RGM Post 2

So last night in class we were discussing women's roles in media and society. The point was brought up that people may have a great view of a company until they find out that its CEO is a woman. Their thoughts about the company might immediately change and they could lose some of their support for the company. People tend to have less faith in women running a company than they do for men, and that's completely ridiculous in my mind. Yes, women have made leaps and bounds in their rights, but to still be looked upon as less capable to run a business shouldn't be the issue that it is. I could go on about this, but it wouldn't be any new insight that hasn't been said before, so I will move on.

We also saw an ad that portrayed plus size models, and said plus is equal. The biggest issue that people had with it was that the models they used were still hourglass shaped, and that's not how everyone looks. They are wanting to show how women truly look...by choosing models with a specific body type. Now, I understand why they did that, but people are still going to get upset because it's not truly how women look. The problem is, I don't have the magic solution to this issue. I don't think anyone does really.

The last thing we discussed in class was the black press in America, and the history of it. It was so interesting to me! I really enjoyed the documentary we watched about it. The crazy thing is, we don’t learn about any of this in history class. Sure, I had heard the term “black press” before, and honestly I knew about a lot of it from my History of American Media class at UNT. But I believe that this stuff should be taught in History classes in high schools. It is an incredibly important part of our history that shouldn’t just be skimmed over.