Dads in the Media

I read the article about Dads in the media portrayals, and I wanted to share my thoughts. Sure any stereotype is unfair but with all the female and mother portrayals over time it is only right that there is dad ones too. I feel that TV shows, ads, and movies make it a point to use this father portrayal for humor. They make dads out to be lazy, beer drinking, poker playing, irresponsible men. That's not my dad at all. Sure he drinks beer and watches football, but he is fun loving, nurturing, and hard working as well. The classic Al Bundy and Homer Simpson dad exists in society I'm sure, but it cant be the majority. I feel it is over used simply for comic relief.

Final Project

For my final Project, I will collecting data from teen/preteen magazines and studying the provocative and sexual content or undertones place in the magazines. The age Demographic for preteen/teen magazines is 8-17 according to the MPA website. I will be looking for Sexual Dress, which will be defined as clothing enunciating a sexual body part or worse. I will also be looking for under tones in the writing that will suggest sex or sexual like acts. Finally I will be looking to scenarios that encourage sex. I have already started my research and finding these things has been easy- which is unfortunate for the young readers. I have always wanted to write for a teen magazine, so that is part of the reason that I chose this topic.

Sex Sells... Movie

After reading this weeks chapter, one fact still stands out at me. The book did a study on genres of movies and the amount of sex scenes in them. In the end discussion is found that there are at least one sex scene per minuet in most movie trailers. That's so many! That statistic really stood out to me. I really enjoy watching cheesy girl dramas that have predictable endings! It's silly, but they restore faith in true love. Those movies are filled with sexual ties, but I feel that they are more likely to portray the male character as a sexual and good looking being then the women. Due to the fact that ladies are more likely to watch the films then men, that makes sense. Since it works to use sex to sell movies, the industry might as well make the most of it. I love movies, and I really love the idea of going to the movies and watching films on the big screen- despite how much sexual relations and clues they are filled with.