Sunday, November 18, 2012

Society Gender Roles

Look at the picture of the child below. Please write down some thoughts describing the child and in addition please analyze the overall picture. What would ost people in society say about the picture?

22 comments:

  1. The photo is black and white and the child is wearing old styles of clothing so this was obviously taken along time ago. I also noticed she's not smiling. I believe the reason for this is because back then children weren't allowed to have a childhood because they were just treated like small adults. People in society today would say that this was unfair to children and deprived them.

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  2. It is evident that this photo was taken a long time ago, since it is not in color. Maybe it was from the 20s or 30s because of the clothing the girl is wearing. Moreover, the child appears to be depressed and almost helpless. Perhaps, this is because at this time children were undergoing harmful labor conditions and weren't always part of a good socioeconomic class. Today, society would have pity for this child and would want her to be happy.

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  3. The picture of the young girl is apparently from an older time, considering the color. As other people mentioned, she's also not smiling which is normal. Most pictures from older times depict people frowning instead of smiling. If anything it's just a social norm from the past, now in a picture we're asked to smile but previously that might not have been the case.

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  4. The picture was taken a long time ago, and though most people don't realize it, the child in that picture is a boy. He's in a dress,he has long hair and is wearing dress shoes. Today, No one would ever try to guess it is a boy. If you were to cover the picture from the neck down, you could see it's a boy by looking at his face, but as soon as someone sees a dress, they assume it's a girl.

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  5. The picture seems like its been taken a long time ago because of the cloth and how the girl looks. The girl looks like shes been forced to take the picture because of her facial expression, she does not look happy. She might have been unhappy because she had to wear that whole outfit and she was forced to take the picture.

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  6. The child looks very sad, she didn't smile and she looks very uncomfortable. This picture is from an older time period. From the picture I'm assuming she was forced to take this picture. I also think the child wasn't very happy, maybe from the child labor laws back then. She also has a very blank stare on her face almost as if she's saying "help me".

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  7. The picture is in black and white, and based on the clothing and the setting you can tell that it was taken a long time ago. Because of the time it was taken, the children had to look very proper. The child also does not look happy, which would be odd to people today. People today expect children to be smiling.

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  8. This is an old black and white picture of a litte girl. She is not smiling which around that time was normal. It looks like she is dressed up in everyday clothing then but now it probably looks like sunday clothes or something along that nature. Today in society they would feel that this child is miserable because she is not smiling in this picture!

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  9. Well it had to be in the 1800's, because of the black and white picture. she seems very upset about something, like she looks confused in a way, or looking at someone. She looks like she is Irish, seems very gentle and quite. Her cloths are very fancy, like party clothes. She looks very mature and proper. In our society, we will look at her with concern, because is seems something is bothering her.

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  10. Based on this photo you can tell it was taken a while back. The child is not smiling and it is wearing older clothing. Also, it is in black and white. I feel that society would think this child was not happy and that she was forced to take her picture.

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  11. From the looks of this picture it was taken in the early 1900s and mayb the 1950s. This is because of the clothing and that the photo is in black and white. The family seems to be middle class because they can afford a photo to be taken in a studio and the clothes. Most people in society would say that is a beautiful picture. If look at it closely it is not. The child looks miserable. She looks like she is about to cry or just got over crying and was probably scared and yelled at to stop crying.

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  12. This picture seems like back in the days since it's in black and white. The kid looks like a boy and I am convinced it's a boy because he is in a dress and is miserable because he is wearing girly clothes; probably that's why he isn't smiling in the picture. People would say look at that unhappy girl in the picture because he/she/it is wearing a dress, female shoes and a girly hat.

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  13. this picture was taken a long time ago, before pictures were printed in color. this was most likely a typical portrait of a young girl in those times. it is still common today for people to have photographs taken of their children such as this one with a nice dress and shoes etc, in front of a background such as this one.

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  14. This is a picture that was taken a long time ago. You can tell by the setting of the picture and the fact that its black and white, because most pictures nowadays are in color. It seems like a picture that would be taken in the early 1900s.

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  15. this picture is old and it is of a little girl wearing a dress and wearing her hair down. this picture shows the way our society believes little girls should dress. little girls are usually wearing a skirt or dress. boys almost always wear pants

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  16. It looks like this picture was taken maybe in the 1930's.It also looks as if the little girl is not happy, I don't even see a small smile. This also looks like these are her sunday best clothes and she may live in a rural area.

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  17. While looking at this picture the girl looks a little unhappy and she looks as if she was forced to sit there and be dressed up like that. Obviously since the picture is in black and white it was taken a long time ago and also by the look of her dress and the style of her hair it was taken a while ago

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  18. This picture was probably taken sometime in the 1930s. From what you can see in the picture, it seems like the little girl hates having to dress up in that dress and have that type of hair just for the picture. This picture shows how girls dressed up in that time because that was what society thought they should look like. Now, this is still done today in color photos when kids' parents still dress them up a certain way.

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  19. This picture is clearly from a different time period, a period where children didn't smile a lot, all girls wore dresses, high socks or tights. You can tell she was forced to sit up straight in the picture. She just looks very depressed and uncomfortable, people today wouldn't take a picture like that, little girls probably would get dressed up in a dress for a picture but they would look happy usually.

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  20. This picture is obviously from years ago beacuse of the black and white. The little girl is wearing a nice dress with a little sun hat and fancy shoes. People back then would find this to be a normal picture. Today they might find it to be too formal. The girl looks miserable and like she does not want to be there. She doesn't look happy because she's uncomfortable and does not want to wear that dress and she was forced too.

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  21. The photo looks like it was taken in the early 1900s. This photo portrays the stereotyped version of what young girls should have looked like back then. The girl is wearing a fancy dress with a sun hat and shows no expression, which it seems like it was the time period where women had no say anyway. She looks miserable and uncomfortable. This is not how it is today, yet parents still do dress their children in a certain way when they take pictures.

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  22. This photo looks as if it was taken in the late 1800s or early 1900s. This photo shows what most people today would described as the way a wealthy young girl would dress in this era. She is wearing a fancy dress with a hat and new buckled shoes.

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