Women and Golf CaDarius Giles

First thing that comes to my mind when golf is mentioned is Tiger Woods, one of the all time greats not to mention he’s African American. I have never really took the liberty of taking on the sport myself but i have watched it a few times and played a few golf video games. On the other hand i have never heard of any women who play golf professionally. I know they exist but its not as popular as men’s golf. Through my research media portrays the the females in beauty more than in sport.Adrienne class is the co-founder of trendy golf and she speaks about women in golf. “To be a woman in the golf industry can be difficult because, yes, it’s very male dominated. But I haven’t really had any issues with it. I kind of come in like a bull in a china shop and just get it done, so nobody really gives me a hard time.”

Pretty much she talks about the sport as being respected as long as you get the job done, even though its not as popular as the male sport.

Beauty Redefined Photoshop CaDarius Giles

 Photoshopping has become and epidemic in the media. They cut and trim away at photos, men and women to obtain a false visualization to pitch to the audiences around the world. Not only does this “perfection” force people who support or look up to these people to make ridiculous alterations to their physical appearance. It takes a tole on a person’s mindset who feel that they cannot add up to the next person. Self confidence is at an all time low because our youth see’s these images of perfect people and things that they cannot live up to. To make it worse even health magazine alter there images, all of  these unhealthy practices have come to an end.

Susan B Anthony CaDarius Giles

Susan B Anthony was a persistent individual who was to determine bring about civil rights for blacks and women in society. Anthony was Great inspirational leader who stood up for what she believed in, she also founded the NWSA. She gave countless speeches and protested until she died.

Susan Anthony was arrested for voting in 1872 which in turn paved the way for womens right to vote, and equality for women rights. Anthony did not understand what was going on in the world, in her house men and women spoke equally. Before she died she told friend Anna Shaw, ” To think i have had more than 60 years of hard struggle for little liberty, and to die without it seems so cruel.”

In 1920 16 years after she died women were able to vote

Through her hard work and never give up spirit In 1920 16 years after she died women were able to vote, also her face was put on a coin.

SRPI CaDarius Giles

 At SRPI i saw several stereotypes. Most of the functions seemed to be held by women and less men, which goes along with this independent woman epidemic. Not saying there is anything wrong with “Strong Independent” women but at a function like that should have a representative for males and females. Also if you take a look at the flyer i designed there are bright pinks and blues which associates with females, and also “Beauty” is associated with this event which is something that isn’t important to acknowledge i feel, it shouldn’t matter who is beautiful and who is not. This was an all women event hosted by a man.

Snow Girl CaDarius Giles

When I first looked at the image I thought, why is she white and dressed in all white representing Jamaica? Second was the headpiece that looked like something out of a church attached to a swim cap . I thought to myself, why does she look so plain? The escort looks very innocent and pure I suppose because of the all white costume, boots that come up past her knees, and how she has barely any skin showing. The escort is surrounded by black men which through my knowledge about the history of black people and stereotypes it made it seem like she was a supreme being and they followed her. Russian females are tall, have long hair, and strong features, everything depicted in the woman here.

Through my readings I realized that the ladies represented the Snegurochka or “snow girl” and that this was the reason for all the white. Then I reflected back to Snow White the Disney character who befriended seven dwarfs. In Russia the Snow Girl is a big deal and I suppose they were just giving respect to the country

60 minutes CaDarius Giles

Ambient for 20 years caused women to overdose because of the dosage given, also womens tolerance to prescription pills are lower than males. This video states that over 20 years ago when someone mentioned women’s health it usually meant what they call bikini medicine. Pregnancy ,Menstrual cycles, etc. It also states that when it came to the body parts that men and women share the test and focus was on predominantly male subjects. The male in the video says to the reporter  “You are me, with pesky hormones”. How can a hormone be pesky in one subject and not the other?

Even in research about human hearts, heart disease and heart attacks women were on the short of the stick. Scientist only studied male rat species to determine what work for heart diseases in men. It was not until later that scientist started using male and female species and recording the differences in the two. Male and female do have differences and require separate equal attention.

