In the Codes of Gender film that we watched in class,
something really irked my nerves. (I know the point of the video, but I’m not
going to touch on that.) There was a part in the film where there are ad pictures
showing different female models in “defenseless” positions. The argument I have
is why are these positions seen as bad?
Almost always, the female is the controller of sex. She says
when and when it’s not okay. The male doesn’t really ever get to choose. So
these pictures to me represent a lust effect on the men and the girl is working
her power or deceptive power she has over them. EX: There were some pictures
with just one female model and multiple male models. The male models were seen
as ready to respond and the female model was seen as submissive and
defenseless. To me I thought the woman was dominant in the photo for having
multiple men want her.
“The world around them is too much to cope with…” Feminine
touch is when we always see women touching themselves in various ways. I think
that the “Feminine Touch” is powerful. The author said that we hold things as
if they are controlling us; carrying basically air. Maybe we don’t have to do
that because often times we can get things very easily done without using the
masculine “firm grasp of the hand.”
If anyone has been watching this season of America’s Next
Top Model, it has both women and men competing against each other. The argument
from the women’s perspective is that modeling is a women’s profession. They can
model their whole body, but what can a man show? Their masculine jaw line?
Their abs down to their crotch area?
Tyra would call the female modeling pictures from the Codes
of Gender film H to T modeling! (Head to Toe)
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