For my research, I decided to view the gender construction in cartoons. ... The cartoon also portrays the femme fatale theory. ... Usually, she turns him into a giant or even a girl with the use of his experiments. ... He cannot let a girl defeat him and as a man, he must use his brains and rely on himself to get himself out of bad situations. ... Her role, as portrayed in the cartoon, is to cook and clean. ...

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In a desperate need for entertainment I thought the cartoon network would be the channel of choice. The Powerpuff Girls was the first cartoon I selected. ... In the blink of an eye, the cute defenseless bunnies called, The Powerpuff Girls, turn into these mean nasty, vicious, evil, fire spitting group of terrorists. ... Since the cartoon network runs all-day, I anxiously awaited for the next show to start. ... Sponge Bob Square Pants was airing next, a cartoon I had only heard little about, but was kind of cute and airy. ...

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If we talk about Japanese cartoons to adults or the non-Japanese-cartoon readers, "Doraemon" will be the top name that they think of, as well as we usually think of "Mickey Mouse" when we think of American cartoons. ... It is like the strong bridge bringing Thais to touch Japanese culture and society through its cartoons. Doraemon is the all-time hit Japanese classic cartoon. ... Fourth, although Doraemon is children's cartoon, the story behind it is for adults. ... These show us that in Japanese society, people pay attention to the importance of boys more than girls do. ...

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The first cartoon, the "Spider Web" cartoon shows a big spider web, and a little girl wearing a dress is trapped in it. A huge spider labeled "Child Labor"" is also on that web trying to control the girl. ... The second cartoon or the "Big Hand " cartoon basically shows a big hand labeled "Child Labor Employer"". ... In the "Spider Web " cartoon, the little girl is trapped in a spider web while the spider is gaining control over her. ... In the "Spider Web " cartoon, the spider and the spider web are bigger so that the girl would look small. ...

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Advertising For Little Girls: Is It For Fun or Domestication and Sexualization? ... They are showing boys how it is acceptable to sexualize girls and expect girls" appearances to be domestic and sexy, evident in the combination of Barbie and her kitchen. ... Commercial catalogs and magazines of toys, clothes, music videos, cartoons, non-cartoon programs, advertising companies manipulating a mother's greed. ... "Teen magazines play important role in adolescent girls" lives" (Merskin). ... In Barbie commercials, little girls are the main characters. ...

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Herb Block satirized Senator Joseph McCarthy in several of his political cartoons. One cartoon in particular, emphasizes the hysteria felt by the American people at the time. ... The political cartoon titled, "So you read books, eh?" ... The Crucible depicts similar themes of paranoia as the political cartoons. ... Elizabeth Proctor is similar to the teacher figure in Herb Blocks cartoon. ...

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Children try to connect and relate to Cartoon Characters and are attracted to the intense sounds and sights and quick movements that are featured in Cartoons. ... Most of the victims of cartoon violence experience no visible pain and the perpetrators often go unpunished in violent scenes on TV. ... For example, on the popular children's cartoon, Power Rangers, they teach children that violence is not only justified, but heroic too. ... Children often relate with one of the characters on these cartoons. ... Most aggressors in TV violence are usually male and females usually play the ro...

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They have a cartoon camel know as "Joe" as there spokes person . Kids see him as a cartoon character which they assume is good. ... The one all the girls want. ... The move followed repeated accusations from antismoking advocates and government regulators that the company used Joe Camel, a cartoon character, to attract young smokers. ...

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I"m going to start off by saying that until now I never actually thought there was a difference in the way those cartoon characters (the Simpsons) were approached, depending on their gender (not that I watched them too often or anything). ... The little boy is very violent doing a lot of "cool" things, and of course never studies, while the little girl is very quiet and smart. ... "Boys go off and do crazy things, but girls must stay home, close to the family." ... She never holds any grudges, while Bart is mean to her most of the times and always gets his revenge; in other words "...

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In John Updike's short story "A & P", the protagonist, Sammy, is an adolescent boy whose roots come from the conservative and conventional small town working class, who dreams of branching out to the more elaborate, flashy and non-conformist life that he presumes the girls in swim suits live. ... Her father and the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties and the women were in sandals picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big glass plate and they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them." (346) It's apparent that ...

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For example teenage girls, they put on make up to look older, but does that really make them older? ... Most teenage girls have that innocence inside of them, they still like cartoon characters such as Winnie the Pooh. ...

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Rather than trading Pokemon cards or talking about cartoons, the boys and girls separated into groups to talk about each other. ... In order to find such a girl, these young boys will go as far as to make themselves look like buffoons. ... The girls role is very critical in that she must find a boy who is better than her friends boyfriends, impresses her parents, and is willing to pay for everything. ... After some time, the girl learns that her male is boring, not very intelligent, or he is only interested in one thing (and I don't mean video games.) If it isn't the girl that become...

