- Do you ever think about why men can walk around without shirts on and women can't?
- Do you ever think about the diminishing waistline of female models every where?
- Have you ever seen a man wearing a skirt?
- What do you think of women who wear power suits?
- What do you think when you are getting dressed?
- Why do you dress the way you do?
Our goal is to perform a safe and active environment on this blog where people can participate in dialoge about gender and fashion. We want to expose gender polarization, socialization, and construction. Every individual performs gender different ways based upon their socialization and influences. This issue includes ideas about race, ethnicity, religion, location and more.
We hope to educate and move from questioning yourself to sharing questions and dialogue with others. Our focus is on fashion and style and how it is associated with gender association. How does ones style and fashion sense express their gender or gender role in society?
A goal is to get you thinking about the way you dress, do your hair, walk, and talk. What makes girls want to wear pink or things that are sparkly? Is it because they are pressured by their peers, the media, want to impress the opposite sex? Why do boys wear jerseys or baggy pants? What makes people think that is what their gender is supposed to look like?
Let's explore!
This is an Intergroup Collaboratory Project of SOC/WPS 230.
