weekly participation- Jessica Creager

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The question this week is "How can we transform the meaning of masculinity in society so it no longer associated with violence?". My interviewee stated that we would need to use the media to change the characters within movies,etc. To put men in more passive, more feminine roles such as nurses and make them still look "cool". She stated that with the fem fatale movement allowed women to be portrayed in more powerful and successful roles. She believes that this portrayal in movies, etc. allowed women to acceptably act that way in society. And if media did the same opposite gender roles for me, it would be more acceptable for men. She also stated that we could encourage children to play or express themselves however they choose. To let young boys know that they do not have to be the macho military man. If we as a society we did not treat boys and girls so differently, you would see a change with each generation. We would continue to see the change and there would be less gender differences thus violence would no longer be associated with masculinity.