Live Nude Girls Unite
1. What is the main thesis of the film?
The main thesis of this film is let everyone know that dancers and strippers are not just sluts but they are real people. That they deserve rights at their "job" just as much as we do working at other places like a professor or a grocery store clerk.
2. What were the main arguments that support this thesis?
A argument is that most people miss, is that these dancers are just working their "job", their "profession." A lot of people look over that because they are to busy stigmatizing this professions with sluts and whores. Just because the women sell their body to pay their bills does not mean they should have the same rights or the same access to things as other "professions" do. They do not have sick days or health care and they are discriminated against by their body type, hair color, and especially skin color. When reading Humanizing Sex Workers? and looking at the ads made me think that they should be humanized. I have never really thought about how bad they are treated, how they do not really have any rights until watching this film and also reading this article. they are more then just a dancer or stripper they are a mother and sister too.
3. How does the thesis of the film relate to the class?
Its obvious that these dancers are seen as deviant because of what they do. They are stigmatized from the very get go. We think, as a society, that we should not be selling our body. This reminds me of when we talked about deviant bodies and how you have to look the perfect way for society not to look at you as deviant. It is the same way for dancers. They have to be certain body type, hair color and length, a certain skin color, etc to be accepted into this profession.
4. Which arguments did you find most convincing?
The part I found most convincing was when the dancers where marching on the street demanding for rights. Since dancing is a job they should be allowed to have basic work rights or at least human rights. Sick days, holidays, health care, etc. Everything that we have in our professions they should at least have the options.
5. Which arguments did you find the least convincing?
Really, I found all of them convincing and really good.
6. Choose one argument, point or question that most stands out for you. How would you study this point? Briefly design a research study around that point.
I would like to study if the men really do like the "ideal body type" for a stripper then others. Do they really prefer white, blond hair, big boobs and butt women. Or do some men like darker skinned women with brown hair, etc
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Extra Credit 5
'Codes of Gender'
“Codes of Gender” is the fourth and last film in the diversity film serious at WSUV. I found this film the most interesting and the one I liked the most as well. This film talked about how society sees gender. It started out with how we only see two genders and then it went on to go into depth about how we see each gender.
We have talked about this a lot in class how the males and females of our society are seen. This film even went into depth how we photograph male and female models. It talked about how females are always with this seductive positions and that if you see a male in the same positions then they must be gay. And everything that was about a female was that we are below males. Everything! The way we stand, touch, look, etc was all submissive, powerless and dependent, where the male stance was powerful, and assertive.
I also noticed that every picture of a model was the “ideal women.” We talked about that in class as well. They were all skinny, but not really too skinny, pretty hair, etc. Not one model was overweight or at least more than 100 pounds.
At the beginning it mentioned that we need to know the gender of someone before can communicate with them. It’s like when we can’t tell what gender they are, it’s really hard for us to function. This film was by far my favorite and I felt it gave the most “facts” then the others as well.
“Codes of Gender” is the fourth and last film in the diversity film serious at WSUV. I found this film the most interesting and the one I liked the most as well. This film talked about how society sees gender. It started out with how we only see two genders and then it went on to go into depth about how we see each gender.
We have talked about this a lot in class how the males and females of our society are seen. This film even went into depth how we photograph male and female models. It talked about how females are always with this seductive positions and that if you see a male in the same positions then they must be gay. And everything that was about a female was that we are below males. Everything! The way we stand, touch, look, etc was all submissive, powerless and dependent, where the male stance was powerful, and assertive.
I also noticed that every picture of a model was the “ideal women.” We talked about that in class as well. They were all skinny, but not really too skinny, pretty hair, etc. Not one model was overweight or at least more than 100 pounds.
