THESIS: Analyzing gender aspect within the communicational process and indicating the differences between men and women attitude to a number of the aspects of life, Julia Wood emphasizes the passive role of females and their engagement to male’s behavior in movies.
I. The various social roles of genders are reflected in the culture, including movies
II. The differences between language used by men and women
III. The attitude of men and women to their physical conditions and appearance
Gender factor plays a significant role in the communicational process between heroes of the movies. Men and women provide the different responses on the same situations. Analyzing gender aspect within the communicational process in culture, including movies, and indicating the differences between men and women attitude to a number of the aspects of life, Julia Wood emphasizes the passive role of females and their engagement to males’ behavior in movies.
The concept of book states upon statement of the various social roles of genders that are presented in the culture. Therefore, those roles are obviously reflected in the movies. Wood says that females’ leathers outfits are usually engaged to males (2010, p. 267). Girls and boys in the movies play the different sport games.
Most of the time, we can see boys playing a contact sports such as football, basketball, baseball, while girls are the members of cheerleading teams or take part into competitions of athletics, figure skating or gymnastics. Besides, Wood indicates the difference between father’s and mother’s attitude to the topic of sexual development of their child (2010, p. 168).
Emphasis on context of a communication for example illustrates difference in communication between men and women. Analyzing the communicational process of genders, Wood provides the theory that the language used by men and women differs. While men are more interest and attachment on facts in a communication, women’s major interest is development of a more passionate and long term relationships.
For women, the most helpful approach is to use their feelings and make conversation emotionally deeper. Such concepts can be found in the movie through its major characters, Joe, Jerry, Kane and Osgood. For instance, females’ intention for developing relations is presented by Kean’s response to Joe’s revelation of his identity and gender.
She remains passionate to him. On the other hand, Osgood tries to impose marriage on Daphne and dismisses the whole encounter when Daphne’s identity is revealed (Paludi, 2008; Thoeren and Logan, 1959).
Moreover, the author describes the personal comprehension and attitude of men and women to their physical conditions. Women are more interested in the analysis of their body. Obviously, such questions as “Am I fat?” or “Am I looking good?”, most of the time, rise in the females mind.
In every movie, such attitude of women can be easily noticed, while men care less about their appearance and more about the professional success and career. Although Wood generalizes the social aspects of genders, her arguments can be related to the particular situation. The author provides a description of the struggle over genders at the various areas.
It is possible to result that Wood’s attitude seems feministic due to her emphasizing of the females as the oppressed gender which needs protection and have more benefits as the result of the appearance. In the episode when Jerry and Joe are afraid of becoming victims of subsequent gang’s attacks they change their identities, being sure that they can be protected due to such appearance.
As the result, Wood says that men in a given society have a defined communication approach that is from women in the same society because of factors such as gender roles (Wood, 2010). As those roles are reflected in the culture, they can be found in the behavior of heroes of the movie. Analyzing Wood’s book, I realized that the social roles of genders are always reflected in the movies. Therefore, the heroes’ behavior can be considered as an example of the different approaches of genders.
Reference List
Paludi, M. (2008). The Psychology of Women at Work: Career liberation, history, and the new millennium. West Port, CT: ABC-CLIO
Thoeren, R. and Logan, M. (1959). Some like it hot [DVD]. US: MGM
Wood, J. (2010). Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning