Discussion 2

On page 46 explains images of women conveys very powerful belief is about what is
appropriate for girls and women. It is ironic that men think that we can automatically cook, clean,
and take care of a baby.   There are a lot of women who are pretty, but can't cook and there are
a lot of women who are not pretty, but can't cook. Men think that we should a supermodel that
can cook, clean, and take care of the kids. What men don't realize that being a stay­at­home
mom is an unpaid job. There's an article that I read about a husband telling his marriage
counselor that his wife does the housework but doesn't work. His wife explained to him and the
marriage counselor that she is the nurse, the maid, the teacher, and the cook; that left her
husband in shock and awe. Another article I read is when a husband asks his wife what she do
all day and when she didn't do it it look like her house and the kids were in a wreck. Hopefully
now that that man realizes how good he has it and actually appreciates his wife more.  I am
happy that there are stay­at­home dads and men who are willing to help take care of the kids. It
is ironic that Boverman quoted “that men are known to be independent intelligent and
aggressive” on page 47. Many females question themselves about feeling powerless and
helpless.They question about their cultural values and they question their self worth. It is ironic
that a lot of men don't usually question their self worth like women do. A stay­at­home mom is
very unappreciated and  a very unpaid job. It is like a waitress makes more than us but we do
harder work. My mother was a stay­at­home mom, but earned a little money on the side using a
work at home business. It was actually stressful for the kids and her. We were practically her
unpaid employees. It is so funny that masculine traits are actually socially desirable and valued
while feminine traits are not. I am the one who embraces masculine traits. There are
stereotypes of women including blonde women being  being attractive and unintelligent. There
are stereotypes of women mental incapability to give rise to snap judgments that women are not
as qualified as men for certain jobs requiring what are presumed to be masculine attributes such
as intelligence, decisiveness, logical reasoning, skills leadership, and financial acumen. In
media advertisements and classroom setting, young girls are taught sexist views of the world
and themselves. It seems like that is weird for a guy to be a nurse or a hair stylist or a babysitter
or teacher for young children. It seems weird for a woman to become a construction worker or
someone who does labor. It seems like when we put out we're sluts and if we don't we’re frigid
and cold.  We can get condemned for being promiscuous, but not guys. It is hard to find urban
Renaissance guy; the guy who treats you right, number one guy,  the winner, the guy who has
all the fours P’s ( The player, the parolee, The Professional, and the Pushover) redeeming
qualities.  The player is promiscuous guy, the parolee is the jailbird, the professional is the guy
who cares about his money and likes to flash it around, and the pushover is the pushover. As
you know, these are the losers. Why do women go for these losers? I hardly see a woman go
forward the urban Renaissance guy. I partially like Think Like a Man act like a lady movie
because the only good guy was actually the dreamer and the happily married guy. The movie
Deadpool can actually turn a  successfully ho into a housewife, but she went back to prostituting
and being a barmaid when he was gone or supposedly died.