Monthly Archives: November 2010

The development of human sexuality and gender is a very complex process that at an individual level is quite complicated to pin down. We tend to see ourselves as just being “who we are ” and not thinking about every … Continue reading →

Photograph One: Female Academic Responsibility and Achievement Related to Class Arrival Time. This photograph was taken on Monday November 15, 2010 at 2:53pm. This photograph was taken spontaneously to represent an average day in an average classroom in the United … Continue reading →

How gender is viewed and treated is generally based on what culture has taught. It is a social construct imbedded in the mindset of society. Hartmann (2003) discusses the relationship between sports and the segregation of sexes. He speaks directly about … Continue reading →

Touch Photo 1 I chose this picture because it shows feminine and sexual breaches without a male presence “Lesbians have called for appreciation for erotic diversity and more open discussion of sexuality.” (Rubin 1994) This picture shows two girls who … Continue reading →

This photo is credible because it relates to the rule of Hegemonic Feminine (Hetero) sexuality that a woman should always look like a playmate as described in Smith’s (2010) class discussions. While interviewing an accused rapist, Scully and Marolla (1984), … Continue reading →

The first photo is someone I work with at King Soopers who is reading a wedding magazine. Though it is hard to tell from the photo, there is a whole area of magazines dedicated to how brides should get ready … Continue reading →

   This Photo was taken ina salon that charges sixty-five dollars for a simple hair cut. This is a great example of the beauty myth that Naomi Wolf  tells about in her article(Wolf 1991). Women in todays society spend outragous … Continue reading →

I took this photo while at the gym and found that in order for men to feel masculine they feel the need to appear to be muscular and strong. According to young men in the video Tough Guise (Katz 1999), … Continue reading →

Kimmel asserts that the first judge of a boy’s masculinity is his father. (Kimmel) Assuming the role of a father figure in my niece’s life, I have made a point of trying to make her into a “tom-boy” to avoid … Continue reading →

Photo One : Commitment The photo to the right can be interpreted in a few different ways. The institution of marriage, although young it’s current cultural meaning, has been the subject of many a heated debate. For some it’s a … Continue reading →

Mass Consumption in American Society: How Issues of Sexuality Arise on a Daily Basis in a Mass Consumerist Culture The United States today is best characterized as a mass consumerist, materialistic culture guided by the rapid, wide-scale production and consumption … Continue reading →

Hurting each other… This is a picture of “Polish Ping Pong,” a version of ping pong where players get to punish each other by hitting each other with ping pong balls every time a player loses a point.  Games involving … Continue reading →

I took this picture before going to Denver to see Ana Sia and found that the ladies here appear to have spent time getting ready together, making them stand out in a crowd. The idea that women spend time looking good is … Continue reading →

Photo One: My friend Jackie posted this picture on her facebook, and I immediately printed it off to show to people in my dorm to see their reactions.  This picture is extremely interesting to me, because it touches on all … Continue reading →

This photo essay, for me, very quickly became a reevaluation of how the little things my friends and I did and the dismissive manner with which we treated most discussions about gender and sexual inequality showed a deeper societal paradigm … Continue reading →

This image is an effective depiction of the manner in which alcohol is consumed in our society.  The intent to become significantly inebriated is made evident both by the angle of the bottle as well as that it appears to … Continue reading →