Questions for Blog 4: Gender & Sexuality - choose at least one of these to answer.

1. What examples do you see in the media of females (fictional and real-life) being rewarded or affirmed for taking on conventional masculine traits and/or behaviors? (example: rewarded means getting the job, getting "what she wants", getting ahead or gaining an advantage). Are there any sacrifices that these females characters have to make in order to get ahead or get what they want?

In Grey's Anatomy, for example, there is a constant tension in the plots between the female characters getting ahead, often by taking on masculine traits of aggressive competitiveness and no-emotional sexuality and their "feminine" need for love and relationship.

2. What examples do you see in the media of males (fictional and real-life) being penalized for taking on conventional female traits and/or behaviors? (penalized meaning "not getting what he wants," suffering loss, mockery or humiliation). What roles do these traits or behaviors play in the overall plot (e.g. are they used to make someone else look good, or does the male ever regain his masculinity)

What examples do you see in the media of women being used as sexual objects in the media? In your example, who is the audience and how are the presumed fears and anxieties of the audience being manipulated?