Does this label come off?

From: Keelin M.

I chose to take this picture because it embodies the way that our society views sex. Women have always been told that they need to be alluring and sexy. If a woman doesn't have sex with a man then she is a tease, but if she does then she is a slut. Men, on the other-hand, can be as aggressive as they want and when they get laid they're the man! From the time we are children we learn our romantic scripts. Our parents, the media, and the people around us whom we observe contribute to this romantic script. When a mother talks to her daughter about sex she tells her that if she sleeps around then she will get a bad reputation, but when a father talks to his son about sex he throws him a pack of condoms and is done with the conversation. It is common that girls will sleep with boys to get a feeling of love and attention. Boys sleep with girls to get another "notch on their belt". The picture is in black and white because it shows that our society is set on having this double standard, that there is no gray area. You are either a a loser because you are a virgin, cool because you sleep with a lot of girls, a prude because you wont have sex with boys, or a slut because you do. I chose to have my friend Hannah positioned lower than the boy so that she would seem less powerful. She also does not look into the camera, but rather at the boy. He ignores her when she stares at him. Her body is turned inward and her arms are crossed across her chest this symbolizes the insecurity that most girls feel when it comes to a romantic relationship. My friend Ricky's body is more centered, and is taking up a large amount of the photograph. His eyes stare directly into the camera, which shows that he is powerful. His arms are behind his head and he is in a relaxed masculine pose. Although both boys and girls take part in sex they get labeled differently, and for girls more negatively. After a girl has sex she will be labeled as a "slut, whore, skank, hoe,etc". She is "tainted", no one wants her anymore, because she has already been with a boy. But when a boy has sex he is "the man" and the more girls he sleeps with the more attractive he seems. Our society poses a complete double standard for males and females. I chose to have a bed that had bars on it, because the bars symbolize that we are trapped inside this double standard. The blanket also has straight lines like bars, and the bracelets on their wrists are like handcuffs. They are labeled with the stereotypical names that they will be called once another person finds out they have had sex. In this society once you are labeled, it is forever.