Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Reflection 2 Brad Simpson

Chapter 5 is all about the misunderstood meaning of  the word "identity".  My perception of the word was far off from what this chapter states.  This chapter goes deep into the meaning and its relation to intercultural communication.  I really found this topic interesting being that everyone's identity is based off of each person's perspective.  The main perspective of your own identity is what controls other people's view of yourself.
The most controversal topic in this chapter to me is gender identity.  Each culture has its own views on masculine and feminine actions or ideas.  It states that we often interact with the same people that interact with the same gender roles in society.  I believe that is true because you can point out the more masculine females and the more feminine men.
It is also very interesting to me in the way the culture changes and how the human race adapts to the change.  One generation could so much different from the other generation but that is what was in style at that time period.  "Even the popular imagery of a perect male bdoy changed.  In the 1860's, the middle class had seen the ideal male body as lean and wiry.  By the 1090's, however, and ideal male body required physical bulk and well defined muscles."  These changes of culture are all related back to social media in my eyes.  In this day and age, it is impossible to have the "perfect body" due to photoshoping models.  Models do not even have the image they portray in magazines.  For men to have the perfect body they are influenced into dangerous suppliments for faster growth and slimming.  As for women, they are influenced to be annorexic which is also dangerous.

1.  How will you react to your kids following the new gender identity culture?

2.  Do you discrimminate others if they are less of your own gender identity?

1 comment:

  1. I think you are right the most interesting and controversial part of the chapter is the parts it describes gender identity and the dynamic nature of it. I like the quote you used to explain the changing nature of media framing and societal standards of gender identity. As a dad, your first question made me think about how I may approach gender identity in my conversations with my daughters. It is really challenging issue to deal with. I am not sure how far I have changed my views of gender identity with changing situations.

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