What Do I think of an Ideology?

1.Definition of Ideology

           According to Wikipedia, an ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare worldview), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society below) and several philosophical tendencies (see Political ideologies).

 2.How does it affect media?

        In the First Amendment, it says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." On the second line, you can see that a American society has freedom of speech, of the press. However, I heard that there is cooperatism in one of the TV channels. That could be the news channels even though they have to be objective.

3.2 Examples of ideoogy of how it affects media

       For example, if you watch the drama Gossip Girl, there are lots of scandals in Mehattan's ellite society. It's not only just teenagers' love scandals. If you think little bit deeper, you can see that their parents also have power to control the University or media. Once the main actress Serena gets into trouble, her mother takes control of the news. Then news or reporters wouldn't  press about her scandal. I think that's unfair. And because the gossip girl agrees with me, she presses the scandal on her blog, and that's end of the story.

 

Gender role advertisements? Or Our role to fix?

  Well, I tried to watch my words while writing this assignment. However, since this assignment was about a sexual related advertisement, I want you - prof.Ben - to be generous about my words in this assignment. Sorry for that :(.. This is the only way I can get A in your class!! ..haha :)

<- pictures from Prof.Gross'  blog. :)

  OK, first of all, I don't think there's a gender role in that pictures - well I don't want to THINK that there is. I once heard that all human beings have sexual desire unconciously.  I think this unconciousness causes this kind of advertisement. Then what do you think brought us to think like that? What do you think built the unconciousness?

     The way she's under his legs,  it looks like they are about to have an oral sex!! It kind of feels like we - women- are treated as a "tool" for their sexual satisfaction.When girls first see the AD7 picture, we are supposed to be upset - but most of us are not. This feeling told me that I also already have stereotype of gender role. In this case, I think a porno culture contributed a lot. If you see most of pornos, you can tell that women are treated so... dirty or.. as if they were animals that were made to satisfy men!! Do you think women's role in pornos is THIS? I don't think so. So, I want to say out loud! THERE IS NO GENDER ROLE! WAKE UP GIRLS!  BUT, unfortuantely, most of the porno audiences are teenagers and that is the way they learn. That is the way their unconciouss sex desire was built. The wrong knowledge from pornos and the scene made a "gender role" in advertisement. So, the gender role you think is the one in your mind, and the role is wrong! If there's a gender role in that advertisement, the role that woman has is to give her body. Do you think God gave mission to Eve to suck the Adam's THING?  But it's true that advertising company abuse our sexual desire which is the weakness. And everytime they win.

     This is the picture of a soju glass. And the woman inside the glass is Lee Hyo Ri, the sexiest singer in Korea - people say. Well, you can just say "Wow, this is so cool!." This was my first reaction, too. But, why do you think the company put her picture INSIDE of the glass? The actual meaning of this, was to let the men who drink soju with that glass to unconcioussly think they are EATING her - not literally. Maybe the men don't realize this purpose, but the men's unconciouss desire of sex make them drink more. That's how the company is selling soju - using our unconcious sexual desire.

  
     So, my point is ....there's no actual gender role - neither in pornos nor in this adavertisement.. We can't put our fingers on it. However, a gender role does exist deep down inside of our mind, and the role of a female is to be a PREY of a male. Isn't it sad?  We need to wake up! We need to fix that! These are the ROLEs that we need to play!

Gender in Korea

5) International Comparison of Gender and Unpaid Labor

For a pleasant change, Korea is only slightly worse than the OECD average for the extra unpaid labor women do compared to men.

Also, for a very interesting new book on the subject that I look forward to buying when it’s available at WhatTheBook? (hint hint), see Shattered: Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality by Rebecca Asher.

     Well, the post above is the topic that I chose : International Comparison of Gender and Unpaid Labor. If you read the cartoon, it's about why women get less paid. Then, the left one says that it is because women do houseworks, they have only a few time to work and the women get paid less than those of men who work as full time! Now there's a problem. When the left one says "I'll let someone else raise my kids", but the other suddenly yells. What kind of situatioin is that? Does he mean that women are too busy doing housework for men and kids to work for pay? I don't think that makes any sense, AND that is a stereotype of women.

      Everybody has stereotype- even if she/he is a kid. Think about this. There's a girl in a class and she is very quiet. She doesn't hang with her friends, doesn't like to be a naughty girl. She never makes noise during the class. Then, everyone has the IMAGE that she's very quiet, not a problem-causing girl. OK, let's make few changes then. Few days later, the girl becomes talkative, hyper, and finally naughty. What do you think people around her would think? I'm sure her homeroom teacher will try to talk to her and say "I want you to behave as you are." What is AS YOU ARE? Don't you think it's also stereotype? Like this, I think that the gender role is also part of a stereotype. Because most of women are naturally born as a more caring, polite, and delicate than men are, we have this IMAGE that causes stereotype. But, here's a question. SO WHAT? If there are naturally caring,polite, delicate women, there are also powerful, strong, un-delicate women! We all should know the EXCEPTIONs or DIFFERENCEs. I think the way we are reacting to them causes most of the problems. That is causing "International Unpaid Labor upon Gender." There are no such things like 'gender role'. In my opinion, it only matters who's good at it. My dad is really good at cooking so he cooks every morning even though he's a man. My mom is really good at hammering, but cooking so dad calls mom whenever he found the place to be nailed. Do I tease them for these? Do I feel awkward about this situation? Definitely NO! OK I talked too much. So, my point is..... let them just do what they want! Let them get the money as long as they they worked enough!  Don't over react even though you are desperate for your different gendered coworker is keeping up.  Isn't it a world for the both genders?