Mulvey categorizes Sherman’s usage of femininity in her artwork as an appearance in which the insistent sexualization of woman is integrated into a style of respectability. One of Sherman’s works that Mulvey writes about, that I found very interesting and displayed this style of femininity and emotion was her series Untitled Film Stills. It was in this series that Mulvey states how Sherman developed her photographs in black and white to portray the 1950’s neo-realism ideas. What was interesting about this series by Sherman, was that she used herself as the model for all of her photographs, while also coming up with the wardrobe, setting, and props for her photograph. This is something that is both fascinating and impressive, about Sherman’s work that Mulvey really focuses on.
PINK brand promises to share women’s values, attitudes and needs. But will women adopt the new brand? First, let’s ask a question whether women want to be treated as a pink top wearers. If we consider modern women, the answer is NOT. Modern world is feminized and women want to be treated the same way as the men.
Instead of viewing them just for beauty, now people can view them for their cultural meanings and aspects. This essay will discuss three Prehistoric female figurines and discover what their use and meanings might mean. The first figurine would be the “Woman from Willendorf” originally named the “Venus from Willendorf”. This figurine is from Austria, and is the most famous female figurine. It is mostly recognized from its huge rounded features.
Many believe that this sculpture was carved to the idea of an idealized woman body. The way a woman body should look like. But the other suggestion was to help the woman at that time have an idea of how the woman’s body should look like in the progress of pregnancy. This woman was shown in a naturalism way like the cave painting that were first found. Whatever the reason for the carving of this woman was along with many more one thing was for sure that was the body of the woman
“The gendering of textile technologies must rely on parsimony, at best. Nonetheless, iconography and analogy with the ethnographic record clearly indicate that is was Paleolithic women who were most likely the weavers and basket makers in Gravettian times” (Soffer 524). What this quote is saying is that in order to place a gender on the makers of these figurines, one must hypothesize with a “less is better” concept, which to me could result in a faulty
Michael Steven T. Molion SA 21 Nov. 25, 2012 II BS ME Sociological- Anthropological Analysis of the Film “Nanny Diaries” The movie helps us out into finding out the definition of taking things from a sociological and anthropological perspective. When Annie first became a nanny, she was surprised initially by the hands-off approach that the X’s had in raising their child. If she tried to look at the X’s themselves as the cause to this type of child-rearing, it would have been at a psychological perspective. However, when she saw the other wealthy moms also have the same attitude and ideals, she saw it recurring through this society and thus the film was taken from a sociological and anthropological viewpoint. Before going through the three sociological perspectives, the film will be analysed through the various ideologies that can be found in it.
A womans reproductive role in society relegates her to caretaker, mother, nurturer stature in the household, wife, and sex object. In defining this women not only have to meet this standard in their physical appearance but also have to be just “sexy” enough to attract a man. This makes women appear as a commodity or good rather than human. The discussion of how media influences these social stigmas is presented, from magazines, to commercials, to latest fashion industry trends. You even see it in social media from the “What's trending” sections.
Once agreed upon, these meanings become our social reality. Individual women have attached the adjectives "beautiful" or "perfect" to the women in the pictures they have seen in the magazines or on television and so over the course of time it has become the social reality that these women are the standard of beauty for society. There are however deviants, those who do not fit the societal standard of beauty, and there is inequality and discrimination due to beauty standards as well. Research using qualitative methods could be implemented to study the effects of beauty on society. Symbolic interactionists define society as the "network of interactions between people"(Rohall et al.
“Because her representations evade the usual interpretive categories, Fiquet Cézanne has been either demonized or objectified” or simply ignored. Traditionally, a woman depicted in portraiture should appear to be pleased, and/or willing to be pleasing. In the article, Sidlauskas goes on to explain how Cézanne was not meaning to paint a beautiful portrait in the traditional sense, but instead his goal was to portray the duality of an individual within a single piece. He did this by intentional use of color and specific brush strokes to achieve the desired effect. Much of this came about during the time various theories of emotion were being published, most notably Darwin’s Expressions of the Emotions.
The social development model that Erickson developed as a whole fits accurately to the general population; however there are areas that could be better defined in concerns to women. I believe that this article, “WOMEN'S SELF-DEFINITION IN ADULTHOOD: FROM A DIFFERENT MODEL?” (Peck, 1986, p. 1) goes into some detail as to why this would be necessary. This article conveys an accurate description using two women and the issues they faced with unplanned pregnancies. It also goes on to describe how later in life what these two women thought of themselves, and why they were satisfied or dissatisfied with how their lives turned out. While equality as a general rule has become more prevalent in society there are still stereotypes that women are encouraged to follow.