tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727938851169788748.post9172436555263590161..comments2023-11-22T10:27:07.187-05:00Comments on genderpopjml: Toy SocializationJillian Limonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971231267456215686noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727938851169788748.post-89660558247806537992019-11-15T09:33:42.745-05:002019-11-15T09:33:42.745-05:00Pharma World RX is the online medicine store:
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There is a tendency on the part of someone writing in the 2nd person format to keep the piece on a rather informal level (it's pretty tough to do analytical work informally :o). Therefore, try to use the authors to define masculine and feminine early in your paper (use them to do the work of defining so that you can write using the definitions you've already stated from the readings). <BR/><BR/>Also, try to use your intro for the purposes of creating a road map for your reader (it may help if you write your intro last after you know where your piece "went") so that it's explicitly mapping out the terrain the reader can expect you to cover. <BR/><BR/>These issues are definitely "fixable" ones (in a non-mountain moving sort of way). In brief, keep your writing from the perspective of first and/or third person. Additionally, focus on writing about society and individuals as interacting to create the paradoxical scenario you describe where gendering is super-obvious in toys, but almost completely invisible to the participants in the processes. Finally, try to avoid using the readings without direct quotes (i.e. Messner is one of them). You'll see a noticeable difference in your writing and your analysis (and you may even find it's a lot easier to write analytically when you've worked out some of these issues). Overall, you've done a nice job for your first assignment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00882202558089495129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727938851169788748.post-58157160441567798462007-10-08T20:48:00.000-04:002007-10-08T20:48:00.000-04:00I thought that you did a very good job of analyzin...I thought that you did a very good job of analyzing how children’s toys have fallen victim to genderization in today’s society. Many of the points you mentioned I noticed as well while doing my research and it becomes sickening when you think about what society thinks children should be exposed to and play with. Take for example the hour-glass “busty”-girl action figure with a weapon clad bikini you mentioned in your blog. Now, it’s bad enough that toy manufacturers are marketing “stick thin” as the ideal body shape, but why would anybody possibly need a bikini fully loaded with weapons? Even scarier: the recommended age for toys such as this one continues to get younger and younger. Your use of quotes, particularly from Messner’s article, definitely strengthened your post.<BR/><BR/>I also especially liked when you talked about Toys “R” Us making a special section for disabled children. I agree with your analysis that they think disabled children cannot handle the “normal” toys. Personally, toys have always been objects to allow me to use my creativity and imagination, and there has never been a “correct” way to play with toys. Who is Toys “R” Us to say that the disabled do not have the mental capacity to play with the “normal” toys, and set aside a small, boring group of toys for disabled children? I completely missed this category of toys during my research, and wish I had noticed it, as it is appalling.<BR/><BR/>If you wanted to add to your blog, I would suggest talking about how supposed “gender neutral” toys are located near or behind the boys section in Toys “R” Us. Even though these toys are marketed as being for boys and girls, they tend to have some similar characteristics of boy toys, often as simple as their location in the store.<BR/><BR/>Overall, I thought you did a very good job with this assignment. Great work!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601756013777222694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727938851169788748.post-64322487596212570712007-10-08T19:29:00.000-04:002007-10-08T19:29:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601756013777222694noreply@blogger.com