Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Eureka Moment 4
The media has influences how male athlete should be identified as being masculine. This weekend at the World Cup Soccer Tournament in South Africa the media is telling the English goalie to take the criticisms as a man for making a mistake. The goalie made a mistake that tied the game between the US and England. The game ended with a tied between the two countries. The English coach is supporting his goalie at a press conference and the coach is offering support to his player, but the coach is now seen as weak. The coach took a feminine approach to an unfortunately incident in the game. The press took a different approach by criticizing the player and the coach. The English media portrays the goalie as weak and he should be taken of the starting line-up for the next game or the rest of the tournament. A similar incident occurred with a Cameroon player. The player "manhood" is being criticized, because he is complaining to the world media for the unfair reporting of his bad attitude. The vibe from the media he is not acting like a man. An ESPN announcer said the player should take the criticisms "like a man." Would the announcer said this to a woman soccer player for expressing her emotions? Is this a double standard in the world culture, relating to how male athletes are to be masculine at all times? They are superhuman without emotions or feelings. The stereotype is engrained in our culture as far as a successful male athlete. The perception is they are the image of masculinity and they have to live up to the cultural image of masculinity at all times.
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Ashley,
ReplyDeleteI understand how it is unfair for your mother to compare you to your brothers. I think parents compare sibling to each other without realizing the stress they put on their children. I had three older sisters and I was the only boy. I will admit I wasn’t expected to do much as far as housework. My mom said the man jobs are outside doing yard work. My mom was gender bias in assigning house hold jobs. I never like having my sisters compare to me as a form of motivation. The expectations by men from mother are low, but mothers expect more from daughters. My sister taught me how to cook and did my part in household chores. My sisters and I should have been taught how to do all household jobs inside and out without my mother being gender bias. My mother learned the perception of gender bias jobs from her mother. Women are the key to changing the cycle of gender bias at a young age.
June 17, 2010 9:55 PM
Lauren,
ReplyDeleteThe stigma is attached to a woman of having the natural loving quality. Society has created a stigma as elementary teacher are female and a male elementary teacher is seen as taboo by society standards. The demand for male teachers is high school maybe higher than in elementary school. I am a teacher assist and enjoy working with any grade level child. I have taken education classes and I am usually the only male in the class. I am usually place each year in a classroom that is mostly males. I agree society has the perception that the teaching profession is a woman field. I go to the NJEA teacher convention each year and the convention is gear towards women. The classes at the convention, relating to elementary education were mostly women. The teaching field needs more male teachers as role models in the classroom. There are little incentives by society for a man to become a teacher. A male teacher isn’t view by society as being successful, especial an elementary teacher. The perception of a male by the media is successful and powerful. A male school teacher is a contradiction to the image of male by culture and the media.
June 17, 2010 7:50 PM