Blog #17 Hooks

Hooks’ reading was a reading that was very interesting, it included very interesting points about sexism and prejudice. Sex discrimination has been an ongoing battle with in society, and because society has made it an ongoing battle men and women now even today but not as bad as earlier are still fighting over each other. The same old ideas are being instilled upon the younger generations that the male is supposed to be the one that goes out in to the world and makes the money looking after his wife and kids. Women are still being taught to be proper, soft and elegant and that they are supposed to find someone who will look after them and her children, also that she is supposed to cook, clean and be ready for her husband to come home and have things all organized. To many things in society have enforced this ideology and in a way one would think that a females family would be the ones who want her to break away from this mold and take on the world, being independent and striving to make her way on her own with out a man. But again society is controlling people’s thoughts and views, some families in a way are to afraid to break away form the norm. They do not want to be the ones looked at differently, for having a daughter involved in other things other than being frail and proper. This stereotype is old and it needs to be changed, I liked this reading and this blog really allowed me to rant and get some things off of my mine. I found this reading very interesting.

Blog 16 (Gilligan)

From a very young age society can sway the thoughts and views of young children. Anything from music, video games, and movies can make a huge impact on children because they see how different characters act so they mimic that and think that is how life is or should be. Young girls can become very set on the idea of a “Prince Charming” and they scum to the idea that a women should be dependent on a man, that they should find someone to help them and protect them, and follow this ideology that the women is the dependent one. A young boy can end up feeling that when they grow up that they have to be the ones to supply and look after their princess. That the male is the one who has to bring home the bacon and be independent. Males are very dominate and Gilligan explains that Males are different from Females in that they take rules and regulations very seriously, and if another male were to break a rule it is in the nature of the male to fight in order to resolve the rule which can not be broken. Females on the other hand are different in that they are the type to disregard the rules and look at them more as guide lines in which they can bend and break if need be. I found this reading to be interesting and I found that the points that Gilligan made were strong and true. It was different to understand some of her points of view and understand where she was coming from at times but all in all I though that it was a good reading.