in popular culture to help explain this.
My analysis of the Rocky trilogy focuses on what being a successful male is. Rocky struggles with success when he is not fighting. He only feels successful when he is "the man" in the ring. His struggles continue to his personal life. He knows what he wants to do but he is afraid he he can no longer do it. He only feels content when his masculinity is at the pinnacle. My paper will focus on success vs masculine success.
In the movie "300", men are glorified, perfected, and flawless in almost every way. The beginning of the movie presents the guidelines that must be met in order for a child to even be accepted into a Spartian society, and then explains the rigorous training that young boys and young men go through before they can become welcome members of society. This way to being trained into society from a young age makes a MAN. A REAL MAN. But what does this presentation of men do to the viewers of "300"?
I am doing my second paper on the disney movie, Mulan. In the movie, Mulan diguises herself as a young man so that she can fight in the war. Specifically in my paper, I am going to focus how mulans actions and speech changed as her identity changed from a female to a male. I am also going to discuss how the movie reinforces typical gender role stereotypes.
I plan on writing my paper on Batman Beginning. While writing this essay I plan to show how Batman utilized his fear and was able to turn against others in an act of male identity. however at this point I am not quite sure how it will turn out because this topic is starting to become a little harder than I had at first thought.
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