How to be a Good Housewife Part 14 – women’s roles in the 1950’s So far we have looked at the role of women being centered on the home in the 1950’s. We saw how the first lady, Mamie Eisenhower endorsed that view, and how even the media through television sitcoms perpetuated the myths. However, ...
The history of feminism is divided into three waves: the first wave spanned from late nineteenth century to early twentieth century, the second was in the 60’s and 70’s, ant the third began in the 90’s and extends to the present day. The first wave began in the nineteenth century. It was a time when ...
The movie star is on the cutting edge of changing portrayals of the self. A relatively recent phenomenon, stars combine a variety of representational strategies in order to produce charisma. Hollywood has capitalized on the charisma of stars in order to persuade, using stars’ charisma to stimulate consumption, define and promote particular gender roles (such ...
I want to speak for a moment on the beauty of women. No, I’m not a cosmetologist, dermatologist, hair dresser, or fashion coordinator, just an ordinary heterosexual with a fondness for the opposite sex. I always knew there were differences between boys and girls, but this didn’t become obvious to me until I entered junior ...
