Tag Archives: sociological images

Advertising Sins: Food and Masculinity

Posted on March 12, 2012 by ozymandias

(Hat tip to Sociological Images.) I have previously expressed my puzzlement at the bizarre gendering of food. Men like Big Portions, did you know? And meat! Women like teeny portions and gourmet food and vegetables, possibly because they are always … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising sins, femmephobia, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged food, masculinity, sociological images, women are elves | 34 Comments

Anti-Intellectualism in Boy Scout Badges

Posted on March 12, 2012 by ozymandias

Sociological Images has an interesting post on the gender differences between Boy Scout and Girl Scout manuals, one bit of which really sticks out to me. Interestingly, and in contrast, Denny also found that Boy, but not Girl Scout manuals taught … Continue reading →

Posted in children, femmephobia, gender movements, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged anti-intellectualism, boy scouts, girl scouts, sociological images | 41 Comments

The Before Body

Posted on February 27, 2012 by ozymandias

(Hat tip to Sociological Images.) Below the cut, we have a fascinating video in which a man becomes both the “before” and the “after” body for a weight-loss, muscle-gain ad– within only a few hours. To get the after body, he … Continue reading →

Posted in body image, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged body image, magazines, photoshop, sociological images | 78 Comments

Male Friendship

Posted on January 18, 2012 by ozymandias

(hat tip to StartledOctopus) This is an interesting video from Sociological Images (no transcript available and I don’t want to write an transcript of an hour-and-a-half video, sorry) about how gender affects friendship, although the audience appeared more interested in … Continue reading →