My sister Jennifer, age 15, was enthusiastic about
attending her middle school dance. One month prior to the dance, Jennifer was
shopping at the mall for the perfect outfit. She purchased a red two piece
pants suit and a pair of ankle length black boots. She also purchased a pair of
gold drop earrings, gold watch, and a black purse. One day prior to the dance,
Jennifer went to the hair salon and requested a lot of curls in her hair. Next,
she went to the nail salon and requested a manicure. She wanted her nails
painted red to match with her red two piece pants suit. On the day of the
middle school dance, Jennifer pulled out her red two piece pants suit, ankle
length black boots, and her black purse from her closet and laid the items
across her bed. Next, she pulled out her gold drop earrings and gold watch from
her jewelry box and laid the items across her bed. Four hours prior to the
middle school dance, Jennifer put on her red two piece pants suit, ankle length
black boots, gold drop earrings, and her gold watch. She did her makeup and
sprayed her hair to keep the curls in place. On this special day, Jennifer was
not carrying her textbooks, spiral notebooks, and pencils. She carried her
photo I.D., ticket, and smartphone inside her black purse. Jennifer looked
beautiful and elegant. Her friend, Emily, and her parents came over to our
house. Our parents took pictures of Jennifer and Emily. Next, Emily’s parents
paid for a luxury Uber Lyft to drive Jennifer and Emily to the middle school
dance.
In Lauren Greenfield’s sets of photos called, “Girl
Culture,” is about a perceptive look at the ways American culture stimulates an
obsession with physical appearances among girls in the United States. Many
girls struggle and suffer with weight issues. These girls see pictures in
newspaper ads, magazine ads, and on social media of pictures of thin glamorous women.
In Lauren Greenfield’s sets of photos called, “Girl Culture,” there is a photo
of two girls named Danielle and Michelle, both are 13 years old. Danielle is
getting measured and Michelle is waiting for the final weigh-in results on the
last day at weight loss camp in Catskills, New York. My sister Jennifer, keeps
two five pound dumbbells next to her bed. Every morning Jennifer likes to
work-out her arms with the two dumbbells. In the evening, she likes to go for a
jog around the neighborhood to maintain her weight.
The “Two Cultures” of Childhood is about gender
segregation as well as gender in toys and activities between boys and girls.
Boys and girls immediately develop gender schemas as “masculine” and feminine.”
Masculine is associated with boys being “very active, tough,” and rough. For
example, boys like to play with action figures. Feminine is associated with
girls being “more passive, soft” as well as sweet. Another example, girls like
to play with baby dolls. Jennifer has been influenced to this social norm by
collecting stuffed animals. She also enjoys playing football, which means she
likes boys’ toys too.
Works Cited:
Greenfield, Lauren. “Girl Culture.” GIRL CULTURE-
Lauren Greenfield,
http://v1.zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/girlcult/index.html
1 comment:
In Ayesha’s photo, the red two-piece suit stood out to me as this is not considered the most feminine color to wear to a formal dance according to most women and most girls do not wear pants suits to a formal dance, at least I’ve never seen that, but I do love the idea. The stuffed animals in the background spoke to me because although they aren’t mentioned in the description of the photo, most teenage girls in middle school don’t talk much about how they still have childhood animals or toys that they love. I like how you tied the Girl Culture photos into your photo and how you mentioned that girls are spending so much time trying to be “Fit” and looking like models that you see in TV ads or magazines. A lot of females spend their time trying to look like someone they look up to when they really should be worrying and spending their time in sports that they enjoy or other hobbies that they have interests in. I personally love that you made the statement that your sister enjoys playing football because you don’t hear about many girls playing that sport but more about soccer or cheerleading and even lacrosse.
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