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He wants to be part of the girls' world. ... Her father and all the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties...When my parents have somebody over they get lemonade and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with 'They'll Do It Every time' cartoons stenciled on." ... Lengel continues to harass the girls. "Girls, I don't want to argue with you. ... The wealthy girls ignore him. ...

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When they have a party, he says, they serve "lemonade and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with 'They'll Do It Every Time' cartoons stenciled on" (299). ... But of them all, only Sammy enjoys the entertainment the girls bring. ... He even begins to feel sorry for the girls when everyone else stares at them lustfully. ... In retaliation, Sammy quits and walks out of the store, hoping to be a hero to the girls. ... He knows his grandmother would be proud of him for standing up for the girls. ...

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It has come to my attention that there is a cartoon that is not so "loony." ... For example, Jane painted a girl looking in the mirror, and Daria was assigned to help her on the project for an art show. ... Comparing Quinn, Daria, and Jane to groups of live action high school students from Scioto makes one think twice about your average cartoon. ...

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He then takes the girl hostage but she frees herself from him and the police shoot Dancer, and the girl and her mother are found to be safe and the film ends just as tidied up as it does as if it were on the popular TV series. ... Saturday morning cartoons are more violent, and drugs are only mentioned but not shown. ...

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One of the most shocking things that are shown in the film, is the story about the six year old boy who shot a six year old girl. ... The boy took the gun to school and shot a little girl from his class. ... It is not boring and cliché made like other films of it's kind, because Michael uses a lot of modern elements in his "bowling for Columbine-, like the cartoon made by the guy who draws "south park-. ...

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This way he didn't know anybody that he could copy off of also not knowing any body helped him write he had no examples of different styles and that way he had his own style Wrote many books, songs, and poems The first thing that Shel did was he wrote in a adult magazine in 1952 as a cartoonist Served in the Japan Korea war in the 50's and while serving he wrote cartoons for the military newspaper, Pacific Stars and Stripes. Had only one kid a girl married and divorced In 1980 he wrote a new folk song His friend, Tomi Ungerer, brought him to Ursula Nordstom's...

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This all changed when the manager of the store made remarks to the girls about their beach attire and no shoes and how they were not dressed appropriate for the store. When the girls left the store Sammy  felt has if he needed to defend them so he decide very quickly that he was to quit. So without second guessing himself he threw down his apron with his name tag on it and ran out into the parking lot hoping maybe to be greeted or even noticed by the beauties but the girls were nowhere to be found and Sammy was left with no job and preserved heroism on his hands. ... In A & P the worker Sammy...

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We would play basketball or football, watch boys cartoons such as The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or anything else that boys were always doing at a young age. ... I never wanted to play with girls toys or do anything that the girls did when I was younger, I pretty much chose to do everything that boys do. ... The only times that anyone would see me playing with girls toys was taking my sister's Barbie corvette and driving around with my turtles in them. ... Besides the car, the only other time I would be holding a girls toy would be when I would ruin my sister's Barbies. ...

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One day the boy gets to speak to the girl and agrees to buy her something from the bazaar as a desperate cry for attention from the girl. ... The boy then realizes he can not afford to buy anything for the girl he likes so much. ... And, in turn, he thinks about what he will be serving, if he stays at the A&P, "When my parents have somebody over they get lemonade and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with "They"ll Do It Every Time" cartoons stenciled on." ... He quits his job using the girls merely as an excuse to get out. ... In both of these stories the main character...

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Also, Prince Eric may have been in his early twenties when Arial fell in love with him, is there a sense of age definition here that relates to today's teenage girls dating older men? ... Ursila is a symbol that represents what our children don't want to be when they grow up, and Ariel is a symbol that represents what every little girls dream is. ... Who knew such things as body gestures, communication, images, and even cartoons can affect our youth in such a way that can change an entire world. ...

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Girls, on the verge of womanhood, are already searching for who they really are. ... We are, in a way, forcing girls and women to lie with their bodies just fill the perfect woman's shoes. ... Sure, the tune is catchy, and most would never actually think about the lyrics or even a Disney cartoon, but what they"re saying is that you need to suppress your true identity to be accepted by society, to get married, and make your family proud. ...

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The parent and child are depicted in a "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoon article where Calvin deciphers his mother's nagging as "Blah blah blah- and remembers to nod between his mothers pauses. ... Girls feel as if their parents are over-protective, while teenage boys feel that their parents are nosy about their businesses. ... Although her parents worry for her, girls feel that their parents are being over-protective and controlling. ... Young girls find themselves in similar dilemmas. Imagine a young girl too afraid to approach her parents over an issue regarding drugs. ...

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Mothers and fathers tend to look at their baby girls as more fragile than their boys. Girls are encouraged to play with dolls, while boys are taught to play with trucks and army toys. ... Girls aren't seen in their commercials either. ... When I was a kid, I watched cartoons like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and my sister watched ones like Care Bears. ... Girls don't watch Ninja Turtles and boys don't watch Care Bears. ...

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