Posts on
Femmedia this week:
Guest Post: Male Emotions in the Media Why are stereotypes perpetrated in the mass media? Why do the Hollywood-type movies tend to portray the same type of “male” characters? Is it really what people think, or is it because it is what they are made to think or believe? Guest post on Femmedia by
Jess C Scott.
Single Story Beauty This reflects the single story we have of physical attractiveness and doesn’t fulfill our desire for variety. But I feel the solution to this isn’t to insult those who present this story, but rather encourage them to be more creative and open to differences in body types and personality tropes. To support companies when they make decisions that give a variety of options for males and females to alter their body shape or type, and to explore a broader range of complexion and facial features to be more racially inclusive.
Don Draper’s Alcoholism Don Draper is an alcoholic. No, not just in season 4 when it’s portrayed as a negative thing – he’s always been an alcoholic. He has – conservative estimate that he told his doctor – 5 drinks a day on average, but he’s almost always drinking hard liquor.
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I also guest posted on
Ms Behaved about
Relationships and the Success and Beauty myths in heterosexual relationships And our friends don’t make it easy on us to make these decisions. While we all logically know that people can love without success and beauty, we have a tendency to disbelieve people who tell us otherwise. A man might expect a wink and a nudge when he says he loves his beautiful girlfriend for her personality, or a woman a knowing smile when she says her unattractive lover’s money doesn’t matter to her.