As a stress reliever I've been watching a lot of that 70s show recently! 20 minutes long and kinda funny is way better than other shows that are on now. Anyway, I've noticed a lot of sexist dialogue that they use. Of course that's only because they are portraying society's thoughts and cognition at that time. Its crazy to think that only 30-40 years ago the norm was for women to be expected to stay at home and take care of babies. One clip that really struck me was the one in the link listed bellow. The episode is called 'Baby fever' and you can watch from the beginning of the video until minute 3:50 (it's only a few minutes long).
The clip shows the perspective of both teenagers for the future they think they will have together. The male in the clip (Eric) shows the typical views of a woman staying home and taking care of the babies because it's her 'job' to do that, then the feminist female (Donna) has the opposite idea where she wants to be the one working and coming back to a loving husband that takes care of the babies at home. There is also some objectification element in the clip as well.
I kind of squirmed when I saw the conversation because it exemplified all the social beliefs that we are trying to alter, but how do you feel about the clip? I felt like I needed to share the clip because we have been working on analyzing certain sexist language and this was one of the most blunt sexist language I've heard in a long time.
http://www.buzly.com/video/S3_Ep07_-_Baby_Fever_-_Part_2/485345/
The clip shows the perspective of both teenagers for the future they think they will have together. The male in the clip (Eric) shows the typical views of a woman staying home and taking care of the babies because it's her 'job' to do that, then the feminist female (Donna) has the opposite idea where she wants to be the one working and coming back to a loving husband that takes care of the babies at home. There is also some objectification element in the clip as well.
I kind of squirmed when I saw the conversation because it exemplified all the social beliefs that we are trying to alter, but how do you feel about the clip? I felt like I needed to share the clip because we have been working on analyzing certain sexist language and this was one of the most blunt sexist language I've heard in a long time.
http://www.buzly.com/video/S3_Ep07_-_Baby_Fever_-_Part_2/485345/
I think the most interesting part of that is when Eric compliments Donna's ability to change a diaper saying, "You will be great with our kids!"
ReplyDeleteWhile we have gotten a little further from this mold of 'woman staying with kids while the man goes to work', as we've read women do typically do most of the housework and child management. There are still also many people who do expect the women to stay at home based on religion or traditional beliefs.