Today’s society says that girls and boys have gender roles. Girls are supposed to dress in pink, play with baby dolls and kitchen sets. Boys are taught to play sports, video games, and with action figures. It’s almost forbidden for either gender to cross the fine line between the two. I chose the picture because it shows that a girl can still be a girl and enjoy playing sports. It also shows that not every girl is afraid to step outside the box or cross the line between gender roles. This picture is more of a reality because there are plenty of girls involved in sports like cheerleading and gymnastics. In the picture the little girl is painting her nails to show that her playing sports doesn’t mean that she will be any different that a girl who doesn’t. she still enjoys doing things girls who don’t play sports do, like going to Build A Bear Workshop, and Strawberry Shortcake.
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This photo portrays just as it says a young girl who is still involved in “girl” type activities but also crosses over into what is considered male activities with her sports equipment. The girl is not looking at the camera as if she new it wasn’t there and the vantage point of the camera person is above that of the individual and items in the photo, looking down as if to get all the elements of the photo in the lenses view. The colors of the photo do have typical male and female colors, like pink for girls and blue for boys. I think that this photo does represent how girls are more welcome in crossing gender barriers by the fact that the sports equipment is color coded for her sex (pink). Her shoes are masculine as well, with the touch of femininity with the pink check. The monkey blanket represents her age group as an adolescent because of it being to immature for teen and to mature for baby or toddlers but still the same two colors pink and blue. The girl is sitting off to the side of the photo making it harder to see her face and actual size and any other features that might make her noticeably female. The clothes she has on are blue and her shows are black, the pink checks on them and glitter on her shirt help identify her sex. The background is neutral colors making the image of the child and her belongings stand out even more. The bear is even dressed to appear female with a dress and a shirt representing a current female idol of our current time Hannah Montana, which also tells the child’s age range. This photo does a great job of gender barriers and how accepting tomboys are into our culture, it tells us that being female is okay but having masculine traits will make you even better, tougher or more noticed. There are only two types of girls, those who are only into feminine activities and those who mix them with masculine ones. Either way males would never be able to get away with being in this photo.
This photo shows a young girl involved in sports which goes against social generalization. Boys are supposed to play the sports and girls are supposed to play with dolls. The little girl is painting her nails which demonstrates that her sport does not affect her femininity. Her blanket that she is sitting on is full of bright girly colors and even her teddy bear is dressed up to portray a girl. The photographer appears to be above the girl which means he/she may be a parent. Most parents try and keep their children in the right gender roles. This little girls parents decided that there was nothing wrong with stepping out of the box when it comes to gender roles.
I like this picture becuase it is showing a girl who is not afraid of deviating away from the girly expectations that society puts on her. She is althetic and playing a sport yet she is still has her own girly style on it by having a pink stick and pink goggles. The monkey blanket is significant becuase this is showing us that our children arent always following the gender roles they are sometimes taught.
I like this picture because I grew up playing sports and my friends and I did not consider girlie things like beauty a priority. Sports are awsome for young girls because it teaches them to focus on more than the superficial things and to appreciate themselves for talents other than looking good.
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