Justin Loggins: Women in Golf

It didn’t take Beverly Hanson long to realize that playing golf was more rewarding than writing about it.

The pay was better, too.

Equipped with a journalism degree from North Dakota, she went to work at The Fargo Forum for 50 cents an hour and was assigned to cover a men’s golf tournament. Her first byline was under the name “Ben Hanson” because the editor assumed the writer made a typo.

Then, she was playing golf in Florida that winter in 1944 when Hanson discovered lawn attendants were making more money.

“That’s how I decided to be a golfer,” Hanson told The Forum years later.

Hanson died April 12 in Twin Falls, Idaho, from complications of Alzheimer’s and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 89.

Louise Suggs twice finished runner-up to Hanson in major championships. She’s troubled that Hanson’s career has largely been overlooked, even in death.

“I’m surprised nobody picked up on the fact she passed away,” Suggs said Tuesday from her home in St. Augustine, Fla. “I knew Bev from the very beginning. We played amateur golf together. She was a clever person, always quick on the draw. She was a great addition to the tour.”

Hanson was a key link to the formative years of the LPGA Tour, even though she was not among its 13 founding members.

The year the LPGA was formed in 1950, Hanson won the U.S. Women’s Amateur at East Lake — Bobby Jones presented her the trophy — went 3-0 in the Curtis Cup and finished the year by beating Patty Berg in the Texas Women’s Open as an amateur.

Justin Loggins: Are You Really Who You Say You Are?

Photo shopping, digital alteration, image manipulation, blah blah blah. Everyone talks about the fact that so many images of women are “perfected” with the help of technology, but we can’t just toss it aside as a non-issue everyone already knows about. Whether or not a person is aware of the possibility of image alterations, not everyone realizes exactly HOW MUCH these images are changed to fit some seriously un-human and unrealistic ideals that we view over and over. And not everyone understands that it isn’t just fashion magazine covers that feature drastically Photo shopped images. It’s TV. It’s video. It’s your favorite brand online. It’s everywhere. One of the main strategies used to reinforce and normalize a distorted idea of “average” is media’s representation of women as extremely thin (meaning much thinner than the actual population or what is physically possible for the vast majority of women) – either by consistent use of models and actresses that are underweight or extremely thin, or by making the models and actresses fit their idea of ideal thinness and beauty through digital manipulation both on screen through computer-generated imagery (CGI — shown in the Britney Spears music video example) and in print media.

Justin Loggins: Bechdel Rule

The fact that Walt Hickey is using numbers and facts to back his claim, gives him a bit more credibility than his movie industry experts.  Most of what the experts said were rumors. =My favorite movies is The Help. It passes the Bechdel test, because the movie is about women, they talk about a lot more than men, and there is definetely more than one woman lead. The revenue values are broken down like this…

Domestic Box Office: $169,705,587 
International Box Office: $43,414,417
Worldwide Box Office: $213,120,004

Compared to the top movie of 2011, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two, the gross of The Help is only about half of that with Harry Potter’s box office amount for the year being $381,011,219. This is not such a significant difference when you consider the demographics catered to by both of these movies and their target audiences. The Help doesn’t feature many crazy special effects, intricate backgrounds, or globally famous actors but it still is around $100,000 less grossing than Harry Potter. This shows the versatility of the movie industry given gender, race, and time period of the movie plot.

Karis Gibson Bechdel Rule

The Bechdel Rule is an interesting piece that connects women in films together. It creates the notion of women on screen talking about things other than men and women actually having a dialogue with each other period! It brings together a new medium in the film industry when a woman actually has something to say that isn’t classified as ditzy or farfetched. Looking at the fivethirtyeight article, it was interesting to see the budgeting aspect on films that dealt with women. Low budget makings that ultimately result in grossing millions of dollars once released. I took one of the classic female movies “Charlie’s Angels” and calculated it into the-numbers.com for gross results. It was amazing to me that worldwide the film doubled its production budget. It really goes to show that women have the power to create a dollar out of a dime if giving the opportunity.