Blog Post #8 - Annotated bibliography

Due to the glass escalator effect, men have certain advantages in a predominantly female job. In some professions dominated by females, males have an advantage in better positions, pay and even promotions because there are so few men in the career field. 


Williams, Christine.  “The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the “Female” Professions." Men’s Lives. Eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2001. 211-224. Print.

There are so few men in the populated female career/job field and because of that, many say that it's nice to have a man around. "In several cases, the more female-dominated the specialty, the greater the apparent preference for men" (Williams 213). In one of the interviews, a Massachusetts nurse said, "It's nice to have a man because it's such a female-dominated profession" (William 213). Because of this glass escalator effect, society ranks men higher than women, thinking that men perform much better and will excel to the top of their position. Men have a much higher expectation set upon them. 


Williams carry a Ph.D and is a professor as well as the chair of the sociology department at the University of Texas at Austin. Her article is appropriate for the paper having incorporated much data such as interviews and statistics of hidden advantages men have over women.

final exam

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nfYhv1gk8AgdUnAGmct7slMaI3V08K6lDFIJrQkNXOI/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CN2h8OsD

Four best blog post

Blog post #  1, 2, 7 and 9.

Course Reflections

1) What was the one assignment that was fun to do and why? what did you learn from this assignment?
I found the class debates and class acting fun. Even though I am not so good at acting it was interesting. Time seems to fly by quicker. I also learned that although some people might not like class debates you gotta do them because your grade depends on them even if it is extra credit. Every point counts! Another thing I gained some insight was on how men and boys think towards themselves and other females.

2) What was the one assignment that you did not care for? why?
Actually, I enjoyed all the class assignments, from the photo discription to the group reserch paper#2.

3) Do you think, overall, Blogger was a useful tool for this class? In what ways?
Blogger was very usefull it saved me and my friend lots of paper. It also allowed me to communicate with my classmates.
4) Describe one kind of assignment or task that we did NOT do that you either did on your own OR an assignment you would have liked to have done, or a TYPE of assignment you would have liked to have done more of?
Class debates! I love them.

Blog Post # 12 :Connection between bromantic comedy and Grazian’s article

In the Hangover, Stu, Phil, Doug and Alan; within this tight friendship/bromance relationship, everybody's opinion within the group matters and they build each others' confidence. Their behavior toward one another is immature however, they are very honest to each other. What they have to say toward one other is taken into account and influences or discourages certain behaviors or dress codes. This goes to say that males depend on other males approval. For example, in the movie, the scene where the gang picks up Stu, they yell over, "Paging doctor Faggot" or when Phil and Doug make fun of Alan's man purse (satchel). All of which, is saying to the other person that they should be more masculine and 'man up.' The movie puts a huge emphasis on male friendship and relationship between other males more highly as appose to that of a male and female relationship. Just look at their over all trip in general, "Whatever happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas" motto. Their wives and girlfriends had no idea what had happen all that time during the trip. The females would never be able to break the bromance bond.


Having read the article “The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as a Collective Activity” by David Gazian and having watched the movie "The Hangover" by director Tod Phillips, one can begin to grasp certain similarities and stereotypes between the two regarding the topic of male bonding otherwise known as bromances. A similar idea expressed in both the article as well as the movie is the fact that men are needed in groups to express their masculinity by following the 'guy code' as well as depending on other male approval. For such cases, in the movie, Phil never told Doug's wife that their marriage was jeopardized because Doug was missing and as a result of getting drunk, it brought the group much closer than they were before. Gazian stated, “Finally, once the locus of action moves to a more public venue such as a bar or nightclub, the much anticipated “girl hunt” itself proceeds as strategic display of masculinity best performed with a suitable game partner” (328). This in itself explains that men are needed in groups as well as their bromance relationship. Their bond is so tight and they work together to help each other out, whether in bars/clubs to pick up women or even helping each other in fights and whatnot. Such a case in the movie, everybody set aside their differences and their main goal was to find Doug. 

