For the past few Sociology of Gender classes we have been discussing or beginning to enter the topic which is the Male Gaze. ... First off I will discuss what the male gaze is. ... This often makes women simply look like a desired object and not humans; they simply have the women's bodies look like a landscape. ... Two other really important things about male gaze that I took out of the "dream world" movie which was shown in class were the topics of male aggression and racial stereotyping. ... This is a horrible stereotype because as seen in the image beside, with the African A...

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The masculinity of the African male has and still plays a major role in history. ... The way they looked concerning body features and physical presence determined whether or not they were "worth" anything. ... The music had an effect on the way African American males, dressed, spoke, and carried themselves. ... In the book "Black Males (D)" Tyrone C. Howard came up with 5 public perceptions about the present day black men. (1) The physical brute and anti-intellectual, (2) the shiftless and lazy black male, (3) the hypersexual black male, (4) the criminal-minded black male, ...

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They are shown having a seductive or entrancing way about them, large eyelashes, attractive bodies and large breasts. ... This scene suggests to viewers that women can use their bodies to manipulate men in order to get what they want. Other ways women are portrayed in these films are vulnerable, weak, and always needing to be rescued by a male. ... They do receive help from male characters throughout the movie, but Ana rescues Elsa all on her own by defeating another male character. The fact that a woman is shown to be triumphant over a male is an improvement as well....

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So when the southern jury was packed with all white males, it was no surprise that the two men were acquitted. Another reason why Bryant and Millam were exonerated from their crimes was the fact that many people, including the jury, did not believe that the body that was found in the river was actually Till. Due to the fact that the body was badly bludgeoned and swelled, an identification of the body could not be done. The identification was made from the ring on Till's finger, but many believed that the body was actually someone else, and that Till was still alive. ... It took the al...

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Thus, in order to maximize the total labor accrued from a slave woman, she "had to be annulled as [a] woman, that is, as [a] woman in her historical stance of wardship under the entire male hierarchy". Therefore, she was schematized similarly to her male counterpart (in regards to gender identity), giving her supposedly "equal" authority to him. ... " Morgan writes that this beastly description represented to Ligon, and similarly-minded Europeans of the time, the sole utility of the black woman's body as a producer of crops and more laborers. Additionally, their...

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From his gyrating hips to his shaking body, Elvis's must stunning quality was his sexuality. ... According to Pratt Elvis is the perfect lover because his sexuality appeals to males and females. ...

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So each time a male child is born, they hope he will be the one to change this vicious circle--which he never does. ... They must believe, if only to free the mind, if not the body. Only when the mind is free has the body a chance to be free." ...

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For example, the notion that black athletes are the most talented at basketball, because they can all jump very high, or that males are better then females (in sports), and the assumption that females in sports are not feminine. ... The media plays a big role in the influencing body of how society must think. ...

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For example, the University of California in Berkeley has a diverse student body with a majority of Asians. ... A projection done by the San Jose Tribune suggests that by the year 2000, white males will make up only 10% of new hires. ...

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