1) Post the link and the title
2) Summarize the key elements/points of the speaker
3) Discuss how the talk informed/changed/extended a view that you have.
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Select a TED talks that discusses an issue related to stereotypes for men or women.
1) Post the link and the title 2) Summarize the key elements/points of the speaker 3) Discuss how the talk informed/changed/extended a view that you have. 200 words.
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Sophia Munoz
1/27/2015 02:52:32 am
I watched a Ted talk called, “How Movies Teach Manhood”, by Colin Stokes. Stokes began his presentation with the discussion of “The Wizard of Oz”, he shared his daughter’s favorite character (Glinda) and pointed out that all of the main characters are women. Stokes continued with the argument that “Star Wars” (the newer of the two movies), is not as diverse in characters as “The Wizard of Oz”. He also states that he would prefer his children to “walk down the yellow brick path rather than save the universe alongside Luke Skywalker”. This is mainly because it does not pass the “Bechdel Test”; a test that poses three important questions. First, is there more than one female character who has lines? Secondly, do these women speak to each other at any point in the movie? Lastly, is the conversation about a boy they both like? Stoke brought the Bechdel test to light to remind the audience how many movies fail to meet these simple requirements. Stokes provided that out of the top 100 movies (during the time) only 11 passed the Bechdel test. Additionally, all of these movies accentuate a society controlled by men. The men are supposed to defeat the villain, then collect there “prize”, which in many cases is a woman. Stokes then informs the viewers that every one in five women have been sexual harassed. This ties into Stokes other main theme is to raise the next generation not be a patriarchy and to allow women to be leaders. He asked of all of the fathers to renew the meaning of masculinity.
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Joshua K.
1/27/2015 08:22:44 pm
https://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge
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Harleigh
1/28/2015 02:00:15 am
I watched "Embrace Your Inner Girl" where the speaker Eve Ensler conveyed her messages of how our society is making being a girl seem like it is a bad thing. She opens up her talk with a metaphor describing what she calls the 'girl cell'. She talks of how it is labelled as a bad thing, and how people feel the need to oppress this 'girliness' because they are taught it isn't the proper way of living. She then continues on how we are making it seem like a bad thing, being a girl. She gives out personal stories of how she has seen girls treated as though they are nothing, and all the horrific things that people have done to them simply because they were girls. She then goes into uplifting stories of girls who have proved that being a girl isn't a bad thing. It was actually interesting because the first girl she mentioned was from the Netherlands, who stood up for herself in a boating issue. She provided long stories of how she had personally seen how the treatment of girls is awful, including her own adopted daughter's previous life. She closes her talk with a strong call to action that people should embrace being a girl, not hate it.
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Jessica G.
1/28/2015 02:33:05 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM4Xe6Dlp0Y
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Caroline Reges
1/28/2015 03:02:30 am
I watched a video titled “Social Media and the End of Gender”, spoken by Johanna Blakley, who studies how entertainment influences people. She explained in her video how media has specific stereotypes for different genders. The media follows different demographics and believes that if a person falls into a certain demographic, including age or gender, then will believe certain things. Blakley noticed that online, people are able to escape their demographics because others won’t know their gender or age. She believes companies should stop using demographics to judge their customers, but instead use their likes and dislikes. She also noticed that women outnumber men in the usage of social media. She thinks that media companies will begin to hire more women and that women will get rid of the idea that women like certain things like “chick flicks”. She believes social media will stop being monitored by demographics.
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Gabriel H.
1/29/2015 04:37:06 am
https://www.ted.com/talks/geena_rocero_why_i_must_come_out
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Jesus S.
1/29/2015 05:53:42 am
I watched a talk called "How to overcome Biases? Walk Towards them" by Verna Myers
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Caitlyn H.
1/29/2015 10:04:53 pm
“Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys?” https://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge#t-193208
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Torin C.
1/29/2015 10:12:56 pm
I watched the hidden meanings in kid’s movies, by Colin Stokes. In this TED talk they discuss the fundamental similarities in many movies. These are in some form all the same in most movies, mainly the most popular. Let me give a list; Star Wars the original trilogy, Princess Bride, Chronicles of Narnia (somewhat), Pirates of the Caribbean, Equilibrium, Dune (terrible movie), Star Trek (the new ones), the Matrix, and many others. All these have similarity; they all have male hero protagonists. Each protagonist has a special ability, or a special reputation, or a special purpose. Each has either a male (which is the normal case) who is ruthless, powerful, and has some kind of past connection with the hero, or his friends, or his love interest. This is a common trend with many movies that I have actually noticed at a younger age, and the TED talk helped to open me to a more improved perspective of this stereotype. In the end of these movies the hero and his friends get a special reward which is normally granted to the hero by his love interest, or important female plot character. Then the hero either rides off into the sun set with his reward in hand, or his girlfriend in hand. This is a stereotype that is proficient in the movie industry, that the man is supposed to be the one to save the girl, defeat the evil, and to fulfill the prophecy. The Hunger Game is an exception, Katniss is a girl, but everything else in the movie is exactly the way I have described.
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Cole H
1/29/2015 10:23:20 pm
I watched the video “Tony Porter: A Call to Men.” Mr. Porter focused on the social norms and expectations posed to men by society. Initially, he discusses the typical man; emotionless, strong, aggressive, heterosexual and protective. Then he characterizes women; weak, property, and solely for sexual purposes. Following these descriptions, he describes personal experiences that he had with both his family and during the course of his childhood. First, he described how he treated each of his children, one boy and one girl, when they came in crying. He would care for his girls, but would criticize his boy if he cried. Eventually, he came to the realization that being a man didn’t mean that you had to be a statue. One experience he had with his neighbor raping a girl and then proceeding to get the speaker to do the same left him with the realization that men are not designed to be heartless to women, and that these “man box” ideas are the reason for violence and making women property.
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Shaina L.
1/31/2015 12:21:08 am
"Violence against women—it's a men's issue"
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Frida Ø.L.
1/31/2015 07:47:41 am
In Colin Stokes’ TED Talk ”How Movies Teach Manhood,” he discusses what children are being taught by what is represented in the movies they watch. He begins his argument by comparing Star Wars to The Wizard of Oz, and stating how they are very much the same movie, with only subtle differences. One of these differences is that The Wizard of Oz has a female protagonist that saves the day by making friends with everyone and being a leader while Star Wars has a male protagonist that saves the universe by defeating the villain with violence and the magic he was born with. Another difference that he points out is that in the Wizard of Oz, all the heroic and wise characters are female, while in Star Wars, barely any women appear (with the exception of Aunt Beru and Princess Leia). He continues with stating how Disney’s movies are good because they teach young girls how to defend themselves against the patriarchy. Unfortunately, they don’t do the same for boys. PIXAR is the film company that covers the area of boys. All movies (except the recent movie Brave) have male protagonists that must overcome a problem. Stokes explains then that despite these movies teaching boys how they should be, barely any of them pass the Bechdel Test, which is based on whether the movie has at least two women in it, and that they talk to each other about something other than a man. Next he brings a scary statistic into his argument – that one in five women in America have been assaulted. He ties this in with the “boy” movies in which “the protagonist defeats the villain with violence and claims his reward, which is a woman with no friends and doesn’t speak.” Stokes concludes by stating that he wants the dads to show their sons a new definition of manhood – and have them model what this manhood is like.
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Zach C.
2/1/2015 12:24:30 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFNsJ0-aco
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Logan H
2/2/2015 05:59:50 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhjsRjC6B8U
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