The two videos connects with the chapter of Socialization because its shows that agents of society has a major impact on ones life and in socializing individuals. It shows the power that the media has over viewers. According to these videos a man is suppose to be superior and a women isn't. A woman should be viewed as an object based on Killing Us Softly. These ads, these agents of society can really lock us into a world full of their own ideas and that doesnt give us a chance to be who we want be but who we think we should be.
The video by Tony Porter is extremely touching and I feel is important for every man to watch and to pay attention to what was said. Men are taught to be superior, tough, stong, dominating, show no emotion and feel no pain. How can one feel free? How can one go in their entire life playing this role? The touching part of this video was when he spoke about being in the room with the 16 yr old girl who was laying on the bed nude at his friends house. He didnt know what to do. He didnt know if he shouldve took the opportunity or walk away from it. Eventually he had made his mind up and decided to walk away from it but pretended as if he did have sex with the girl in order to not get looked at as less than a man from his friends. This links with what sociologist Charles Horton Cooley articulated, which was the concept of looking glass self. I give that man a lot of respect to not touch that young lady because he is one of the very few who wouldnt do anything with her and I mean few. I also think that young boys or even men use the "Man Box" to their advantage and view it as something totally different that what it is at times.
Killing Us Softly was basically about how advertising images of women can have a negative impact on on society. These ads can make a woman feel so less of herself because all it shows is THE PERFECT WOMAN. Women do not stop to think that these ads are for people to spend their money on whatever is trying to be sold. Like the women who are half naked in the Victoria Secret Ads. Its used for men to buy their girlfriend or wife these lingeries to satisfy their fantasy. Its also used for women to bu the clothing that is sold their for themselves. Looking at these females in these ads you can see that they are incredibly thin which makes women want to try every possible thing they can to get to that size to feel beautiful. Also ads focuses mosly on a woman butt or breast which sells sex. Its a messed up thing and society needs to work together to stop it. Why do women have to expose themselves just to make money? Why are we viewed as objects? Why cant we be superior and not inferior to men?
This chapter taught me a lot about understanding how people recognize or learn their sense of self. I found this chapter very interesting and made some very interesting points, especially at the end when it stated about the guy who isolated himself because he wanted nothing to do with society and when he left he yells "Finally, I am free". The texts states that he basically isnt as free as he thought because yelling those four words are concepts he learned from society. He took with him all that he learned through socialization. That part of this reading, which was at the end of the chapter really summed up the chapter very clearly. Socialization is the process through which people learn their culture's basic norms, values, beliefs, and appropriate behaviors. It is guided by many different agents of socialization, or people and groups who teach us about our culture. My family are the number one agents of socialization for me. As I get older being exposed to different people and groups, other socializing agents will take on roles. Family, school, workplace, media, peer groups, religions, and total institutions all play a role of agents of socialiaztion.
Socialization is a never ending process and it occurs pretty much through out someones entire lifespan. From childhood, to adolescence, to adulthood, an finally to when someone is aging; around his/her time to reitre. Biology (genes) has a lot to do with social life as well. Genes represent the potential for particular traits, but how those traits are expressed in a particular person depends on the physical and social environment into which the person is born.
Charles Horton Cooley articulated the point of the looking glass self. The looking glass self is the idea that our sense of self develops as a reflection of the way we think others see us. This means that people's sense of self is determined in relation to their interaction with others. George Herbert Mead argues that self is made up of "I" and the "me". "I" is the part of the self that is spontaneous, impulsive, creative, and unpredictable, while the "me" is the sense of self that has been learned from interaction with others.
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