At the beginning it mentioned that we need to know the gender of someone before can communicate with them. It’s like when we can’t tell what gender they are, it’s really hard for us to function. This film was by far my favorite and I felt it gave the most “facts” then the others as well.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Extra Credit 4
Drag Show
For extra credit I attended the WSUV drag show on Thursday March 29, 2012. I had never been to a drag show prior to this event. I am not going to lie it was a little awkward at first. I kind of just sat towards the back and observed things. But as the show went on I was kind of mad that I couldn’t see above peoples head and see the whole performances so I moved closer to the front and started getting a little bit more involved. The first time I tipped a performer I was like “awkward” but as the show went on I got much more comfortable with it.
But to say the least I had a lot of fun. I was unable to stay for the dancing but the show was really good and so much fun. There were numerous performers and they all did really good. I would say that your partner was one of my top favorites. I really liked how she got involved with the audience the most. I also really liked the one that the couple did and then his solo was awesome too. I guess you could probably say that I liked the whole show. The poem that one of the hosts read was touching. I know what the LGBT community goes through but not really, and that just put it into full gear.
I had no idea that this event was put on every year. I am really glad that the club is also putting on the general neutral bathroom week to raise awareness about what some of the LGBT community has to go through just to pee. I hope at least around campus that the LGBT can get more respect. Not have to be questioned about their gender or sexuality.
You can relate this to our class because this show is definitely seen as deviant to society. The society has labeled this type of event as not in the norm. The performers are not heternormative, nothing matches the “norm” of our society. I really liked how you stated in class that you don’t want to become normal and be like the “straight” community but that you want the rest of us to expand our definition of normal that accepts you and the LGBT community. I had never heard that before about any other community. All you have to be is NOT white, straight, and male to be looked down on at some point in life and we just broadened our definition to let others that are not that in we wouldn’t have all the problems that we have in our society.
I loved this event!
For extra credit I attended the WSUV drag show on Thursday March 29, 2012. I had never been to a drag show prior to this event. I am not going to lie it was a little awkward at first. I kind of just sat towards the back and observed things. But as the show went on I was kind of mad that I couldn’t see above peoples head and see the whole performances so I moved closer to the front and started getting a little bit more involved. The first time I tipped a performer I was like “awkward” but as the show went on I got much more comfortable with it.
But to say the least I had a lot of fun. I was unable to stay for the dancing but the show was really good and so much fun. There were numerous performers and they all did really good. I would say that your partner was one of my top favorites. I really liked how she got involved with the audience the most. I also really liked the one that the couple did and then his solo was awesome too. I guess you could probably say that I liked the whole show. The poem that one of the hosts read was touching. I know what the LGBT community goes through but not really, and that just put it into full gear.
I had no idea that this event was put on every year. I am really glad that the club is also putting on the general neutral bathroom week to raise awareness about what some of the LGBT community has to go through just to pee. I hope at least around campus that the LGBT can get more respect. Not have to be questioned about their gender or sexuality.
You can relate this to our class because this show is definitely seen as deviant to society. The society has labeled this type of event as not in the norm. The performers are not heternormative, nothing matches the “norm” of our society. I really liked how you stated in class that you don’t want to become normal and be like the “straight” community but that you want the rest of us to expand our definition of normal that accepts you and the LGBT community. I had never heard that before about any other community. All you have to be is NOT white, straight, and male to be looked down on at some point in life and we just broadened our definition to let others that are not that in we wouldn’t have all the problems that we have in our society.
I loved this event!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
An "Illness"
Bipolar
Before I get into the in depth about my illness I want to give you some facts and definitions about it so we can all be on the same page.
Bipolar is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) under the mood disorders. Bi-Polar is a disorder where the primary symptom is a disturbance in mood. The Etiology of this disorder is that it has been shown a strong biological component and that environmental factors play a role in the exacerbation of the symptoms (allpsych.com). According to the DSM, Bipolar disorder is broke down into two types.
To be diagnosed with Bipolar 1, you must have at least one manic episode. Mania is like the opposite of depression. It is a very intense high, a person can feel euphoric, and they may feel indestructible in areas like finances and relationships. They feel that they don’t need sleep; they will have an elevated self-esteem, and may be easily distracted. They high may be appealing but it will often lead to severe difficulties in the areas listed above. For example, they may spend much more money than intended or make extremely rash personal decisions. Also in Bipolar 1 disorder you will experience depression. Depression is where the high will fade and the person realizes what they may have done during their manic episode, and the severity of the depressive episode can be increased (allpsych.com).
