Bridalplasty cont..

I just really hate this show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shBZENi9NYA&feature=related

I love how this clip mentions Heidi Montag and that this is just another reflection on where we are in society.
Also the clip mentions that the beauty industry is a billion dollar industry, the fact that we talked about this in class was awesome too. The clip says in a sense that society weighs so heavily on looks and on beauty for women, but when we see it on TV in this form we are appalled.. when really it has been like this all the time we just choose not to see it.

Heres another clip..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6TdZRQpSE&feature=related


In this clip an actual plastic surgeon talks about how dangerous this really is. The fact that the show is showing that plastic surgery is not a serious concept where in reality people do die from surgery.
Also the clip features a psychologist that talks about the actual psychological problems someone can face by going through this kind of "rushed" surgery.. the acceptance of the new body and look can take time and the show clearly rushes it.

Bridalplasty

I won't lie I have never actually watched this show.. but I have obvious reasons why I won't watch it.

sneak peak video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKFTd6ZEV1w&list=SL&playnext=1

The entire focus of this show is to completely change how a bride looks, which is outrageous to me considering the fact that  their fiance should be marrying them because of who they are not what they look like, but the fact that these brides want to completely change their look based on what society is telling them is beautiful is sad. These brides are looking to be just like celebrities on tv and not like the people they were when their fiances agreed to spend the rest of their lives together.

It's sad to see how much of an influence society has on what we consider to be beautiful. All of the women on this show are pretty and if they weren't competing against each other I'm assuming they would be pretty decent people as well who clearing have insecurities that are based on what society has told them to be "pretty".

Here are some more clips..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxCnJVbuFwE&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtb44V5PDus&feature=related

Leaders

An article I found posted on Feminist.com talks about women as leaders. Titled A New Kind of Toughness by Marie Wilson talks about "tough-as-nails" women in today's society.

The article talks about Sarah Pailn and Angelina Jolie (role in SALT). The article then goes on to explain that yes indeed these films and figures "are showing women in a new light, but is this the case of art imitating life or vice versa?".  The article then goes on to state that this year, a new type of female political candidate has risen that is similar to the "summer's screen heroines of audacity of tone, speech and point of view".

All of the women listed in the article up to this point have had to balance their "tough as nails" approach. A study done called "Barriers and Opportunities" conducted shows that the requirements of dress, language and content were different for men and women seeking a leadership role.

The rest of the article talks about alot of what we did in class.. about the "Mamma Grizzly" approach to things and how that may affect our country or the views of individuals. The article takes into consideration that yes the "Mamma Grizzly" approach is effective but is it effective when it comes to legislation in our country.

http://www.feminist.com/news/womensleadership.html

An article posted by feministblogs.org talks about an article written about the military becoming more accepting of gays and lesbians in service. The article uses information from ABC/Washington Post polls that asked whether or not gays and lesbians should be able to serve in the army AND whether or not they should be allowed to serve while openly disclosing their sexual orientation.


The "Don't ask don't tell" (DADT) policy was passed in 1993, less than half of the people surveyed thought that gays and lesbians should be able to openly serve, 60% however did support them being able to serve as long as their sexual orientation was not disclosed.

17 years later the same question was asked..
The graph shows the results..

The blue line represents "Do you think that homosexuals who do NOT publicly disclose their sexual orientation should be allowed to serve in the military?"
The red line represents "Do you think homosexuals who DO publicly disclose their sexual orientation should be allowed to serve in the military?"


In 2008 75% of those surveyed thought it was okay for gays and lesbians to serve with out any restrictions.

If the government chooses to revoke the DADT policy is up in the air.. but the support from the general public is clear.


http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/12/02/increasing-u-s-public-support-for-gays-in-the-military/

Omega Male

A recent commercial for Crayola is an advertisement for some sort of molding clay. The man in the commercial ends up playing with the toy and the women in the commercial steps in and says something along the lines of, "hey those are for the kids!". This made me think of when we talked about the Omega Male in class. The commercial brings to light the whole Omega Male idea by having the male be a "man child" and with out the female he is lost and plays with toys. Men are targets of sexism just as much as women are.. they are subjected to the same social norms and "molds"; what they should be and should not be, what it means to be a man, etc.
Other commercials do the same thing along with many TV shows on today. Men are suppose to be these primitive creatures almost that are completely lost with out a women. A women allows them to be clean.. get to work on time.. have goals or an agenda for the day. The women is portrayed as the "glue" that holds everything together, a superwomen.
Its sad that men are portrayed this way, that a man is just a lost child with out a women in his life.