Masculinity Femininity in Professionalism as Portrayed by the

Masculinity & Femininity in Professionalism as Portrayed by the Media Racquel J. Stukes, Ecenaz Asku, Shruti Chandrasekar, Ellen Finis COMM/ WMNST 205 Professor Nichols 03/21/2015

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GENDER EMPLOYMENT IN JOBS

HUNTER GATHERER: HISTORY OF GENDER AND PROFESSIONALISM • Talk about the hunter & gatheres, the first families - how the man was born more built, and hunted for the family. The woman stayed, and took care of children. The trend is still pretty much the same. • Talk about ‘manhood’: Why don’t we have ‘womanhood’: Diffrence between male (related to sex & biology), being a man - associated with certain traits.

2 ND WAVE : EFFORT TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE STEREOTYPES • 1960’s modern feminist movement (defined) • activists of the movement • Helen Gurly Brown • Sex and the Single Girl • Betty Friedan • The Feminist Mystique • National Organization for Women (NOW)

3 RD WAVE : THE RISE OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA • Since the 1990’s, there has been in increase of women behind and in front of the camera • Shonda Rhimes: How to Get Away with Murder, Grey’s Anatomy, & Scandal • Betty Thomas: Dr. Dolittle, John Tucker Must Die • Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty

TODAY: OUR LANGUAGE PERPETUATES GENDER & PROFESSIONALISM STEREOTYPES • Manhood: where it comes from and what it is; http: //www. artofmanliness. com/about-2/ (good website). • “. Being a male is a matter of pure biology – the result of being born with a XY chromosome. Being a man, on the other hand, is a title of honor: a prize that must be earned through struggle” • -Talk about how masculinity&Feminity have become labels; colors, jobs, clothing, toys, food, emotions. • Phrases we have all heard of regarding gender and professions: • “You’re a girl. Why are you in engineering? ” • “A man is to provide for his family. ” • “A woman should be in the home, tending to her family. ”

GENDER & PROFESSIONALISM STEREOTYPES PERPETUATED BY MOVIES • A real man is the breadwinner and provider of his household (Fun with Dick & Jane) (American Gangster)

MOVIES THAT PERPETUATE FURTHER STEREOTYPES ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM & GENDER • Examples of stereotypes • Fun with Dick & Jane, American Gangster • Jane is portrayed as a new house wife who relies on Dick for income. When he loses his job as a result of the stock market crash, Jane is devastated and still looks to Dick for solidarity in how to overcome their unemployment crisis. • Denzel Washington plays Franc Lucas, an American drug dealer. His wife, Laurie Roberts—played by Carla Gugino, plays the role of a loyal, abiding, right-hand house wife.

POLITICAL LOOPHOLES TOWARDS WOMEN • The Invisible War: More than 500 women raped in the army to date. A woman, victim of rape by her senior officer when she was working in the army was interviewed in the movie and she states that she was so dramatically affected by the incident that she had a broken jaw and couldn’t move any of her body parts. She states that even after 11 years of the incident she still has to take a number of medications for anti-depression and various other pains. Till date the army and the politicians involved in this case have not let her claims go through to court. • Trump Quote:

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: • If you had to label your major, how would you label it and why? (2 guys, 2 girls) • Do you agree with the phrase “being male and a man are two different things”? Why? (1 guy, 1 girl)