On Gender And Sexuality HW

Watch any of the following video presentations on women in advertising, then write a reflection and analysis paper. I suggest enlarging the video so that the ads are not a distraction.

KILLING US SOFTLY 4 v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzU3NzcwOTIw.html

KILLING US SOFTLY 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSTg_6N0G7w&list=PL80A36AC2B0F84807 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

(partial with the subtitles). You can search online for the full version of this video (35 minutes or so), but it will not likely have the subtitles.

SEXY LIE (TED TALK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMS4VJKekW8

Reflect on the video and answer the following questions. Upload your answers on this page.

What did you think about the points made in the video? Should action be taken change the portrayal of beauty in America? In some European countries it is illegal to feature super skinny models or to advertise images that have been photoshopped. Should this happen here? How would this change affect a person’s view of themself? Would society be healthier?
How, how do you think your life would be different if you were born the opposite sex? Would your goals, values, success be the same? Think about your socialization and how it would have resulted in a different person. If you have opposite siblings, you would most likely be similar to them. Evaluate the positives and negatives living life of your counterpart.
I suggest reading “Self-Made Man” by Norah Vincent. Here is a fascinating interview with her about her research experience as a man:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5171860

Preview YouTube video Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.