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Chapter 9 Readings

Chapter 9 Readings. Susan Douglas. Representative Works. Where the Girls Are: Growing up Female with the Mass Media Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Undermines Women Enlightened Sexism. Enlightened Sexism.

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Chapter 9 Readings

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  1. Chapter 9 Readings

  2. Susan Douglas

  3. Representative Works • Where the Girls Are: Growing up Female with the Mass Media • Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination • The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Undermines Women • Enlightened Sexism

  4. Enlightened Sexism • Large gap between how the vast majority of women and girls live their lives and what they see and don’t see in the media (equality is an accomplished fact when indeed it isn’t) • Opposite of gap seen in 1950s and 1960s (images showed women in the home, when they were aspiring to enter the workforce)

  5. Enlightened Sexism • Media is giving us fantasies of power (CEOs, presidents, surgeons, lawyers—or women who have chosen to be sex objects, thereby empowering themselves) • In reality median income for women continues to be roughly 23% of that of men • Purchasing power and sexual power does not equal political power and economic power

  6. Being decorative is the highest form of power

  7. Enlightened Sexism • Generational divide in how fantasies are presented to “vintage females” (Chloe on 24) and younger women (Jessica Simpson on Newlyweds) • Neither reflects reality, but we seem to believe it does – or should

  8. Enlightened Sexism • Embedded feminism: the way in which women’s achievements or desired achievements are part of the cultural landscape (feminism is no longer outside of the media) • Enlightened Sexism: equality has been achieved, so it is acceptable to resurrect sexist stereotypes of girls and women

  9. Enlightened Sexism • True power has nothing to do with professional achievement or economic independence – it has to do with men lusting over you and other women envying you. • Feminist in its outward appearance (you can do anything), but sexist in its intent (only to a certain point and not in a way that promotes feminism)

  10. Marielena Zuniga

  11. Representative Works • Jane • “It will be All Right” • “Palin Bashing is Women Bashing” • “Caged Birds: How Demand Creates Sex Slaves” • “Is There a Doctor in the House?” • “The Breastfeeding Battle”

  12. “Gender in the Media” • Sexist ideas and imagery abound in mass media • Women who run for political office are stereotyped and face derogatory comments regarding their appearance and demeanor • Imbalance between what is portrayed in the media and reality

  13. “Gender in the Media” • Television has always showed a multiplicity of men in various characters/roles • Multiplicity of female characters/roles is lacking • Women in the industry are discriminated against (ageism, racism) • Women are held to unrealistic standards

  14. “Gender in the Media” • Women still have little access to authority or ownership levels in media • Women own only 6% of commercial broadcast television stations and full power radio stations • “Demeaning portrayals of women cheapen our debates, dampen the dreams of our daughters and deny us the contributions of too many”

  15. “Gender in the Media” • Recent films by and about women that I recommend: • Tomboy by Celinne Sciamma • Pariah by Dee Rees • We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsey • The Whistleblower by Larysa Kondracki • Sex & Money: A National Search for Human Worth by Morgan Perry • Miss Representation by Jennifer Siebel Newsom

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