A series of quotes and imagery I've found that have helped when thinking about gender, sexuality and sexiam in general.
All reminding me that it's not just me bothered about these issues! A whole world out there of people who want some form of change.
Some quotes i found that i liked when it came to marketing game towards women.
''Instead of paying attention to why women play certain games or speaking to women who identify as gamers, it appears that game companies prefer to work with stereotypes. ''
''Advertising through the same old outlets will get you the same old results.''
Different kinds of attractions
I liked this as when 2 characters are together they are usually romantic or sexual if they are male and female. I feel sensual attractions, 'squishes' and atheistic attraction are those that aren't explored as much.
I'd probably class my 2 main character 'Tetra' and 'Weathercoats' in the Squishes catagory. close and friendly, not afraid of physical contact but platonic.
Original post here: http://secondlina.tumblr.com/post/21955456091/a-comic-about-the-different-types-of-attraction
This one i mostly found amusing. Although i go like the message that not all women have curves. Does'nt stop them from being a 'real' woman!
This is just a quote that i found actually, quite true!
“Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is so fragile that apparently even the slightest brush with the feminine destroys it.”
--Gwen Sharp
This is something I've found that sum's up words used for women fairly well. You rarely hear about the middle ground between the two extremes.
A nice sum up of what gender.
Two very different takes on a body campaign....
Something wrong with one of them!
This is also a pretty cool video talking about how women's poultry in all media is really effecting how people grow up and perceive woman and men.
some quotes from the video:
''10 hours and 45 minutes of media consumption a day'
For the average teenager.
''girls get he message very early on that the most important thing is the way you look...''
''...And boys get the message that this is what's important about girls''
''there is no appreciation for women intellectual''
''The fact that media are so limitings, and so derogatory to the most powerful women in the country then what does it say about medias ability to take any woman seriously''
'The notion that these media companies are just 'giving us what the public want' No. They've giving us media companies want giving us what the advertisers want and packaging it in such a way to make it seem like it's our fault and it's not''
''We're socializing boys to believe that being a man means being powerful and in control. Being smarter than women being beter than women, our needs get met first in a relationship with women. That's not genetically predestined it's learnt behavior.''
''media can awaken people and change minds. It depends on who's piloting the plane''
And one day hopefully people will not focus on a persons appearance!
