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Gendered Pictures Roundup
August 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
The Codes of Gender
August 1, 2012 By 16 Comments
[Transcript available here.] It’s a common sociological truism that gender is not just an identity but an action. Through their dress, appearance, mannerisms, speech quirks, and behavior, people convey that they are male or female, masculine or feminine or androgynous; other people “read” them as a certain gender (and may get quite embarrassed or offended [...]
Volkswagen’s Heart-Tugging Dad-Daughter Ad
May 15, 2012 By 10 Comments
“Nice to see that advertisers are finally discovering this new, remarkable world where fathers are active parents rather than perpetually befuddled, gym-shorts-wearing dinguses whose biggest concern is not buying soda that’s for women.”
“The traits that make men louts are the same traits that give rise to the qualities women seem to prefer.”
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