SOC 1167 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Dateline Nbc, Kraljevi Ulice, Amy Fisher
9 Mar 2016
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In 1999 the top 5 jobs for women were secretaries, retail, and personal; sales workers, managers and administrators, elementary school teachers, and registered nurses. Out of college woman earn 80% of what men make. The media illusion is that equality for girls and women is an accomplished fact when it isn"t. Buying this empowers woman . the girl power generation born late 1980s and 1990s the bill of goods they are repeatedly sold is that true power comes from shopping, having the right logos, and being hot. Power also comes from judging dissing and competing with other girls especially over guys. This book is about the rise and evolution of these media created fantasies from the early 1990s to the present: their origins, their manifestations, their contradictory mixed messages, and their consequences. Today feminist gains, attitudes, and achievements are woven into our cultural fabric.
