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Running Head: SEX AND GENDER RESPONSES
Unit Four: Sex & Gender and Intersectionality
Yusuf Egal
Instructor; Lynette Neppel
Change among the gatekeepers: man, masculinities and gender equality
According to the study, the issue of gender balance is an international law which was adopted in 1948. The article checks on the earlier attempts which were many and these attempts were in order to know the shape of politics of masculinity on the scale of the world. We understand that the problem of gender imbalance was a policy which was brought about by the women. Women are the ones that are mostly affected by this issue is the author says that they need to redress.
There is the need to change the issue whereby the men are the ones who control most resources and there is the need to bring change and give women justice. The author says that the men and boys acts as the gatekeepers of the change, this means that they are the ones that should consider whether to open these gates or let then remain closed. The author has tried to show how the men and boys can be big role players when it comes to the changes of policies of gender equalities.
Women are majorly said to be the subjects of policy discourse generally but there is a little concern from the boys and men which is not okay. When it comes for example in the issues of gender based violence, HI/AIDS men are seen to be the ones who cause the problems and also as the perpetrators of wrongdoings in the society. Men are also said to hold offices such that of top professionals, corporate executives etc. they also hold nine out of ten cabinet offices.
According to the article I learn that men ought to be invited so that they can end the privileges that they have. Men should also be involved a lot in the gender reforms across the globe. In the governments also alliances which are between men and women are also very important so that gender equality reforms can be well achieved.
The sexualization of men and women.
In this article the writer wanted to uncover the convert ways which show that that the media constructs the femininity and the masculinity. It is true that a big number of journalists and also the learned people have showed the objectification of sex and gender. People in the media house have showed that the culture of western is more of pornographic and sexualized in nature. The representation of men and women by sexualized materials has become more intense.
The author examined the “rolling stone” for double reasons, the first one is it is the magazine that is more of culture and very popular though it has recently focused on music and its culture. It currently covers the celebrities, musicians, models and etc. the second reason is that the rolling stone have published more than a thousand covers.
The authors downloaded all the covers of the rolling stone which were ten thousand and forty six. Although the images of sexualized images they are hyper sexualized images of women and also men have increased highly in recent years.
The article is good since we are able to describe the different implications for men and women when they are sexualized in the same way. The author goes ahead and analyses the adverts where both the men and women were shown with pants around their ankles. The images of sexualization greatly show confidence in men but victimization in the women.
Age, race class and sex: Women redefining difference.
According to the modern day society there are the rich people who feel that the society cannot run without them, they need to be treated with maximum respect. On the other hand there the people who are inferior, very subordinate and seen as being low. These people include the black people, the poor people and also the women.
The black people especially those who are women are highly oppressed by the society. The gays and the lesbians are also looked down upon. These people have to fight for their place in the society. They always have to fight for their position. According to the author these people feel that they are too different such that they are looked down upon. The author feels that the society should be educated better about these issues.
In order to have a society control then the women especially are being encouraged to recognize only one particular area of human difference as being legitimate. These differences are the man and women. Women should be able to learn how to coexist with the men where it should begin with their own fathers which is according to the author.
I personally feel that the author has also explained this article appropriately. The author has used example of women who have told their own stories. And in the society truly there should be a change to the better. Sometimes change is not the comfortable. The people should be able to expose themselves when it comes to jobs and duties. They should work together and aim the same goal.
References
Connell R. W. (2005) Change among the Gatekeepers: Men, Masculinities, and Gender Equality in the Global Arena. Signs, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Spring 2005), pp. 1801-1825.
Erin H. & Mary N. T(2011)Equal opportunity objectification, the sexualization on men and women on the cover of rolling stone.
Audre Lorde (1980) Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference. Reproduced in: Sister Outsider Crossing Press, California 1984