The second type of Bipolar is called Bipolar 2. Bipolar 2 is very similar to Bipolar 1. The only difference is that instead of manic episodes they are called hypo manic. The episodes are not as severe as manic. They don’t cause severe enough impairment in someone’s social or occupational functioning (allpsych.com).
Treatment for this disorder is medication. They find that medication is what helps the most. There are different medications that you can take for this disorder. But lithium is an example. But also, therapy is another treatment (allpysch.com). If you put both of these together is when you get the best results. But you cannot just throw in some medication and call it good. It can take years to find the correct combination of medications and therapy to get it all correct.
As the definition states, the behaviors that would be seen as deviant are the manic episodes. During these episodes you spend money you don’t have, relationships get ruined, business stuff can get messed up and other things as well. All these things are seen as deviant in our society. And also when you are in your manic episode and if someone steps in the middle of it and is making it to where you cannot do what you want, you can get out of control. Our society does not see that as the right way to handle things. And then also when you get depressed you can get so depressed you don’t want to get out of bed. Here is an article called “Hey, Why Are You Crying?” and it shows a great understanding of the depression part of this disorder.
The people that are diagnosed with the disorder of Bipolar gain from this because they get answers on why they act the way they do. It also helps the people around them understand their diagnosis and how to act around them. As Life Love and Bipolar says that family has to learn coping mechanisms. It comes down to routine, organization, and planning (Life Love Bipolar 2011).
They can also lose by being diagnosed with Bipolar disorder because they are looked at as being deviant. They are different than others and having the Bipolar disorder becomes their master status. That is all that people see is them being Bipolar, when there is so much more to them.
Whitney Blair Wyckoff says in the article “Despite Deeper Understanding of Mental Illness, Stigma Lingers” that some research suggests that the science behind being mentally ill is a brain disorder and not a defect in character. And maybe that is powerful enough to have the stigma of the condition disappear (Wyckoff 2010). This is going very well. People may understand that it is a brain disorder but there is no decrease in stigmatization. “Many people see mental illness as something that never goes away. ‘When you attach a feeling of permanence to this, then it justifies, in some ways, a person's sense of 'otherness' or 'less-than-humanness,’ Bernice A Pescosolido says” (Wyckoff 2010).
Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally. But if you went into the clinical area you would find a lot more women than men because women are more likely to come and get treatment for this disorder (Sachs 2008).
Being diagnosed with Bipolar it becomes your master status. That is all people think off. I think back to the article we read at the beginning of class called “My Gay Lifestyle” and how the author makes fun of how everyone thinks things are different because he gays. Some comments he makes are like he is just taking a gay shower or eating a gay dinner etc. I think of this when I think of Bipolar because when you are diagnosed with this disorder and really any other disorder that is all that people look at. If you were to write that same article but instead of gay use the word Bipolar. You eat a bipolar dinner; you drive Bipolar to work, etc. Just because you are gay or bipolar doesn’t mean everything is different than if you were “normal”.
Also Bipolar becomes there label. When we wrote all those labels on the board like jock, welfare mom, bitch, gay, etc, Bipolar should have been one on the board as well. You are labeled with this diagnosis for the rest of your life.
To bring this disorder home a little bit. My mom is diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder. It was very hard to understand at first. I remember always having fights with her because I didn’t understand her and she didn’t understand herself. It was about five years ago that she finally got diagnosed with it. And it was just about two years that things are finally normal in her life. I understand when they say it’s a strong biological component. It has taken us this long to finally get the right medication for her. And then also, environmental factors do play some role in this disorder. Now that she has a stable life and things are much better than before she has fewer reasons to have a manic episode. There are fewer things that may trigger a manic episode. Being bipolar is always thrown in my mom’s face. Everyone (but me, because I understand it) blame her being bipolar on any little thing she may do. If she is aggravated then it’ is like because she is bipolar, because no one else in this world gets aggravated. It is because it is her master status, which is all some people look at.
