Johnson's+Analysis+Where+Are+We?

Throughout both videos, the Trace Adkins video and song and the Toddlers Tiaras, has illustrated how is normal to us in everyday life that we don’t realize that patriarchy is going on. The Trace Adkins video we viewed in class has given us the idea of how women of every kind all want a county man. The Toddlers and Tiaras is a disordered TV show, it is giving most young girls a bad view of how they view themselves which also leads to patriarchy, feeling in order to get any attention, especially from boys, and they have to look beautiful. The article “Barbie Doll – the Perfect Figure” published by Terri Edwards, explains that certain artifacts can affect how patriarchy plays a role in our society. She describes how girls feel they have to be as pretty as a Barbie doll, which relates to Johnson’s analysis of patriarchy, //Where Are We//?. All three of these artifacts promote male privileges. In the article, “Barbie Doll – the perfect Figure” illustrates how women can be controlled by men and how they control their lives, and the power that they have over them. Corresponding with this, Edwards explains how women are realizing what is going and are now fighting back against patriarchy and wanting to control their own lives. There are many examples within the three videos and article that illustrates how it is male dominated. For example, women feel that they have to have a certain figure in order to be noticed by men. Some women will go as far as to looking like a Barbie doll and will do whatever pain it takes to get there. There are a few things that are male identified. For example, in the Trace Adkins video it showed him towering over the city, which to me seems like he is saying he has power. Also, towards the end of Edwards article she asks”why no one talks about Ken’s figure?” I thought this was an interesting point, because why the women are the ones to always seem to be striving to be in this Barbie shaped figure? All these artifacts challenge the idea of male centeredness. As previously stated, most storylines are female driven. In the video Toddlers and Tierra’s, the women said they were so lost in what their child should wear for the pageant. So, here comes the male into the story to make the dresses for them, throughout the whole video it was kind of annoying because it seemed like the mother had to make sure it was okay for her daughter to be doing this or that. The point is why do women have to get this male’s opinion on things? Also, just because there are men in the shows, doesn’t mean that they have to be important character. Men have a compassion for control. The the Adkins video this is clearly showed he had control over the women y various scenes in the video. With all four of these main patriarchy issues, this clearly shows how genders can shape the lives of women and men in the home, workplace, and beyond. With all these different aspects, it is not as noticeable to see how they’re connected to the social structure that shapes us.