LECTURE 2/24

LECTURE 2/24/98

Images, Languages and Gender

Culture and Socializing

Gender Stereotyping in the English Language

Grammatical and semantic structure (women do not have a fully autonomous, independent existence)

Pronoun usage perpetuates gender difference

Linguistic practices defines females as immature

Slang often defines women in terms of their desirability and men in terms of their prowess

What are the consequences?

Barbie as Epitomy and the dilemma of the "good/bad girl"

The beauty myth (impossible to attain)

The paradox: ruffles and cuteness (innocence) and slinky, seductive (temptress and all knowing)

Audio and Visual Media

Who sings what?

Music for women about women (lesbian label)

Rappers (the dilemma for African American men and women)

Who gives us the news about what?

No Asian Male Broadcasters

Which icons are memorialized?

NYC and statues