Term 3, Lesson 7

Statistics:
28.3% of women are dressed in 'sexy' attire in family films and men only 8%
- women are generally more sexualised than men
- easier to sexualise women - overly sexualised
- more normal for men

Percentage of characters with thin bodies in prime-time shows by gender
women - 37.5% men - 13.6%
- modern family: - comedies
- Mitch and cam - typical gay stereotypes
- Jay and gloria - gold digger & sleazy old man
- Phil and clair - 'fun dad' & strict, uptight
- Home and Away: - drama
- bad stereotypes

Percentage of speaking characters in prime-time comedies by gender
women - 31.5% men - 68.5%
- men are dominant
- women are seen not heard

Percentage of prime-time shows with gender-balance casts 22%
- friends: -
- phoebe - dumb hippy
- Joey - dumb actor
- Monica - use to be fat, now chef
- Ross - nerd - science/paelentologist
- Rachel - dumb, rich, spoilt now works hard
- chandler - awkward, no one knew his job

The ratio of male to female characters in children's TV shows 2.25 to 1
- give young kids a false representation of the world
- women aren't as relevant
- women's only person is to be saved
- men are shown to be more dominant and superior

Percentage of family films with a male narrator 73.5%
- more authoritative

What the statistics tell us about women:
- dumb
- spoilt
- easier to sexualise
- not authoritative

Ellen Degeneres:
- Born on January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana, Ellen DeGeneres became big as a stand-up comedian before starring on her own sitcom, Ellen
- In 1997, she came out as gay and has become a staunch advocate of LGBT rights
- She has been the host of her own award-winning talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003, and married girlfriend Portia de Rossi in 2004
- Her wit won over audiences, and DeGeneres finally found success as an actress with her own prime-time sitcom—the self-titled television series, Ellen
- From that point, she enjoyed a dizzying evolution from its beginnings as an ensemble show to its development into a showcase for DeGeneres

Term 3, Lesson 5-6

Male Stereotypes

Old Spice ad:

- men should be like him

- 'I am who you want to be'

- targeted at both males and females

- men need to step up their game

- abs 

- buff

- men need to be adventures 

- 'walked on water' - almost jesus

- cake says your beautiful

- men need to be able to build things 

- swan dive through the air almost like jesus

- land in spa, wealth, luxury - relaxed, living the dream

- badass on a motorbike 

- unrealistic 

Solo ad:

- tough guy

- masculin 

- strong

- not scared of anything 

- sexualising men

- dominant

- in control

- Australian man 

- willing to take control of a situation 

- sloppy/messy

- intimidating

- athletic

- survive in the wild

- target audience: Australian men and women 

Diet Coke ad:

- sexualising women wants man

- mand doing work

- women sitting, watching and eating

- group of women but man is still most dominant 

- sloppy/messy

- used as sex symbol

- lawn moer had hypnosis sign

- target audience: men and women

Lynx ad:

- only older women in ad

- if you angles will fall for you

- all women were attracted to him

- you don't have to be perfect for it to work

- 

Calvin Klein:

- oily, muscular

-looking into the camera

-hand resting on underwear band

-unrealistic

-you buy Calvin Klein you will be attractive

- who a woman wants to be with him

Azarro Men's Fragrance ad:

- the girls will be drawn to you

- the smell will attract them

- you have control

- more advertising the after affects than the actual fragrance

Watch:

- james bond

- perfectly dressed

- spotlight

- strong 

- adventurous

- handsome

- powerful 

- well known

- appeals to women and men

Twilight:

- manly

- dominant

- strong

- pining after a girl

What are Stereotypes:

- St Hilda's Uniform

- Dumb 

Term 3, Lesson 4

- Well known name
- fancy bottle
- unrealistic expectations
- drinking out of a glass
- pink and white
- white - purity, innocence
- pink - femininity
- guy, less prominent - she is the object of his desire

- adam and eve
- hypnotic
- 'bad girl'
- poison
- bottle & face focal point
- analyst colour scheme
- cool colours on woman, hot colours on bottle






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- sterotypical 'dumb' receptionist
- degrading
- so dumb she can't even cook her toast
- she's the eye candy
- she can't even make soup
- women are incompetent
- the other women in the office were chaotic

- smiling
- sunglasses
- blonde
- pink lipstick
- wearing white - innocence
- outfit 'eyegrabing'
- independant

- crying
- red nail polish
- jewellery
- makeup
- weak
- shown as emotionally unstable
- vanerable

- waring pink
- smiling
- tracksuit
- jumper
- nail polish
- depending on where this photo was published
- left side negative
- right side positive

- smiling
- thin/fit
- well dressed
- flattering angle

 

- constructed

- 'perfect' 

- no ones as good as her

- beauty is in the eye of the holder

Twilight trailer:

- prize - object

- indecisive

- needs to be protected 

Erin Brokovich trailer: 

- uneducated but smart

- takes down a company

- beautiful

Homework:

1. unrealistic, set up, posed, media can pick from thousands of photos, unrealistic expectations of women, beauty is the most important thing, sexualised, stereotype, superficial, fake 

2. there isn't much difference except for the trailer of Erin Brokovich where the woman is although uneducated is still smart and can hold her own.

