Race, Gender and the Media: Week 2
February 9, 2010
I thought the exercise we did in class in which we were to group up with people who we thought were “like us” and then merge that group with one that was not “like us,” was enlightening.
Even after we merged, everyone in our group was a woman. I thought that was a little telling. Another thing I found interesting was within myself. When we were to find someone “like us,” I did look for other women, but race was not on my radar at all.
I’m a tomboy, and I was hunting for other women who, like me, seemed to put less time into their appearance. I had a hard time finding any. I’m married with two children and have had people ask me whether I’m a lesbian several times throughout my life.
I noted, with irony that I was grouped up with a few women who said they were, in fact lesbians. I think it’s interesting that so many women feel the need to put as much time into hair and make up as they do.
I actually got in trouble at one of my past jobs for my refusal to wear makeup. I said if the men who worked there weren’t required to, I shouldn’t be either. I wasn’t there much longer after that.
Just some random thoughts.
