My photo represents the way males and females being treated differently. My photo shows how males put on a front to make them look tough because they have been taught from the beginning to not be emotional and females are nurtured and given positve reinforcement from a young age and throughout life are encouraged to so emotion and express how they feel. The female child on the left has many princess band-aids on and is given positive reinforce ment like “ poor baby” and “kiss your boo-boo.” While the male child on the left has fewer Superman band-aids and is told to “ stop crying”, “man-up”, and to “walk it off.”
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I believe this particular image sends a very strong message. Every little element of the picture contributes to the message. The simplicity of the picture, with the white, plain background, builds the meaning quite successfully. I like the use of the band aids and how they were written on rather than the words written directly on the legs. It provides great symbolism. The comments to the boys cause “injuries” emotionally and mentally. The band aids are there to heal. Having the girl having princess band aids and the boy having super hero band aids really supports the point of the picture. It shows that boys are raised to be the super heroes and show no vulnerabilities or weakness, and that’s where the comments, “man up” and “walk it off,” come from. On the other hand, girls are raised with sympathy and are treated in a gentler manner.
I found this picture to be very well executed and detailed. The contrast between the two images and the words on the band-aids definitely reflected on personal memories. I remember being younger and my guy friends would get hurt and get upset but their friends and dads would taunt them, or tell them to stop being "cry-babies" and suck it up. When I was little and I skinned my knee, my dad would act like the world was over. Now, being a young adult, males and females are on a much more even playing field when it comes to acting tough, but guys are still battered much more with slang with words such as "homo" or "fag" if they make too big of a deal out of an injury.
The message in this photo is very clear about society’s view of gender. The photo is directly related to sports or playing, activities that all children do, but there is consequence of injury. I like how the photos line up side-by-side so the contrasting points are clearly made. The colors and themes of the bandages are both gender stereotyped and aim at children. I think the point is stronger with injury and masculinity in the photo because the phrases are a lot more damaging. For girls to be nurtured is completely fine, but if a boy is hurt, he is reprimanded and done so probably by male role models like fathers and coaches. I also like that the photo is just of legs. The viewer cannot tell the genders of the legs because they are just part, yet each set of legs are treated differently in a time of a “boo-boo”.
This photo shows how parents might raise there kids. The girl gets all the love from their parents if they was to fall down and hurt themselves. On the other hand the boy is not to cry to brush it off and go back in play. Little boys can hurt just as bad as little girls but since they are not to cry the parents doesn't want their little boy to look weak. It is not nearly fare for the girls to get all the sympathy but boys to be tough and walk it off.
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