I thought this was an interesting blog to read because i had just attended Kyley Ann Caldwell's senior presentation which she titled, "A New Patriarchy: Bidding for Agency in 1980's Romantic Comedies." This blog, feminist allies, deals with women in media as well. It is written by a man and i thought it was great to see that he notices patriarchal issues in pop culture all the time now. It is true there are these issues prevelent in media stories, films, novels etc that a lot of us dont realize or chose to ignore. Kyley's presentation used three examples of films from the 1980's that i had seen but never really noticed ALL the patriarchal forces in them. I really enjoyed her presentation and as she concluded i realized that although there have been advances and freedoms for women we are still not anywhere near where we should be.
The blog discusses the movie '300' and how it doesnt address the issues of women and how they were viewed as wives and mothers first then people second. The author of this blog is upset by this because he says the film deals with issues of democracy but leaves out that women had any problems from society that they had to deal with at the time.
It is a very interesting blog to read and there are some other posts by him that are great too!
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