Ch 6: Subordination

Korean Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

"When an embrace or a kiss is shown, women are most commonly shown leaning back, submitting to the male advance. He is shown initiating the encounter, she is shown passively welcoming the attention."

"Very commonly when persons in the image have functions, these functions are ranked, with the male carrying out the senior functions, the female the junior functions. Men act, and women help men act. Males are more likely to be shown in the executive or leadership role, with females in the supportive, assistant, or decorative accessory role."

"...the most common image is the taller male, and the shorter female. Exceptions occur where the male is weakened by sickness or old age, or is of lower social status (such as a servant) than the female. Height routinely symbolizes social rank."

"Erving Goffman argues that the positioning of bodies displays appropriate social roles for the genders, that a person's behavior and appearance can be expressive and symbolic, communicating to observers about their social identity, about their inner states and feelings, about their intentions and expectations, and about the nature of their relationships with others."

Amazon.com: Gender Advertisements (9780060906337): Erving Goffman, Vivian Gornick: Books

Literally, everywhere we go in today's society, we are bombarded with different advertisements and products. When we are driving, we pass billboard after billboard. When we are walking, we pass telephone booths with ads plastered on the sides. When we are watching videos online, we usually sit through a 15 or 30 second commercial before…

(Source) Introduction - Objectification Done Right This may be an old ad, but it's just a great introduction to my Gender Advertisements in the Korean Context lecture. I'll probably still be using it 10 years from now. First, because it shows the value in spending a couple of extra seconds to really look at an…

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