Thursday, April 28, 2011

7. Explain how the following video is both an oppositional and dominant commentary on (or use of) gender and sexuality, and discuss the implications of the film from both perspectives.

This video approached mainly through the dominant the heterosexual, white male. The narration of the video is of a man that seems to be "white." Every time the man says bra he "coughs" in order to emphasize the fact that the woman is fixing her bra. On the other hand it is oppositional because of the woman. The woman is trying to look sexy by making her boobs look bigger and she is listening to the instructions that the narrator is giving her. Even so the body language that is seen here also makes the difference of the dominant. In the end the woman is on her knees while the guy is still standing above her, symbolizing that he is above her.

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