Feminism Homework

Sexist stereotypes dominate front pages of British newspapers, research finds

Summary & Opinion:

The article doesn't agree with the post feminism as it is going against Mc Robbie theory that women are empowered by men as it quotes that ‘Male journalist wrote 78% of all front page articles in which means there are only 32% of women journalist who get to write and research the good articles. They also show the duchess of Cambridge and her sister to be sexy or wanting a man, they also show Madeline McCann to be shown as a vulnerable, young girl but they always show men in the positive light as they show Simon Cowell as a successful business man publishing his biography and Nicolas Sarkozy who was fighting an election; they don’t show men in a vulgar light. In which socially constructs gender roles to be more traditional and women are only sexually objectified.

Why science and engineering toys aren't for girls

 

Summary & Opinion

Isn't a good example of post feminism as it doesn't support but goes against Mc Robbie theory but does imitate Butlers ideas of gender roles are ‘a performance’ and they are socially constructed as shops such as Morrison are telling parents to buy more toys like kitchens, or prams for girls so they can replicate a young housewife as a young child by parents had persuade me and my sister to want to play with Barbie dolls in which turn me to playing with more boy like toys and even dressing up as a boy. They had made my brothers play with toys such as cars and sport related toys which makes them interested in competition.