25 Kasım 2007 Pazar

barbie

"barbie was a really simple toy until we learned what barbie did to history of humanity???"
actually barbie still looks very simple toy for me, may be many other students can feel as above..because what we did by barbie was not a exact investigation about it, rather making assumptions. we should know conditions of that time ı think...however, as far as ı understand by barbie, it was the reaction of femininity and the victory of them in some way. the women who had been under the extreme pressure of men beforehands were showing their reaction to that along with the other movements of 1960s.world was really experiencing a big change.with barbie, girls were prooving that they were not like how they had been before.they would wear however they want, they would do the jobs which are generally regarded as "men's job"..but this reaction was not a controlled reaction of women..women had just started to break all -or just intented to do may be - chains and they were very reactive and angry..so ı dont think the movement of feminism is not in healthy situation....so the unhealthy explosion of feminism reflected on barbies, ı think..with barbies humanity had "only girl's" toys not boys..women bought barbies for their daughters so ı think women contributed to division of men and women in another wa..may be this time they are not under the violence of men but they abstracted themselves from men.. they made barbies girl toys..this does not mean liberation, just triggering conflict..ı dont blame women actually ı just wanna explain the justifiable anger of women to men and how this anger led to also an unexpected situation ı think.

3 Kasım 2007 Cumartesi

....."explotation" of body at advertisements....

In this presentation ,, the woman looked like a feminist but ı think her ideas about the structure of the societ y in terms of gender reflects the truth,mostly..Sexuality is the weak side of people which would be very effective at the advertisements. We see advertisements, especialll recently, which does not have any relation with sexuality; for example Pepsi with Aysun Kayacı. But it works in some way..Such advertisements are able to affect the inner structure of people tending to sexaulity and manipulate them...In Turkey, on the other hand,, there is a degree, limit where going beyond does not seem possible,,,you can not arbitarily use body of a woman unlike in other countries..The reason may be whether over conservatism or religon or disability of doing such thing,,does not matter...Whatever it is ,,,this boundary , ı think, provides safety on the brains..People are not under control of sexuality where they see its any kind of reflection...we have clearer views :)