Being Bipolar is hard. It is almost like you are two different people. But with the correct treatment and the right support you should be just fine.
WORD COUNT: 1186
Works Cited
Krulwich, Robert. "Hey, Why Are You Crying?" NPR. 14 Nov. 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2012..
"Living With Bipolar Disorder." Life Love and Bipolar. 2011. Web. 20 Mar. 2012..
Psychiatric disorders. (2011, Nov 29). Retrieved March 20, 2012, from Allpsych Online: http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/bipolar.html
Sachs, Gary. "Are Men or Women More Likely to Develop Bipolar Disorder?" Abc News. 28 Feb. 2008. Web. 23 Mar. 2012..
Wyckoff, Whitney B. "Despite Deeper Understanding of Mental Illness, Stigma Lingers." Npr. 2011. Web. 20 Mar. 2012..
Before I get into the in depth about my illness I want to give you some facts and definitions about it so we can all be on the same page.
Bipolar is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) under the mood disorders. Bi-Polar is a disorder where the primary symptom is a disturbance in mood. The Etiology of this disorder is that it has been shown a strong biological component and that environmental factors play a role in the exacerbation of the symptoms (allpsych.com). According to the DSM, Bipolar disorder is broke down into two types.
To be diagnosed with Bipolar 1, you must have at least one manic episode. Mania is like the opposite of depression. It is a very intense high, a person can feel euphoric, and they may feel indestructible in areas like finances and relationships. They feel that they don’t need sleep; they will have an elevated self-esteem, and may be easily distracted. They high may be appealing but it will often lead to severe difficulties in the areas listed above. For example, they may spend much more money than intended or make extremely rash personal decisions. Also in Bipolar 1 disorder you will experience depression. Depression is where the high will fade and the person realizes what they may have done during their manic episode, and the severity of the depressive episode can be increased (allpsych.com).
The second type of Bipolar is called Bipolar 2. Bipolar 2 is very similar to Bipolar 1. The only difference is that instead of manic episodes they are called hypo manic. The episodes are not as severe as manic. They don’t cause severe enough impairment in someone’s social or occupational functioning (allpsych.com).
Treatment for this disorder is medication. They find that medication is what helps the most. There are different medications that you can take for this disorder. But lithium is an example. But also, therapy is another treatment (allpysch.com). If you put both of these together is when you get the best results. But you cannot just throw in some medication and call it good. It can take years to find the correct combination of medications and therapy to get it all correct.
As the definition states, the behaviors that would be seen as deviant are the manic episodes. During these episodes you spend money you don’t have, relationships get ruined, business stuff can get messed up and other things as well. All these things are seen as deviant in our society. And also when you are in your manic episode and if someone steps in the middle of it and is making it to where you cannot do what you want, you can get out of control. Our society does not see that as the right way to handle things. And then also when you get depressed you can get so depressed you don’t want to get out of bed. Here is an article called “Hey, Why Are You Crying?” and it shows a great understanding of the depression part of this disorder.
The people that are diagnosed with the disorder of Bipolar gain from this because they get answers on why they act the way they do. It also helps the people around them understand their diagnosis and how to act around them. As Life Love and Bipolar says that family has to learn coping mechanisms. It comes down to routine, organization, and planning (Life Love Bipolar 2011).
They can also lose by being diagnosed with Bipolar disorder because they are looked at as being deviant. They are different than others and having the Bipolar disorder becomes their master status. That is all that people see is them being Bipolar, when there is so much more to them.
Whitney Blair Wyckoff says in the article “Despite Deeper Understanding of Mental Illness, Stigma Lingers” that some research suggests that the science behind being mentally ill is a brain disorder and not a defect in character. And maybe that is powerful enough to have the stigma of the condition disappear (Wyckoff 2010). This is going very well. People may understand that it is a brain disorder but there is no decrease in stigmatization. “Many people see mental illness as something that never goes away. ‘When you attach a feeling of permanence to this, then it justifies, in some ways, a person's sense of 'otherness' or 'less-than-humanness,’ Bernice A Pescosolido says” (Wyckoff 2010).
Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally. But if you went into the clinical area you would find a lot more women than men because women are more likely to come and get treatment for this disorder (Sachs 2008).
Being diagnosed with Bipolar it becomes your master status. That is all people think off. I think back to the article we read at the beginning of class called “My Gay Lifestyle” and how the author makes fun of how everyone thinks things are different because he gays. Some comments he makes are like he is just taking a gay shower or eating a gay dinner etc. I think of this when I think of Bipolar because when you are diagnosed with this disorder and really any other disorder that is all that people look at. If you were to write that same article but instead of gay use the word Bipolar. You eat a bipolar dinner; you drive Bipolar to work, etc. Just because you are gay or bipolar doesn’t mean everything is different than if you were “normal”.
Also Bipolar becomes there label. When we wrote all those labels on the board like jock, welfare mom, bitch, gay, etc, Bipolar should have been one on the board as well. You are labeled with this diagnosis for the rest of your life.
To bring this disorder home a little bit. My mom is diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder. It was very hard to understand at first. I remember always having fights with her because I didn’t understand her and she didn’t understand herself. It was about five years ago that she finally got diagnosed with it. And it was just about two years that things are finally normal in her life. I understand when they say it’s a strong biological component. It has taken us this long to finally get the right medication for her. And then also, environmental factors do play some role in this disorder. Now that she has a stable life and things are much better than before she has fewer reasons to have a manic episode. There are fewer things that may trigger a manic episode. Being bipolar is always thrown in my mom’s face. Everyone (but me, because I understand it) blame her being bipolar on any little thing she may do. If she is aggravated then it’ is like because she is bipolar, because no one else in this world gets aggravated. It is because it is her master status, which is all some people look at.
Being Bipolar is hard. It is almost like you are two different people. But with the correct treatment and the right support you should be just fine.
WORD COUNT: 1186
Works Cited
Krulwich, Robert. "Hey, Why Are You Crying?" NPR. 14 Nov. 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2012.
"Living With Bipolar Disorder." Life Love and Bipolar. 2011. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.
Psychiatric disorders. (2011, Nov 29). Retrieved March 20, 2012, from Allpsych Online: http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/bipolar.html
Sachs, Gary. "Are Men or Women More Likely to Develop Bipolar Disorder?" Abc News. 28 Feb. 2008. Web. 23 Mar. 2012.
Wyckoff, Whitney B. "Despite Deeper Understanding of Mental Illness, Stigma Lingers." Npr. 2011. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Extra Credit 3
Orchid
The third documentary in this film serious was called “Orchid.” I really liked this documentary actually. There was a lot that I liked about it, but one main thing was that the sisters did it themselves. They didn’t get some high tech, high paying, video team to do it, they did it themselves which I thought was really good and really creative.
This documentary was about intersex sisters that wanted to get out there and tell everyone about their disease. Their parents made them hide it the whole entire time they were growing up. There was even a time that they didn’t know each other had it. They had a middle sister that doesn’t have AIS but has the genes to possibly pass it on to her kids. At first their parents, especially their mom, would not participate in the documentary. She didn’t like the fact that the sisters were not hiding it anymore. But then one day she received a letter saying that she was ready to tell her side of the story. So the documentary goes on and they travel around Australia. They meet up with someone else that is intersex as well, just a different type of it. They end up going into a thrift store and the clerk was asking questions of why they were filming, etc. Phoebe was a little hesitant to tell, but she said that was the whole reason why she was doing this documentary was because she wanted her story out there. They ended up meeting up with two of their friends that had met years ago that are both intersex as well. She met them online when she was looking for other people like her.
She has a husband that loves her dearly. But they had to come to the realization that they could not have kids of their own because of her AIS. They went through the process of adoption and after the long and hard process got adopted and at the end of the documentary they had their little girl.
