Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Who is for 'Beauty' and who is for 'Brains'?‏

From: AS
My above picture projects two children posters in the front and a book shelf in the background. The two children posters have boys and girls building and arranging things. The poster on the left shows a little boy working on Abacus which indicates the creative side encouraged during the development of boys. The little girl in the same poster is arranging numbers which shows the development of feminine nature of arranging and decorating things. In between the two posters is the background which is covered with books, and there are names of the months written on each book shelf which project the meaning that there is a significant age gap between the children in the two posters. The books also signify the difference in knowledge between the children in the two posters. The poster on the right has again a little older boy hitting the toys with a hammer which portrays the expected notion about boys from the society to construct and build things. However, the girl sitting beside him has long hair which can be observed as a marked difference between the girl in the earlier poster who had short hair. Since the society expects girl to be beautiful, her long hair suggests the significance of beauty and delicacy, as she gets older. She can also be observed as arranging blocks and helping the boy, which again shows that girls have always been encouraged and have been expected to act delicate and pretty among her peers. It is also observed that on the left poster, it is written 'Math' and the girl's face is not shown and only the boys face is shown. This shows that men are always considered the face of technology and women are considered a face for beauty. The minority representation of girls in the Math and Science field is the result of the comparatively low encouragement and exposure given to female kids than male kids in their young age. However on the right poster, it is written 'Table Toys' where both girl and the boy are facing the camera as both are encouraged to play anytime. This can be taken as a very important observation in the Gender Socialization and the development of learning capabilities among boys and girls.

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