Sunday, December 6, 2009

"Get Mommed"

So, I just watched a commercial for Kleenex Tissue. the slogan they have started using is "Get Mommed." As discussed in previous blogs, I can't do anything anymore without thinking of this class. So the question arose in my mind, "Why is it "mommed"?! In the commercial, they show all of these moms and they are all smiling a sweet smile and doing stereotypical tasks that moms do (i.e. laundry, helping their children etc...) This made me wonder, what if they made a commercial where the slogan was "Get Dadded"? What would they have dads doing? In my opinion, they would probably have them showing their son how to use tools or sitting in front of the T.V. or something of that manner. This is just a prime example of why society thinks the way it does. We have stereotypes because they are encouraged by the media! Things will never change if the media doesn't encourage that change and continues to be the forefront of our biases.

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