Gender Codes

Gender Codes

As I have read through this chapter I have noticed the one thing that is common in every section. Each one talks about how men seem to be more powered over women, and then the next it goes to how women then how more control over men, but I think it is all based one the one theory. What era it is. If you talk about the 50's women who were big and HAD curves where gorgeous. One example would be Marilyn Monroe, she was a size 16 at that time, and she was considered one of the most beautiful women of that time. Next if we go tot he 60's and 70's, what ever you looked like you were beautiful too. If we skip forward to the 90's you will now notice that look are everything. Being 'bigger' isn't the thing. Its either being twig like or muscle like. Now that is for the common women. If you look at men they have never really been judged as harshly as women. A guy could get away with having a big beer belly and no one would really think differently of him. They say the perfect man is business like, muscular, tall, dark and hansom. But honesty how many men REALLY strive for that. Women look at pictures and say to themselves she is blonde, tall, skinny., I can dye my hair blonde, go anorexic, and wear pant that make my legs look longer. Most men don't sit there and say, ok, I'm going to go to school to become MORE of a business man, I'll work out everyday for two hours, go tanning so I look darker especially in the winter, and go to a really expensive hair dresser to make me look hansom. I honestly don't think men would do that. I can see them working out, I can see them going to the hairdresser for a nice haircut, and they might go swimming in the summer. But most men aren't the types to sit there and dwell on it, unlike majority of girls. The sad thing is we get most of our influence from men. They look at the beautiful women and think many thoughts, and even if men don't say it, girls know that in their dreams they do dream about the tall, blonde, skinny. And society wonders why there are so many depressed people in the world?