Females & Gender Identity

                                                     

The most interesting video that we watched was the video concerning gender Identity. A lot of what I was seeing in the video was really observant but really unnecessary. The narrator of the video continually used new and exciting adjectives to describe the weakness of women but also the strength yet, slow-minded nature of posing males. It really began to annoy me as a photographer because the narrator continued to define and deduce all the women as weak and… I swear he said this… “Unaware and incapable of an oncoming attack.” I just kept thinking to myself, becoming more and more annoyed, “Gosh man, can you please just call these ladies beautiful and the guys strong?!” There is some truth that came from what he had to say concerning the innocence and angel-like or floating appearance of some of the models. As we look in today’s society, most of these women that appear are (as we all know) very skinny, too perfect, too pretty… just too… not normal. While at the same time, plus sizes are beginning to look like a size 4 or 6. What is this world coming to in regards to acceptance and equality? Not to get off track but what the man had to say about the pictures was just TOO deep and philosophical for me. Sheesh man they are simply photographs of women or men, strategically placed into media’s eye to convey a message or a meaning.