Wednesday, October 12, 2011

I found this video on YouTube.  Its from the comedy series 'That Mitchell and Webb Look'.  In class it has been discussed that there are different expectations and stereotypes for women and men.  Men are depicted as violent and cunning while women are supposed to just be beautiful objects with only certain tasks such as homemaking and pleasing men.  It was even said in the article From "Knockout Punch" to "Home Run": Masculinity's "Dirty Dozen" Sports Metaphors in American Combat Films, "A woman is what she looks like, and a man is what he does."  I don't believe that women have it worse than men do by any means but I thought this video offered a bit of comic relief and over exaggerates stereotypical attitudes.

1 comment:

  1. What makes the first "commercial" so effective is that it's so recognizable. If commercials were to be believed, being a woman is nothing but a constant drag.

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