In this blog, I will interpretation two documentaries I watched Miss Representation and the mask you live in. The focus in Miss representation is the miss representation of women in media and in general. While the focus of The Mask you Live in is how men are to be taught to think a certain way. Both these films make me feel annoyed, and it’s because it’s the way I was grown up. Both my sister and I were taught from a young age that you could be anything you want to be.
There are no stereotypes to go after, and there are no trends to follow. It also annoys me how the three most damaging words to a boy are “Be a man.” That’s complete crap, how can that damage a boy’s psyche. When I was little, I played with my sister’s barbies, did my dad tell me to “man up” no. Did it affect my psyche playing with girls’ toys no, did affect me playing sports no, did it affect me being able to do man work outside no? Hell, all my decisions playing sports weren’t because I needed to feel more like a man! I wanted to go out and try to play it. I did that with hockey, and I did that with golf, I did that with soccer. The film makes me think that these kids need therapy. And maybe if girls and men could say screw the media and not care what the Kardashian put out or whatever some famous person did and try to be just like them. This film also made me think that kids these days aren’t going to their parents enough. Nor are the parents being parents and telling them to be yourself. In my opinion, if you’re a teenager and you want to be like Kim Kardashian or some sports star you got some serious problems in your head. There is no reason for you to be thinking you want to be the next Kardashian; instead, you should focus on being yourself. My last thought is there isn’t enough parenting going on in today's world. I see it all the time at work, parents today don’t have the time for their kids, they would rather stick them in front of a screen and go off to work. And you wonder why your child wants to be the next Kardashian or feeling insecure it’s because there craving for attention for their parents. T here is some stuff to change in this world. I agree that the media has created these perfect women and I think the press should dumb it down. I think we should also stop praising celebrities thinking they're the greatest when in reality they're nothing more than a person. In conclusion, my thoughts on these two documentaries and how they made me think are annoyed that some people feel like this, and how some teenagers should go to therapy because they are keeping all these emotions inside of them
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Samantha Flood
4/1/2019 07:56:50 pm
I agree with the sentence that the documentaries annoyed you. It's frustrating to see so many men and women belittled because they're being "different" from what society tells them. Also the fact that women have to fight for basic human rights and men are seen as weak or feminine if they aren't a certain way.
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Mustafa Alqaraghuli
4/1/2019 08:56:32 pm
I can understand some of the points you made, I have an older sister too and played with her and her toys but I still played sports and did man work. I don't think it effects a persons outcome significantly.
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Sabatino
4/3/2019 04:12:52 am
This post presents an emotional response to message provided in "The Mask You Live In." Let's consider this point:
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