From: Sahra
In the picture on the left, you see my friend’s little
sister Krysty dressed for school in her Jordan’s and sweatpants with her hair
in a ponytail. Her older sister usually dresses her in more “girly” attire, but
Krysty dressed herself that morning. If you notice her backpack and lunch box,
you can see it is girly because of the lace and pink color that has society
conditioned to believe pink is mainly for girls. She chose the blue water
bottle from the kitchen that morning and the color blue in today’s society is
associated with masculinity but Krysty just likes the color blue. Krysty is
more confident in the picture to the left because she is wearing what she wants
and on the right picture, she has a more slouched posture because her
activities seem more influenced. Krysty’s older sisters and father try to
persuade her to try to dress more “like a girl”, but she prefers to wear more
relaxed clothing instead of fitted restricting clothing females wear. In
today’s society, females tend to wear tighter clothing that show off their
bodies and males typically wear more loose relaxed clothing and many females
nowadays prefer the comfort over showing off their curves. In “The Two Cultures” of Childhood it is
stated that gender schemas influence children’s behavior and attitudes. In the
picture to the right, Krysty is in her pink girly pajamas that her father (to
her right) has dressed her in. She has her hair out and it is not in a
ponytail. Her dad has the channel switched to Disney Channel instead of Cartoon
Network and Krysty is being talked into trying to enjoy the show. The colorful bear
to the right of the picture was given to Krysty and as you can see, it is
nowhere near her. Nowadays, parents want their daughters to participate in
female activities and vice vice versa when it comes to guys and their
activities. Parents try to influence their children by conditioning them into
wearing certain clothes, watching certain shows or playing with certain toys. I
made the picture to the right look like it is pushing the picture to the left
out of the way because it portrays her family trying to push her “boyish” ways out
of her life.
1 comment:
In this photo(s) a very valid point is made about the rolls we set up as a society for young boys and girls. Girls are taught that pink and purple are essentially “girl” colors. While colors such as blue and green are “boy” colors. Obviously we know this is just a stigma created in society but it really plays a strong role in the way a child’s mind develops. Krysty broke that barrier and picked out what she wanted to wear, regardless of its color. Clothing is another thing that society has corrupted. People have created this sort of know thing that girls are supposed to be “presentable” at all times and if they aren’t then they must not be well kept. Things like sweatpants that Krysty has chosen to wear often go with the misconception that 1. Sweatpants means you’re sloppy and 2. “Aren’t you supposed to be wearing a dress or something prettier” “you’re a lady, dress like it”. Those are things I was told as a child that stuck with me forever because I had one parent putting me in dresses and frilly socks and the other putting me in overalls and sweatpants. But to our society those things shouldn’t coincide with one gender. All of these things are beautifully represented in these photos that you’ve put together. You really showed how classical conditioning plays a role in parenting a lot more than people realize. Classical conditioning in this form, trains children the separation between boys and girls when it should be about the coinciding similarities that run through the brains of children. Krysty broke this barrier with the blue water bottle, even if she doesn’t know it.
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