3. It is not as it is an assumption of what women are like all the time and it is extremely unrealistic.

4. Of corse it affects and influences the way women and girls because they don't discuss their insecurities and therefore don't realise how many other people are affected by this.

Term 3, Lesson 3


Today we spoke about gender stereotypes and how they are represented in 'Sleeping Beauty' such as there is no character development:
you inject your own opinion on what the character would be like
you make up your own story about them
and for other people who have an actual ‘bad thing’ in their life

For today's exercise, you are to read the story and then answer the questions below:

1 After reading the story, make a list of all the qualities that the story is suggesting are important in women. When making your list, think about physical qualities and the personality qualities that appear to be important.
• Beauty, the whole story is based on Snow White being more beautiful than her stepmother
• Cooking and Cleaning for the seven dwarfs, the only way a woman who has escaped being murdered is making her cook and clean to be able to stay with them
• Marriage, she woke up from being poisoned and moved in and married a man because he told her to and because he was a prince

2. Next, make a second list that identifies traits/qualities in women that appear to be undesirable in the story. When making this list, you can think about what the opposite qualities would be to the ones you listed in question one and you can also consider the wicked Queen. Like your first list, consider physical characteristics and personality.
• Unattractiveness, the queen whats to kill Snow White so she can be ‘the fairest in the land’ and that she disguises her self as an ‘ugly’ old woman so she is unrecognisable
• Laziness, when Snow White first go to the seven dwarfs house and they know she's there because she messes their stuff up
• Being single, when the queen died the king remarried and Snow White pretty much just had to agree to marry the prince otherwise she wouldn't know what would happen to her

3. Now, see if you can make a third list that identifies traits/characteristics (both physical and personality based) that appear to be important in the male characters of the story.
• tall
• strong
• handsome
• power

4. After looking over the three lists, are there any conclusions that you can make about what the story is trying to teach its audience about the roles of men and women? Explain in as much detail as you can.
• women: not very bright, very agreeable, beautiful, quiet, must cook and clean, must marry early
• men: tall, strong, handsome, gets what he wants

5. How would you describe Snow White's relationships with:
*The wicked Queen: unfriendly, not close at all
*The dwarfs: almost like a business relationship, but they care about her a lot not wanting her to be found by the queen
*The Prince: they barley know each other


6. Considering this story is still most often read to little boys and girls, do you think it provides a realistic view of men and women? Why/why not?
It does not provide a realistic view of men and women as it is unrealistic, and not true when it come to real life situations.

7. Can you think of any modern stories (film/TV shows/books) that you know of that promote similar messages about men and women as Snow White?

All the fairy tales old and some of the new versions of them such as Cinderella promote similar messages about men and women

Term 3, Lesson 2

Today we finished watching 'Sleeping Beauty' we were then asked to find the gender stereotypes of Aurora, Prince Phillip and two others:

Aurora:
- given the gift of beauty
- given the gift of song
- little dialogue
- sings
- tall
- blonde
- tiny waist
- red lips
- beautiful
- arranged marriage
- expected to have a baby as soon as she marries (she's 16)
- not allowed to rebel against marriage
- soft voice

Prince Phillip:
- limited dialogue
- tall
- well built
- handsome
- sings
- 'saves the day'
- fights the bad guy (girl)
- easily rebelled against marriage

Queen:
- limited/no dialogue
- blonde
- really covered up
- beautiful
- softy spoken

King:
- whatever he says goes
- loud
- gets his way
- tall
- well dressed
- arrogant
- makes all the decision with the other king, to join their kingdoms (arranged marriage)

Term 3, Lesson 1

Today was the first day back and as last term we begun discussions of our next assessment which involves 'Disney' we than started watching one of Walt Disney's classics 'Sleeping Beauty'. That was the film that was decided upon between 3, the others being 'Cinderella' and 'Beauty and the Beast'. 'Sleeping Beauty was decided as it is a film that is extremely stereotypical with all of it characters and is changed drastically from the original written by the Grimm Brothers. Upon watching 'Sleeping Beauty we were asked to find out things that we may not have known, I found:

-  "Sleeping Beauty" is adapted from both the Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm versions of the classic fairy tale. In Perrault, the princess's name is Aurora; in Grimm, it's Briar Rose. In the movie, she's born Aurora but takes on Briar Rose as an alias during the years she spends hiding out from Maleficent.

- Aurora's true love, Prince Philip, took his name from the British prince of the same name, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, then still new to the throne.

-  The cookies that the good fairies bake are shaped like Mickey Mouse's head.

- "Sleeping Beauty" cost $6 million to produce, making it the most expensive cartoon Disney had yet made.