SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Plastic Surgery, Role Theory, 18 Months
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3/4 of canadians watch nearly 3hrs daily (21 hours/week) Boys watching more tv and video than girls. 48% of grade 3-10 have a own tv/video with saying no household rules regarding showing. Tv male family members receive significantly more affection. Gendered implications with age girls watch frequently and indiscriminately report most severe drop in body satisfaction. Prime time males outnumber females 2 to 1. I(cid:374)(cid:272)rease i(cid:374) (cid:448)ie(cid:449)i(cid:374)g = i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease i(cid:374) restri(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e ideas a(cid:271)out (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s roles. Adults fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s appeara(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d resulta(cid:374)t of u(cid:374)healthy tre(cid:374)ds i(cid:374) cosmetic surgery, ad dieting: video games/social media. Took up where tv left off in terms of messages about gender. If embrace male roles as depicted (violent/aggressive) then penalized by other institutions. More likely to be charged with juvenile crime, less likely to graduate from high school, less likely to be a university student. Difficult as economy around male breadwinner (role strain) Being a woman is an important source of social inequality.
