Week 2 Response

In Sea’s essay, he points out how modern commercials have been displaying what is considered manly and what isn’t considered manly and even how the commercials have been punishing what would be considered unmanly. I believe Sea is trying to take a different look at commercials and rather than look at how they show women as sex objects, to instead show how commercials are trying to show how men should act and behave. When you look at other TV shows and even magazines, you can begin to see how other stereotypes are supposed to act. TV shows us how gay men should talk with a lisp, be good at home decoration, and even dress well. Republicans are expected to be pro-guns, and pro-choice, and if you state that you are a republican, then it is assumed that you agree with these statements. The downside to stereotypes like this is that it gives people an easy way of judging others. You cannot judge someone and assume what their beliefs are and what they think is right or wrong just because they state they are gay or a republican, but instead you should talk to them and find out what they really believe. It is these stereotypes and others that are keeping racism and hatred between people of different beliefs alive, and Sea is helping to show us this by providing us with another example of how the media influences our lives and persuade us on how we should act and think.