Blog 1
Prompt 1: Identify a cultural artifact that is a representation of gender - that is, what it means to be a woman, man, a transgender individual, or a person who exists outside of the gender binary. Describe your cultural artifact. Post an image or provide a link to the cultural artifact. By looking and reading this cultural artifact it leads you to understand that being a woman, means that you are only good for cleaning and that it is your job. This is an ad about a soap called Mr. Clean and it states "This Mother's Day, Get Back To The Job That Really Matters." basically it is saying that a great Mother's Day gift would be this soap because a Mother (woman)'s job is to clean. The ad also shows a Mother and daughter holding the soap with a smile as if the mother is teaching the daughter that she is bound to do the same. Prompt 2: What does your chosen cultural artifact say about gender and gender expression? How does it reinforce traditional ideas of mascul...