I agreed with most of the stuff that was talked about in this film. What caught me off guard the most was the facts it told us. One major one was about how so many other countries have way more women in politics then the U.S. There were a few things that I did not agree with. One of the speakers said "if girls don't spend time thinking about weight, all the world problems would be gone." I think this assumption is way to out there and doesn't really have any legs to stand on. Another quote I disagreed with was "If the board doesn't have any women, it chooses the wrong thing." To me, this is just a stupid comment. You can't tell me that men have never chosen to do the right thing.One quote I strongly agree with is "Girls are used as sexual objects." Although women choose to go along with these parts, that still is a main role for women. Even the women who play a stronger role, usually still wear sexy outfits and fall in love with a guy in the movie. One movie that really uses women as sex objects is all of the fast n furious movies. Almost every women you see in that movie is wearing the skimpiest outfits. Even the main girl who is supposed to be the opposite of all the "fast girls" still is an extremely beautiful girl who exposes her body through out the movies. One quote that I really didn't expect to hear, but got me to thinking was, "Women had the most opposition to women police chief and fire captain." This really through me off because you would think that women gaining rights would make men upset not women. Something as big as women being able to become chief and captain should be celebrated by women not down talked because by women.
Its deffinatly different hearing it from a mans view. You made some good points though. I would just watch some of the words chosen like "stupid" its a little rough. I like how you show both side at the beggining in how you agree with both sides and then slide into the side you really agree with.
ReplyDeleteI also was put off by the "if women aren't on the board, the wrong decision gets made" (something along those lines)comment. It's equally sexist to say that one sex makes all the WRONG decisions, and contradictory to the goal of equality. This is just one example of the documentary's, more than less, "one-sidedness"..
ReplyDeleteThe fact that females are less supportive of their fellow fire captains and police chiefs was really surprising to me as well. I can see why people are more comfortable with males, its the status quo and that's what society has dictated for hundreds of years. Still surprising though, because I can see so many more reason why everyone would/ should be entirely supportive of diversifying gender roles.