Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Stereotypes in a different era

Looking through a 1973 Time magazine, I find myself in a whole different world, when women stayed at home and raising the children was their profession.
The pictures of women are usually when they are with their husbands and are always in a dress/skirt. The women are extremely stereotyped. They are shown kissing, dancing or sewing.
The only woman I saw acting androgonous, a tennis player, was poked fun at on Battle of the Sexes. A man played women's tennis in a bonnet and dress! That's unbelivable. The Watergate scandal was also in this issue. A picture of the courtroom showed that out of 75 + people less than 5 were women. There were two pictures of primarily women: a fashion show and musical.
Well, at least I can look at these and thank god that I'm in a time of a more equal media. Not equal, but more equal.

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