from: Angela
The pictures that I have taken for this photo assignment depict the exact opposite of how society and our culture portrays children's stereotypes. The reason I say this is because today, in our society toys such as princess dolls, stuffed animals, and play houses are automatically assumed to be found in a girl's bedroom. Children's toys in our culture involving sports, cars, and action figurines are automatically assumed to be found in a boy's bedroom. I took two photos for this assignment of the children that I babysit. Their bedrooms are so stereotypical that I decided to twist the norm and take a picture of them in their opposite sex siblings bedroom. The point that I am trying to prove is that if these children decorated or had toys of the "opposite sex" in their bedrooms, society would look at them funny. Society has made the stereotype that girls play with dolls and boys kick around a soccer ball but if it were switched around the children would then suffer torture from their peers. A girl can kick around a soccer ball just as a boy can enjoy playing house with his princess dolls but society doesn't allow it. Shouldn't everyone have individuality and not just conform to what society says is right or normal? I find this idea very significant among younger children because if a child sees everyone else do something, what is going to happen when they see everyone else doing things that aren't necessarily good or healthy for them. Our society needs to focus on more important things versus what kind of toys are in a child's bedroom, or what is expected or assumed anyway.
3 comments:
I like this picture because it reminds me of when i was younger growing up with 2 brothers who shared a room. I was always in there room because I liked playing with some of there toys, but they never really came in my room. The only time they really came in my room was to bother me but aside from that they were never interested in playing with any girls toys in a pink room, they thought it was werid. Remembering how different my room was compared to the boys was completely different. My room was very girly and pink and there room was very boyish and blue. Spending most of my time in there sometimes my parents would say "why dont you go to your room and play with your dolls" but I liked playing with the race cars better.
I agree with you to the fullest. Why is it that girls can't do what boys do? If I want to play football then I should be able to play football, without any argument from the male sex. Growing up with nothing but brother's I benefit a lot from these pictures. My brother's never came in my room to chill or watch t.v. I always had to go to there room or we would go to the living room. At age 10, I was considered a "tomboy" because of the activities that I like to do. My friends never made fun of me, but others did. I didn't care and I still don't today.
Yea the pictures almost look weird because those kids dont belong there. I think most girls agree that they like paying with action figures or cars, but they arent allowed because there parents dont let them. My room as a teenager had band posters, magazine cut outs of bands, strobe lights, black lights, my bed was never made. But if i went to my girlfriends house, it was always organized and "pretty", lots of pink and white. I feel that for young girls its Valentines day 365 days out of the year, maybe thats why girls take it so much seriously then guys...lol. When i was really young i had dinosaurs and hot wheels bed sheets.
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