sed everywhere you look. Can't believe it? Yeah, either could I, when children have been growing up with this message in Classic Disney movies. I have never stopped to think that a Disney Character, like Hercules, is portraying the way men should look now a days, with their tough guise and muscular bodies. Please, give me a break, if EVERY guy looked like that then, well, the world would be just too boring. It would be like a where's the real waldo type thing, with everyone looking the same. I mean masculinity can be advertised in a different way, a little less suddle and a lot less violence. People don't understand that people in movies are digitally made to look "tough" with their fake accents and fancy suites, for example The Godfather. Yet, everyone treats tough guy actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger like a god. What a world we live in....
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
McDreamy
"Come on son, be a MAN!" says a father to his son. If you're not a man and can't stand up to others then you're obviously a "fag" says almost everyone you ask. Stand up for who you are, come on, get into a fight, knock someone over, or put them into a hospital;that's what parents are telling their kids now a days. Not only do boys get a speech about it, it's publicly adverti
sed everywhere you look. Can't believe it? Yeah, either could I, when children have been growing up with this message in Classic Disney movies. I have never stopped to think that a Disney Character, like Hercules, is portraying the way men should look now a days, with their tough guise and muscular bodies. Please, give me a break, if EVERY guy looked like that then, well, the world would be just too boring. It would be like a where's the real waldo type thing, with everyone looking the same. I mean masculinity can be advertised in a different way, a little less suddle and a lot less violence. People don't understand that people in movies are digitally made to look "tough" with their fake accents and fancy suites, for example The Godfather. Yet, everyone treats tough guy actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger like a god. What a world we live in....
sed everywhere you look. Can't believe it? Yeah, either could I, when children have been growing up with this message in Classic Disney movies. I have never stopped to think that a Disney Character, like Hercules, is portraying the way men should look now a days, with their tough guise and muscular bodies. Please, give me a break, if EVERY guy looked like that then, well, the world would be just too boring. It would be like a where's the real waldo type thing, with everyone looking the same. I mean masculinity can be advertised in a different way, a little less suddle and a lot less violence. People don't understand that people in movies are digitally made to look "tough" with their fake accents and fancy suites, for example The Godfather. Yet, everyone treats tough guy actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger like a god. What a world we live in....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I agree with you that if EVERY guy looked like Hercules or Arnold Schwarzenegger, the world would be too boring. And I also think its digusting how Disney influences boys at such a young age to think that they need to be tough and strong to be a man.
ReplyDeleteDisney also perpetuates the idea of what a woman should be. More passive and weak as opposed to strong-willed and independent. The Disney princesses are painted as needing their princes to succeed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Kat. The world would be boring. I think that is why everyone looks different and is built differently.
ReplyDelete