Saturday, September 22, 2012
Vintage vs. Today
After searching around the internet, I came across a montage video of 10 different commercials from the 1950's. All these advertisements portrayed such typical sexist stereotypes of males and females. To be honest, I was disgusted watching this video to see how worthless people can be seen through another's perspective. Although today America's commercials may not be as sexist, have our views really changed?
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Hey Hailey!
ReplyDeleteJust looking at the cartoon you posted makes me angry. Women back then were usually seen as sort of weak, emotional, and basically someone to carry a child for a man. We weren't seen as equals. Today though, we are seen as equals, but I sexism still exists. Sexism today isn't as bad as it used to be, but I think we have improved. Women are still seen as the one to take care of the kids, and cook; but a long time ago we weren't supposed to work, and now we do which is a major improvement. I think sexism will always exist, but over the years it has gotten better. Really interesting Hailey!
-Gabby
It's amazing how openly sexist these video's are, it really says something about how society has changed in the past 60 years. I totally agree that it is disgusting seeing both gender stereotypes to such extremes. I also agree with how sexism is still seen in our society today, although not as prominent as the sexism in the videos.
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