While walking in Wal-Mart today I happened to find myself in the toy section. The first thing I did was to take a look at the boys section and then the girls section. The reason I split those to up is for what I found. I looked down each. When I looked down the one section it was more dark and gloomy looking. Then I walked to the other isle and looked down that one. What I seen in that isle was a much brighter isle which was lit up with bright colors. I entered the girls section first and
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Response2 Article: Toys ’R’ Us Grows in China‚ With ’Tiger Moms’ in Mind By LAURIE BURKITT in Beijing and ANN ZIMMERMAN in Dallas http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323622904578128840637201504.html The article is mainly about the basic fact in the global toy industry‚ the Chinese market expression of large toy companies and the future plan of toys ‘R’ Us in China. The Article stands out the importance of culture differences and cultural localization. Toy Industry Analysis—The
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There are many things about the past and the present that I could talk about‚ but I thought that we might talk about the toys of my youth and the toys of today. Do you remember the toys of your youth? I remember mine‚ they were much different then the toys of today. They were durable and could take a beating. Just like the saying “takes a licking and keeps on ticking”‚ you could play with them for hours and they wouldn’t break. The toys that I had didn’t break as easy as the toys of today. I had
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Tamara Petras October 24‚ 2012 Sociology 120 Mon&Wed 1230-145 ‘Toy’ Assignment 1. Start with the logistics of your research: When‚ where‚ etc. did you complete your fieldwork? Be specific. On October 24‚ 2012 I woke up and went to Target in Rancho San Diego. I walked in and went straight to the Toy Isle‚ because I didn’t want to be tempted to buy anything. 2. Describe three or four toys from the sections and explain how the toys you observed serve to socialize children into roles
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Can you remember what your favorite toy was? Or maybe that toy you always wanted but never received? Think back‚ if you close your eyes and think way back into your childhood‚ you may remember that infamous toy . The toy was likely shown during one of the many commercial brakes bombarding you in between your favorite Saturday morning television shows‚ or maybe after school while watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. When I think back I can remember mine. It was called Skip it! I don’t remember
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Long and skinny one year; thick and curvy the next‚ “women are continually [being] manipulated by images of proper womanhood” (Orbach 451) through todays media. Americans spend over 250 billion hours watching television every year; at such a high number‚ the power for the media to influence the minds of young women today is rapidly increasing. The media has begun to demand that women “occupy [themselves] with a self-image that others will find pleasing and attractive” (450). Today’s media has become
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Barbie The Effect of Barbie’s in Society Research Vivian Ramos Waubonsee Community College Abstract This paper gives a brief overview of the effect of Barbie’s in today’s world. Ranging from a variety of positive and negative views that influence the women’s physical looks today. A plastic toy that has been very popular for the past fifty years has slowly found its deeper meaning. I will first give you a brief overview of how this research is mapped out. Starting with the background information
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The advertisement I picked for my essay is the front cover of a Time magazine showing a Barbie doll in a black dress and wearing black boots. The Barbie doll is in a walking pose with her head a little tilted down‚ and arms behind her back. Her hair is long‚ blonde‚ and straight. Her body is different than from the traditional BARBIE doll‚ it’s not like the rest of the dolls‚ this one is different. The front cover of the magazine also include words such as “Now can we stop talking about my body
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Montgomery‚ Kayla December 8th‚ 2013 Discussion Question #6 Interactionists argue that people learn their gender identities from everyday interactions and that the family is the primary source for gender socialization.Explain some of the ways that parents and siblings can teach gender. Some ways that parents and siblings can teach gender could be: buying girls barbie dolls. By buying daughters shows them feminine ways‚ some barbies even have body parts such as a chest. Barbie dolls also have
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Introduction I. *Pass out Barbie dolls to each table* I want you to take a look at this certain toy that every little girl dreams of getting for Christmas‚ and think of what true value you really see in it. I bet you think the Barbie doll looks flawless‚ right? II. I’m pretty sure that either you or someone you know has played with Barbie dolls in the past‚ has that affected you or them? Did Barbie actually change your self-concept of how you should look to be considered perfect? The sad
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