                                                                      Works Cited

 

Grazian, David. "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as a Collective Activity".                  Men's Lives.  8th ed. Ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner.  NewYork:Allyn               & Bacon, 2010.  320-337.Print.  

 

The Hangover.  Dir. Todd Phillips. Perf.  Bradley Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha                                  Warner Bros, 2009. DVD

Final draft of research paper # 2

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3tQOk5xQ-C1ZEuL3FlxoD2CZOTfUD4WlAg4WRURoqs/edit?hl=en_US#

Group Work: Part III of Research Paper #2: First Draft and Peer Review

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3tQOk5xQ-C1ZEuL3FlxoD2CZOTfUD4WlAg4WRURoqs/edit?hl=en_US#

Blog Post #11 Grazians reading

Today, my best friend Claudia described to me, her weekend. She told me how she went alone to the bar since her date had bailed on her. She had also had a couple of drinks because she was so nervous. Hence, describes why she was dancing alone that night at the bar. Until a guy approached her and asked her to dance. Something that had never happened to her before, not even since prom.

Claudia: Oh Em Gee! That night was amazing. I was like dancing alone minding my own business and then comes this hunk. Tall, dark, and handsome just the way I like them and asks ME! to dance with HIM!. ME! can you believe it? I think I'm in love. Nobody has ever asked me out to dance EVER! And after the club he drove me in his 2011 Beammer and took me to his place because he said I had had to much to drink. He even worried about me...gosh!

Betty: Uh...Claudia are you sure he wasn't just trying to take you home and take advantage of you? Most men do that you know? They go to the bar or club accompanied by a friend. Then they check out the premises pick a target and ATTACK! like wild beasts.

Claudia: Oh Nooo hes not like that. We danced so slow together and whispered sweet little nothings in my ear. Then when we were at his house he made me a sandwich and tucked me in bed and we spooned the whole night.

Betty: Well girl I hope things work out with you and him just watch out. I really care about you. I dont want you to get hurt again.

Claudia: Thanks I think hes the one though.

Group Work: Revised Preliminary Thesis and Annotated Bibliography

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3tQOk5xQ-C1ZEuL3FlxoD2CZOTfUD4WlAg4WRURoqs/edit?hl=en#

Blog Post # 10

In the movie " Gone baby gone", Police Captain Doyle, Remy and Lionel take Amanda away from her Helene. Linoel thought that Amanda would be better off with Captain Doyle than her mother Helene, who was a drug addict.She didn't seem to care for Amanda and would often go to get high, leaving Amanda with anybody. Patrick and his girlfriend Angie, were the private detectives who took on the responsibility of solving the case involving Amanda's kidnapping.
            At first, Patrick and Angie never had any suspicion that captain Doyle was involved in the conspiracy.They also noticed the type of individual Helene was. Lionel, Amanda’s uncle, brought her out of her mother's house and gave her to Remy. He thought that by doing so Amanda would enjoy a better future and have a family who would care for her.
         After becoming more involved in the case, Patrick and Angie started to realise who were the people involved in the kidnapping of Amanda. Eventually, after sorting out the information, Patrick realises that Captain Doyle and Remy were the central figures behind the kidnapping of Amanda. Patrick then told Angie about his findings. Angie then disagreed with patrick’s action. She, like all the other characters in the movie, believed that the kidnapping was in the best interest of Amanda. Patrick had also made a promise to Helene, that he would bring back her child.
           Captain Doyle, Remy and Patrick displayed what some would call ethical absolutism. Captain Doyle having suffered the loss of his daughter thought that by taking Amanda, he was trying to save her from a bleak future and took her without any fear of the consequences that would arise from such an action. On the other hand, Patrick,who had a different idea believed that it was wrong for them to kidnap Amanda from her mother's home even if her mother was a drug addict and left her daughter with strangers. Patrick also made Helene a promise that he would bring Amanda back home. Murder is murder, whether the means justify in the end or not, it is wrong and must be condemn. There was never a good lie or a bad lie. When we do things that are just or unjust. We have to live with the consequences, weather it be bad or good.

