Patrick5472

The main reason I choose these last three videos was because of the diverse content. The first video is from the perspective of a black man, addressing the negative image of black women in the media. Although this video is a attempts to illustrate that some men do see the portrayal of women as negative and are willing to do something about it, I also feel the narrator's use of claiming that black men need to "stand up for their women" alludes to women as property. He also suggest in his video, which is only him interviewing into the camera, that men need to "be men" and fight for their women, even going as far as showing anger and aggression. One of the main problems in society today, I feel, is the male is becoming increasingly dominant and aggressive, especially towards women. Many time, without them realizing that they are doing so, such as in this video. This aggressive, male dominant, claim my territory, fight for my property, take my wife type attitude is exactly what IS driving the violence circle in today's society. How many young black men watch this video and leave with the idea that they need to treat all women with respect and equality? Probably none! Instead, they probably leave with this idea that they need to protect and defend what is theirs, including women. This portrayal of woman as objects and property is part of the escalating violence against women and men in this society. Did you know that women can earn a badge in girl scouts for parenting? Then why, I ask, can't young men earn the same badge for parenting as a boy scout? Not manly enough? Sorry for the rant. (Note: Some profanity is used)

The next video I viewed was focused on the image of Asian and black women. This video, I felt, was very well put together and raised a lot of concerns in the media. As the video claims, the Asian woman is, many times, viewed as "exotic, beautiful, long black hair, sexual, and exotic" and black women are viewed as "having booty, exotic in a native sense, sex slave, and sensual". The video shows many examples of Asian and Black women in the media and does a great job of tying it back to interview questions. I would highly recommend viewing this video:

The last video I chose depicted the sexuality of women in cartoons, a very interesting look at the images and idea conveyed in Disney and other animated movies. Set to some funky music, the collection of video clips does raise some discussion as to the impact on our young through cartoons: