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Our group project focuses on the subject “Home” as our main theme, in the context of American culture. Below are the 10 examples of “Home” as portrayed in cultural “artifacts”: 1)       Commercial advertisements about kitchen accessories or amenities which presents women as the main targets/users Image retrieved from Yu Hsuan blog (Nov, 2017) 2)       Poster displays men as executives and women as sexualized objects. Image retrieved from Alex Mayyasi article “The Selfie: A Window into our Sexist Souls” 3)       Music videos which portray women as sex symbols and home makers. Image retrieved from Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7atETyJZU ) 4)       A popular movie features this woman as a sex slave. Image retrieved from Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJCc5HRPxYA) 5)       Wall hangings or paintings...

Home and Gender Roles - Poster

Our poster is in direct relation to gendered home life mentioned in the discussion. The poster calls out our collective ideologies and behavior as a society and demonstrates the inequality and prejudice through traditional “gendered” images of activities and objects in the home. Women's work vs. a man's.