This documentary relates to class in a few different ways. Also in some of the same ways I have talked about in my previous extra credit papers. But one way is that we talked about deviant bodies. And as sometimes it is really hard to tell if someone is intersex, other times it’s not. So we look at these people as deviant because they do not look like every other man and women. Also, this is their master status. We don’t look at anything else except the fact that they are intersex. They are different than the typical white, male, etc etc. I also found it interesting when the husband mentioned that when he found out about her AIS, he thought that maybe he was gay. Or did this mean that he was gay. But he didn’t sound like it would have been a bad thing if he was. But at the same time for him to even think of that means that maybe he was like “Oh no, I may be different then everyone else.”
All in all, I really liked this documentary and I am looking forward to the last one in the serious next Thursday!
The third documentary in this film serious was called “Orchid.” I really liked this documentary actually. There was a lot that I liked about it, but one main thing was that the sisters did it themselves. They didn’t get some high tech, high paying, video team to do it, they did it themselves which I thought was really good and really creative.
This documentary was about intersex sisters that wanted to get out there and tell everyone about their disease. Their parents made them hide it the whole entire time they were growing up. There was even a time that they didn’t know each other had it. They had a middle sister that doesn’t have AIS but has the genes to possibly pass it on to her kids. At first their parents, especially their mom, would not participate in the documentary. She didn’t like the fact that the sisters were not hiding it anymore. But then one day she received a letter saying that she was ready to tell her side of the story. So the documentary goes on and they travel around Australia. They meet up with someone else that is intersex as well, just a different type of it. They end up going into a thrift store and the clerk was asking questions of why they were filming, etc. Phoebe was a little hesitant to tell, but she said that was the whole reason why she was doing this documentary was because she wanted her story out there. They ended up meeting up with two of their friends that had met years ago that are both intersex as well. She met them online when she was looking for other people like her.
She has a husband that loves her dearly. But they had to come to the realization that they could not have kids of their own because of her AIS. They went through the process of adoption and after the long and hard process got adopted and at the end of the documentary they had their little girl.
This documentary relates to class in a few different ways. Also in some of the same ways I have talked about in my previous extra credit papers. But one way is that we talked about deviant bodies. And as sometimes it is really hard to tell if someone is intersex, other times it’s not. So we look at these people as deviant because they do not look like every other man and women. Also, this is their master status. We don’t look at anything else except the fact that they are intersex. They are different than the typical white, male, etc etc. I also found it interesting when the husband mentioned that when he found out about her AIS, he thought that maybe he was gay. Or did this mean that he was gay. But he didn’t sound like it would have been a bad thing if he was. But at the same time for him to even think of that means that maybe he was like “Oh no, I may be different then everyone else.”
All in all, I really liked this documentary and I am looking forward to the last one in the serious next Thursday!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Extra Credit 2
Riot Act
For the second documentary in the series that we watched last week was “Riot Act”. “Riot Act” is a documentary about transgendered bands or members of a band being transgender. I found it very informative. I had never known there were bands out there that consisted of all transgender people. I mean, why not? I just never thought of it. But everyone can form bands, it doesn’t matter your gender, sexuality, etc, it just matters if you can play some instruments or sing a few songs.
I remember a part in the documentary where a lot of the people talked about how they felt about how they are perceived and also how they like it. It was also discussed how others perceived them. I found it interesting that some of them were worried about how they would sound if they took hormones, etc. I guess it could change their voice from a male, deep sounding voice to a high pitched female voice or vice versa. Or if I remember right it could even ruin their voice?
This documentary relates to our course this semester because, for one, we have been talking about our master status. And people who are transgender, which is their master status. Regardless when someone looks at them, or talks to them etc, they first notice that they are transgender. Secondly the entire course is about being deviant and people who are transgender are looked at as deviant. They are not white, male, straight, etc so they are looked at as different, deviant. Thirdly, we just got done talking about deviant bodies and transgender people have a deviant body. They don’t look like a typical male or female (sometimes they do).