1) offers a summary of the movie in the first paragraph ( Yes )
2) discusses the characters whose ethics follow consequentialism in the movie ( Yes )
3) discusses the character(s) who follows ethical absolutism ( Yes )
4)discusses whether  the movie takes sides in terms of the different ethical philosophies. ( Yes )

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Very good essay, a few spelling errors and typos here and there but over all not bad. Good summary but I think you confused Remy as being Captain of the Police force when it is Captain Doyle, Remy, and Lionel. I also agree with your point of view on the matter. As you said a murder is a murder and whoever takes a life should pay for such an action. I also added a few things on your paper. Good essay :)

group

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Part I of Research Paper #2: Proposal and Preliminary Thesis

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3tQOk5xQ-C1ZEuL3FlxoD2CZOTfUD4WlAg4WRURoqs/edit?hl=en#

Final Draft research #1

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRAlIFyXuCiyfx9gloY3mgiUjfodjriinh7Pwt4Mqoo/edit?hl=en&authkey=CLmgk5EC

Review Of Midterm~

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bLbOfJwX3gZokqQdDquQxEGxuzXViWfn-GBc0EnOXkA/edit?hl=en&pli=1#

Reading First Draft of Research Paper #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTbcOop54QY

Blog post # 9

Our group (Jonathan G., Nataly C, and myself) came up with the theory that perhaps there being a “Universal" way of parenting. With "Universal" parenting, major road blocks would get pulled out of the way making the lives of our younger generations easier and simpler for them to grow without having to try to prove/fit into certain gender roles/stereotypes. Having universal parenting would benefit children a great amount in many ways. One being that the children wouldn't be judged so harshly by society. As an example, boys being called momma's boys or a pansy for speaking their feelings and crying or girls getting called tomboys just because they play a little rougher than other girls or because she enjoys watching/playing sports. Such mentality of boys being too feminine or girls being to rough would be in a sense erased. Another great upside to this theory would be that since society's hand wouldn't be so strict and harsh on our youth and things would be equal, the factor of Christine L. Williams's idea of the "Glass Ceiling" and "Glass escalator" wouldn't exist or would be minimal. For example, women and men getting the same wages for the same job with no sexual inclination what so ever. With that being said "Universal" parenting would probably benefit today's gender imposed society and its children reducing stereotypes, gender imposed roles, "Glass ceilings," and "Glass escalators." Our future would be much brighter.

Rough draft - Research paper #1

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRAlIFyXuCiyfx9gloY3mgiUjfodjriinh7Pwt4Mqoo/edit?hl=en&authkey=CLmgk5EC

Part III: thesis and outline

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PZkeMVW6RT6_ddGYSL92Levw6xEyTNDUWGaHx3z78sQ/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKa82f8G

Annotated Bibliography

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lbdII5800BRT0YbU7FkTVg4liCJsdBHrRup5-ndxIT8/edit?hl=en&authkey=CI272CI

Blog # 7 - Chicano Men and Masculinity

According to Zin, "The social science literature views machismo as a compensation for feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness" (25). People often feel the need to prove themselves worthy in one aspect for what they lack in another aspect. The idea of this machismo, male dominance is believed to because of the feeling of inferiority from the attitude of those who were conquered. As he stated, "The common origins of inferiority and machismo are said to lie in the historical conquest of Mexico by Span involving the exploitation of Indian women by Spanish men thus producing the hybrid Mexican people having an inferiority complex based on the mentality of a conquered people" (25). By reason of feeling inferior and feeling inadequate, Chicanos have the impression that for what they lack or what they feel they lack, their dominance and patriarch over their wives and children make up for it. Chicano men have the last word and they make all the decisions in the household. For better terms, they expect complete respect and subordination. Taking this into account, the kid doesn't attain self worth or value. They don't learn to be independent or a type of reliance of him or herself, thus the cycle repeats of Chicanos having to prove masculinity/dominance and machismo because of what they lack to build better esteem.