Take Home Test
Media Unit
Take Home Test
Presented to
Mr. Setnyk
By
Jessica Hutchinson
ENG 4U-English
Tuesday, January 17th 2012
1. Gender Stereotyping in Video Games ___ /3
Doctor Karen Dill says, “When women are consistently shown as sex objects rather than agents, consistently depicted in demeaning and degrading ways, and consistently shown as submissive, the result is to condone and support violence against women, coercion of women, and anti woman attitudes.” Do you agree or disagree with Doctor Dill's assessment. In one paragraph reflect about violence and the portrayal of women in video games. Are these stereotypes and depictions harmful or harmless entertainment? How might males perceive females playing these video games?
I agree …show more content…
Females are usually used as the sidekicks where as males are the ones who are usually used as the big hero. Females are never portrayed as beautiful, smart, strong characters; they are not empowered like men are. For example in Scooby Doo the character Velma is smart but unattractive. Cartoons like Scooby Doo enforce traditional stereotypes, in this case there is a stereotype saying that women cannot be both beautiful and smart at the same time. Like with the Smurfette, she is the only female in the Smurf show and she has blond hair, a dress and according to the Female Action Hero’s article is all too caring, basically meaning that she is just a dumb blonde. Another example is in the popular Powerpuff Girls show, each little girl reflects a common female cartoon stereotype. In this case one is smart, one is sweet, and one is a tomboy. There was an increase in female action heroes in children’s cartoons after they discovered that these shows appealed to young girls not only boys. Shows like sailor moon started airing; however there was still a big amount of stereotypes involved that make these female action heroes somewhat negative role models for younger girls. We are telling girls to take the second seat and let the men be the big hero. In other words men are seen as being superior. The social expectations of women are taken into consideration; a woman cannot possibly do …show more content…
It is a very normal high school environment, a few of them are smoking. The camera zooms in on a group of three ; one of them is a very beautiful girl who is smoking. The next thing you know there is a scene in the school bathroom where that same girl is holding on to the sides of the sink, leaning over looking into the mirror. She sees herself but her face is full of wrinkles, she is very thin in an unhealthy looking way, she can’t stop coughing. You can see an X-ray view of her lungs which look like they have cancer. A black screen appears and you can still hear the girl
Take Home Test
Presented to
Mr. Setnyk
By
Jessica Hutchinson
ENG 4U-English
Tuesday, January 17th 2012
1. Gender Stereotyping in Video Games ___ /3
Doctor Karen Dill says, “When women are consistently shown as sex objects rather than agents, consistently depicted in demeaning and degrading ways, and consistently shown as submissive, the result is to condone and support violence against women, coercion of women, and anti woman attitudes.” Do you agree or disagree with Doctor Dill's assessment. In one paragraph reflect about violence and the portrayal of women in video games. Are these stereotypes and depictions harmful or harmless entertainment? How might males perceive females playing these video games?
I agree …show more content…
Females are usually used as the sidekicks where as males are the ones who are usually used as the big hero. Females are never portrayed as beautiful, smart, strong characters; they are not empowered like men are. For example in Scooby Doo the character Velma is smart but unattractive. Cartoons like Scooby Doo enforce traditional stereotypes, in this case there is a stereotype saying that women cannot be both beautiful and smart at the same time. Like with the Smurfette, she is the only female in the Smurf show and she has blond hair, a dress and according to the Female Action Hero’s article is all too caring, basically meaning that she is just a dumb blonde. Another example is in the popular Powerpuff Girls show, each little girl reflects a common female cartoon stereotype. In this case one is smart, one is sweet, and one is a tomboy. There was an increase in female action heroes in children’s cartoons after they discovered that these shows appealed to young girls not only boys. Shows like sailor moon started airing; however there was still a big amount of stereotypes involved that make these female action heroes somewhat negative role models for younger girls. We are telling girls to take the second seat and let the men be the big hero. In other words men are seen as being superior. The social expectations of women are taken into consideration; a woman cannot possibly do …show more content…
It is a very normal high school environment, a few of them are smoking. The camera zooms in on a group of three ; one of them is a very beautiful girl who is smoking. The next thing you know there is a scene in the school bathroom where that same girl is holding on to the sides of the sink, leaning over looking into the mirror. She sees herself but her face is full of wrinkles, she is very thin in an unhealthy looking way, she can’t stop coughing. You can see an X-ray view of her lungs which look like they have cancer. A black screen appears and you can still hear the girl