I look forward to the last two videos that we are going to be watching. These first two have been very informative and awesome to watch.
For the second documentary in the series that we watched last week was “Riot Act”. “Riot Act” is a documentary about transgendered bands or members of a band being transgender. I found it very informative. I had never known there were bands out there that consisted of all transgender people. I mean, why not? I just never thought of it. But everyone can form bands, it doesn’t matter your gender, sexuality, etc, it just matters if you can play some instruments or sing a few songs.
I remember a part in the documentary where a lot of the people talked about how they felt about how they are perceived and also how they like it. It was also discussed how others perceived them. I found it interesting that some of them were worried about how they would sound if they took hormones, etc. I guess it could change their voice from a male, deep sounding voice to a high pitched female voice or vice versa. Or if I remember right it could even ruin their voice?
This documentary relates to our course this semester because, for one, we have been talking about our master status. And people who are transgender, which is their master status. Regardless when someone looks at them, or talks to them etc, they first notice that they are transgender. Secondly the entire course is about being deviant and people who are transgender are looked at as deviant. They are not white, male, straight, etc so they are looked at as different, deviant. Thirdly, we just got done talking about deviant bodies and transgender people have a deviant body. They don’t look like a typical male or female (sometimes they do).
I look forward to the last two videos that we are going to be watching. These first two have been very informative and awesome to watch.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Film Review 4
Generation Rx
1. What is the main thesis of the film?
The main thesis of the film “Generation Rx” is that pharmaceutical companies persuade doctors to prescribe medications that in the end can hurt children and also adults. Its drugs like Ritalin which is prescribed for ADHD that cause these horrible symptoms.
2. What were the main arguments in support of the thesis?
The main argument is that these drugs that are prescribed to children SHOULD NOT be. They are not meant for children and in the end they are hurting them and or KILLING the children.
3. How does the thesis of the film relate to the class?
The thesis relates to the class because it has to do with how we socially construct people. If we wouldn’t label a child with ADHD and make that their master status then we wouldn’t have to go through with all this. The doctors are socially constructing these children for the rest of their lives. Making their master status something that is very hard for our society to accept.
4. Which arguments or points did you find most convincing?
I felt that the whole entire film was convincing. I agreed and do believe that the medications that the children were taking was causing the suicides and everything else.
5. Which arguments or points did you find least convincing?
I didn’t really find anything in the film that I didn’t like or that wasn’t convincing.
6. Choose one argument, point or question that most stands out for you. How would you study this point? Briefly design a research study around that point.
I would like to research more of the children that committed suicide. Make sure that there was nothing else in their life that could make them choose that. But I still cannot believe that children that young were committing suicide.
1. What is the main thesis of the film?
The main thesis of the film “Generation Rx” is that pharmaceutical companies persuade doctors to prescribe medications that in the end can hurt children and also adults. Its drugs like Ritalin which is prescribed for ADHD that cause these horrible symptoms.
2. What were the main arguments in support of the thesis?
The main argument is that these drugs that are prescribed to children SHOULD NOT be. They are not meant for children and in the end they are hurting them and or KILLING the children.
3. How does the thesis of the film relate to the class?
The thesis relates to the class because it has to do with how we socially construct people. If we wouldn’t label a child with ADHD and make that their master status then we wouldn’t have to go through with all this. The doctors are socially constructing these children for the rest of their lives. Making their master status something that is very hard for our society to accept.
4. Which arguments or points did you find most convincing?
I felt that the whole entire film was convincing. I agreed and do believe that the medications that the children were taking was causing the suicides and everything else.
5. Which arguments or points did you find least convincing?
I didn’t really find anything in the film that I didn’t like or that wasn’t convincing.
6. Choose one argument, point or question that most stands out for you. How would you study this point? Briefly design a research study around that point.
I would like to research more of the children that committed suicide. Make sure that there was nothing else in their life that could make them choose that. But I still cannot believe that children that young were committing suicide.
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