From: Zymia
At a young age everyone is exposed to gender roles. In this photo there is an 8 year old boy standing in front of the TV playing a video game. The boy has hats hanging on the wall and beats head phones around his neck. This is a behavior that is a well example of gender socialization. This photo shows how boy’s social expected role is playing video games, wear baseball caps, the clothing, and only pay attention to what they want to pay attention to. This young boy is aware of the social expectations of girls/boys, he decided and chose to play a video because that’s what he is adapted to. The young boy in this picture doesn’t take up most of the picture to show how little people think about the traditional gender roles children learn and are still taught today.
I think my picture has a lot to say about gender socialization. This boy is looking up, seeming very confident with the video game and knows exactly what he is doing. The headphones are around his neck to listen to the other players online. He is wearing a loose t-shirt and loose cargo pants which is very masculine. I decided to take the photo standing above him to show he full body focus that he had on the video game. The color of this picture is black and grey to symbolize that gender socialization isn’t just colors and looks, its behavior and the view of things as well. This view of the photo shows all of the materials/accessories around the boy. Which represents that all of these materials/accessories are always present in boys mind and a natural aspect of those materials/accessories. Overall, this image is an example of general socialization is very powerful over boys/girls in today’s society.
1 comment:
From: Matthew
What stood out to me in the photo is that the boy is focused on a video game in which he seems to be driving a car. The fact that he is playing a car game and most likely racing other opponents, helps resemble men’s competitive nature in which they tend to compete against each other. It also represents gender roles by showing that men are usually associated with cars, which then leads them to becoming mechanics or "grease monkeys," whereas women are not usually as connected to cars from a social standpoint.
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