The article The Tabs: No Men allowed is a story about the FACT that women dominate the tabloids. Whether you are standing in line at the grocery store or witnessing it on TV women are unfairly targeted by the tabloids. If something does happen to a man then the blame is usually split between the man and a women. Tom Cruise was criticized for his strange beliefs in scientology, but Katie Holmes was dragged in to help take some of the blame
(http://www.slate.com/id/2128041/late.com/id/2128041/). Countless female stars have been on covers of Star Magazine and the International Inquirer for having eating disorders or drinking problems. They are painted as monsters; they are the scum of society. All these girls do is drink and party, and then put their fingers down their throats, or at least that’s how the tabloids tend to paint it. Eating disorders and drug addictions are not just physical dependences they are mental problems. Owen Wilson was recently in the news for an attempted suicide but was he painted as some sort of deviant of society, some sort of freak? No, he wasn’t (view this clip of Ben Stiller talking about Wilson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/28/watch-ben-stiller-talks-_n_66319.html_n_66319.html). Articles regarding the event showed pictures of Wilson looking good, some even showed pictures of past movies he’d been in. He was not criticized, and why should he be, this is a serious metal problem. Drug addiction and eating disorders are also life threatening and they are not really given any level of seriousness or treated with any sort of compassion. The tabloids treat women as second class citizens.
This is the same way that women are treated in other cultures. In Punjabi cultures in England women are also treated as second class. Traditionally the eldest son will live at home with his parents. He will even raise a family of his own in his parents’ house. He will, all the while be supporting them financially. This is how things go. Because of these traditions parents hope for a boy to be born. Girls are viewed as financial burdens, their birthdays aren’t even celebrated, but a boy’s birthday is. In China ther
e exists a one-child-policy where parents can only have one child, as a way of reducing the ballooning population. This also forces parents to hope for a boy so that the family name can live on. There have been cases of female babies been found in dumpsters outside hospitals for this very reason.
This is a horrible thing. It may be a bit of a stretch to compare some ridiculing in a tabloid to this kind of treatment but it is inequality all around. Women are still fighting an uphill battle, as they have been since the beginning of time. Although the inequality is not as profound in North America it is still an issue. The fact that women are treated differently by the tabloids and the media acts as a good symbol of the way that society thinks.
How does this affect the way that we communicate? Even in everyday situations males are often given more respect and authority than a female. I have noticed that it takes my female professors longer than my male professors to get the class to settle down. There is far less talking my lectures with male professors than the ones run by females. This directly affects females because they are the ones that need to try harder to grasp someone’s attention.
To conclude I will saying that the unfair treatment of women in the tabloids is, in fact gender inequality. The way media portrays women is a good scope of how people tend to think. This can be seen in everyday situations, like in lectures, and professors varying levels of authority, depending on their gender. Gender greatly affects our communicative relationships, whether you are a Punjabi in England, or a reader of the tabloids.
(http://www.slate.com/id/2128041/late.com/id/2128041/). Countless female stars have been on covers of Star Magazine and the International Inquirer for having eating disorders or drinking problems. They are painted as monsters; they are the scum of society. All these girls do is drink and party, and then put their fingers down their throats, or at least that’s how the tabloids tend to paint it. Eating disorders and drug addictions are not just physical dependences they are mental problems. Owen Wilson was recently in the news for an attempted suicide but was he painted as some sort of deviant of society, some sort of freak? No, he wasn’t (view this clip of Ben Stiller talking about Wilson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/28/watch-ben-stiller-talks-_n_66319.html_n_66319.html). Articles regarding the event showed pictures of Wilson looking good, some even showed pictures of past movies he’d been in. He was not criticized, and why should he be, this is a serious metal problem. Drug addiction and eating disorders are also life threatening and they are not really given any level of seriousness or treated with any sort of compassion. The tabloids treat women as second class citizens.
This is the same way that women are treated in other cultures. In Punjabi cultures in England women are also treated as second class. Traditionally the eldest son will live at home with his parents. He will even raise a family of his own in his parents’ house. He will, all the while be supporting them financially. This is how things go. Because of these traditions parents hope for a boy to be born. Girls are viewed as financial burdens, their birthdays aren’t even celebrated, but a boy’s birthday is. In China ther
e exists a one-child-policy where parents can only have one child, as a way of reducing the ballooning population. This also forces parents to hope for a boy so that the family name can live on. There have been cases of female babies been found in dumpsters outside hospitals for this very reason.This is a horrible thing. It may be a bit of a stretch to compare some ridiculing in a tabloid to this kind of treatment but it is inequality all around. Women are still fighting an uphill battle, as they have been since the beginning of time. Although the inequality is not as profound in North America it is still an issue. The fact that women are treated differently by the tabloids and the media acts as a good symbol of the way that society thinks.
How does this affect the way that we communicate? Even in everyday situations males are often given more respect and authority than a female. I have noticed that it takes my female professors longer than my male professors to get the class to settle down. There is far less talking my lectures with male professors than the ones run by females. This directly affects females because they are the ones that need to try harder to grasp someone’s attention.
To conclude I will saying that the unfair treatment of women in the tabloids is, in fact gender inequality. The way media portrays women is a good scope of how people tend to think. This can be seen in everyday situations, like in lectures, and professors varying levels of authority, depending on their gender. Gender greatly affects our communicative relationships, whether you are a Punjabi in England, or a reader of the tabloids.
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