There’s always a car wash:

• The film Bad Teacher, Cameron Diaz as an unqualified middle school teacher. Her character wants to get breast implants to catch the eye of a fellow teacher. To raise money for her surgery, she has a car wash. She wears short shorts and washes the car in a seductive slow-mo. The whole plot of the movie is materialistic and sexist.
• The film Bring it On with Kirsten Dunst is a Cheerleader coach on her team and raises money by holding a car wash to hire a new choreographer for state competition. You see all the girls in bikinis and throwing water on each other and scrubbing their body parts on the cars. They have a girl in front wearing a bikini and holding a sign to attract customers. It’s just a bit much. 

Bottom line: There are better ways to raise money that does not require girls to strip down and show off their body. A little self-respect goes a long way..You are raising money, but you are demeaning yourself in the process. The only way girls get attention is by stripping down to a bikini. Wouldn’t it be great if they did something in the community? like tutoring lessons, garage sale, book drive or something? The people don’t care about your cause, they just want to see your body. That is so sleazy and dirty to me. Not everything has to be about sex and objectifying females.

It’s always raining:

• In the movie, 50 First Dates with Drew Barrymore, there is a scene when her character(Lucy) breaks up with Henry. It is raining (surprise!) and she is wearing a sheer white shirt and she goes to give him one last kiss and she is drenched and you can see her nipples. That is another example of objectifying girls. I can’t even focus on the break up scene and feel bad for her because the director keeps the camera on her nipples. It’s as though the break up isn’t even important and they are not capturing her heartbreak. 
• Another movie that has a nipple scene is Spiderman with Kirsten Dunst when she is kissing Spiderman in upside kiss. It is pouring outside and she is drenched and her nipples show through her shirt. The kiss is so sweet and passionate and then all of a sudden it’s boom! nipple…. It’s clear to see that she is a sex object- not just to Spiderman (Peter), but to the male audience as well. She is blonde, blue eyed and Peter has had a crush on her since he was a little boy.

Bottom line: It’s understandable to focus on the sex appeal, but it’s like she is a trophy Peter won in a science fair. She is not a object, she is a person. I would have liked to see more emotion from them, more connection. When they stop kissing, he just leaves her. He disappears. It’s like she was used for a cheap thrill. It was like he liked the chase. Women are supposed to be treated better and deserve more than that. Films need to focus more on the connection and emotions their scenes evoke. They should not cut to a nipple because it looks good. What do nipples bring to the table of a break up scene or kiss? NOTHING! it adds nothing to the scene. Women provide more than just their bodies and sex.

Tight clothing in action movies:

In the film, Fast and Furious, Michelle Rodriguez wears these really tight, low cut jeans and crop tops showing cleavage.  She is seen as sex object and conquest. She appeals to male audience because her character loves cars. She is driving fast cars and can fix cars. It’s like she is this whole package. A man’s fantasy. A hot chick that loves cars.  That is un-heard of.. I just don’t get why she needs to be dressed so provocatively while working on or driving cars? Is it because it gives her confidence? it distracts her opponents? I have no clue.. Her talents should speak louder than her body.  If she really is an important cast member in the film franchise, then I hope they have more respect for her.

• Another movie is Avengers. Of the six heroes, only one is female, the Black Widow. Scarlett Johansson who plays this character is known for her vulumpous body. This never goes unnoticed, for the Black Widow is in a skintight leather suit for most of the movie. You never see any of the men wearing that. Scarlett Johansson is known for her boobs (sorry, but true).. If males are attracted to her body, I don’t think they care if she is a bad actress. I can bet that men don’t go see her for her amazing acting. It’s a bit sad that it’s the only reason audience go to watch a movie because of someone’s appearance.   It’s kinda like when you know you know the movie is bad but you try to convince a friend to go with you by saying oh so so (hot actress or actor by society demands) is in it. Yes, you are famous but for the wrong reasons. I personally wouldn’t watch a movie just because of someone’s appearance.  Like 50 shades of grey. People were going crazy for the actor and all the hype of it..I thought he looked hideous and he was so bad at acting. It was laughable. I got dragged to see it by a friend(she liked the guy). Worst 2 hours of my life and worst $13 spent. I don’t need to watch a movie about sex…I think we all know what to do and we each have our preference of what we like in bed. I don’t need a movie pushing S&M on me.. 

Bottom line: I watch a movie because of what it makes me feel. It’s a shallow world we live in that we would only see a movie if there’s only hot people in it. 

So after years of refusing any heat to my hair, I have begun to straighten my hair again. I don’t want to admit it, but I was not expecting to feel so pretty. Why is it that with straight hair, I walk a little taller. I get hit on more and get more compliments from people in my circle of friends and family. I also take more selfies. But with curly hair, I feel smarter, I feel like I am above trivial things like my looks. With curly hair I feel like I look friendlier and overall nicer. This change in my feelings based on my hair is something that I thought I should look into. Are my feelings a genuine reflection on what is going on around me or is it me that is making assumptions.

Obviously I can see that I feel prettier with straight hair because I more closely resemble traditional beauty standards and as much as I try to be above them, they are there. That is why I get more compliments because those ideals are implanted in our head. As far as looking friendlier, I think this is a reflection on my idea that I am prettier with straight hair and therefore not a threat to other women, making me think that I am nicer with curly hair. How do I even begin to change this. I missed the days before this course when I was happy and ignorant.

http://socio.ch/mobile/t_geser3.htm

In this article he discusses gender roles and cell phones. He discusses that men began to use the technology first, and that women initially were apprehensive. This is shown in statistics. If this is true, I think it could either be the stereotype that men are technologically inclined, so women weren’t as concerned with trying the cell phone out immediately. He also says that men were more likely to check things on their phone, and that women used it for a more emotional means of communication and connection. I don’t necessarily think this is the case solely based on gender but instead of maybe how each gender is expected to communicate with eachother after years and years of conditioning. I personally think that almost everyone in my generation as well as the upcoming generation are addicted to their phones. Meals are posted, family drama is posted, and almost every other thing typically kept within the home is shared. I see this done equally by males and females. However, I think he was referring to the expectation of women being more likely to call, you know, like the stereotype of the bored gossiping housewife.

“Males see the mobile phone primarily as an empowering technology that mainly increases the independence from, not the connectedness with the social environment”.

Oyyyyy. Idk how I feel about all that. Feminist Samantha wants to eye roll. But, maybe he is just suggesting that women have the tendency to create a conversation style with people easily? Even that seems a little biased. Males see the mobile phone as an EMPOWERING technology…… (eye roll). I bet there’s plenty of females setting 6am alarm clocks to begin a long and productive day. They etch in business meetings and family gatherings. It’s the same tool being received by people in the same life circumstances.

Also, if it’s true that women are more connected with cell phones than men, I think it would be on a social media basis and only to upkeep the image that we’re suggested to maintain. It’s like the episode Nosedive from Netflix’s black mirror. (If you haven’t watched that series, seriously, it’s a great binge. You won’t even feel like you wasted your time). It’s essentially saying that people are so stressed trying to maintain, or even earn, this stellar image and response from people. Yes, acceptance is in human nature. However, if cell phone usage differentiates per genders, our social construct of the genders would be the reasoning for it.