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I watched the movie Role Models the other day. The 2 main characters have to look after little kids as part of a court settlement similar to community service. One of the characters, a man in his 20s, Wheeler, has to look after a little black kid. The kid is obsessed with boobs. When Wheeler first meets the kid, the little boy is drawing a picture of himself with a huge penis, and a woman with huge breasts pouring something on it. The caption of the picture is "Beyonce pouring sugar on my dick". This is just one example of how he views women. Even though this is a comedy, some people could be offended. Throughout the movie the boy is making references to breasts. He points them out and makes a comment about every woman in the movie. Him and his mentor Wheeler have conversations about boobs. The men in this movie view women in a typical stereotypical "frat boy" way, idolizing the women as a sexual object just good for pleasure and nothing else. Whats sad is that a boy in elementary school is already obsessed with the glorious fun bags.

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Last night I was watching the show George Lopez. George Lopez was sitting on a couch watching TV with his daughter Carmen's boyfriend, Jason. Carmen was going into the kitchen to write poetry, and Jason got up too to make sandwiches. George told him not to go, and told his daughter Carmen to make two sandwiches. She agreed like it wasn't a big deal and started to walk to the kitchen. Her friend Mackenzie got really mad at this and told Carmen not to make any sandwiches for them. She complained that George was using Carmen to make them food. Mackenzie got in an argument with George about whether Carmen should make the two males food and then the argument led to sexism. George lifted up his arm and pointed to his armpit and said "Mackenzie, I bet you have a forest under there". I found this very funny, but I suppose some feminists wouldn't. George assumed that Carmen was better at making sandwiches than Jason because she is a girl. He probably gets her to make sandwiches all the time, because she didn't argue at all. This reflects a lot of society's views about women, and how they are better at making food. Either this, or that men are just lazier than women. Either way, my girlfriend makes me great sandwiches :)

Disney movies portray genders in certain ways. The female lead characters are all skinny, tall, large breasted, and pretty. Most of the women are white, but even Pocahontas and Mulan are skinny and large breasted. The women all give into male dominance. Any Disney females who seemed to be curious about intellectual thoughts, or had disrespect for authority normally endured hardships and always eventually accepted male control. Males are also portrayed a certain ways. The "Prince Charmings" are all thin, tall, handsome, and have very large, muscular upper bodies. Disney portrayed characters the way that society wanted to seem them back in the 50's and 60's. The women were very passive and submissive to men. Sleeping Beauty only left her house because of her aunt who was a witch.

I saw a commercial for a refrigerator that made me think about generalizations about women. The refrigerator in particular is the "Kenmore Elite". The commercial starts out without any references to a refridgerator. A teenage girl yells something like "Mom, where's my new shirt?!" A boy then yells, asking his mom where something is also. Finally, a man yells to his wife asking where something is located. The next thing that is shown is a big shiny refrigerator and the narrator says something close to "Finally a place where everything fits perfectly." This made me think about why the whole family was calling to their mom rather than the dad or anyone else. I think this is because women are stereotypically viewed a lot as keeping order in the house and keeping everything organized. The husband and kids keep losing things but the mom keeps track of the lost items. This can be viewed negatively but positively also. I think that a woman could be proud that this commercial might imply that women might have better memory then men.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a movie which has a lot of references to gender in it. In one part Sarah's new boyfriend smacks her butt and calls her a "sex puppet". This is stereotypical of some men because some men view women as only good for sex. The fact that he called her a "object" is important too. This is demeaning and it dehumanizes her. He doesn't even refer to her as a lady or a person. Just an "object". This statement sadly reflects the views of a lot of men who view women as not having actual feelings, but instead only being good for sex and viewing pleasure.

I just finished an episode of South Park entitled "An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig". Although there are a lot of sexist comments in many episodes, there are more than the normal amount in this one. One of the characters, Cartman, talks about how he would deal with a woman who wanted to fight him. He says "I would never let a woman kick my a**. If she tried something, I'd be like 'Hey you get your b**** a** back in the kitchen and make me some pie!'" This is a very sexist statement and demeaning towards women. He also says "If some sissy chick tried to kick my a** I would say 'hey, missy, go knit me a sweater before I slap you in the face!'" Both of these statements are sexist and very rude in general, but specifically towards women In the first statement Cartman says he would make the woman go back to the kitchen, which is a stereotypical thing for a man to thing. A lot of society views women as the ones who cook meals for a family. South Park has a lot of rude, sexist, and racist jokes and comments.

I recently watched an episode of Family Guy entitled "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar". The main character Peter Griffin says a few very sexist comments throughout the episode. In one particular scene, Peter and his wife Lois are watching TV and a beer commercial comes up with two women in bikinis rubbing tanning oil all over eachother and drinking beer. Lois says something along the lines of "Typical male fantasy, women drinking beer. A man must have made that commercial." Peter replies with "Of course a man made it. It's a commercial, not a delicious Thanksgiving dinner." Although I found this quite comical, it is still very sexist. First off, Lois's statement "typical male fantasy" is very stereotypical. She made an assumption of all men and that they all have the same fantasy. Peter's response "Of course a man made it. It's a commercial" shows that he thinks only men have a place in the work force. He then follows up that comment with "not a delicious Thanksgiving dinner". This shows his views on women and that all they can do is stuff around the house such as cooking. These views are not only Peter's though. The ideas that men work and provide money and women stay at home taking care of the family have been around for centuries. This is only one small scene in a very sexist episode of Family Guy.