Blog 9 Pop Culture

Pop culture has influenced the way I view men and women. From pop culture women are supposed to be girly and always care about their appearance and have the desire to be sexy at times. When I look at women that do not portray any of these aspects, I feel like they are rebels and just want attention, when that is not the case at all, maybe they just didn't care that day. Men are shown through pop culture to be smart, strong, good looking, active, and always a hard worker. When I see men that are not like that I feel like the first thing that comes to mind is that he is weird or even worse that he is gay. Of course this is not the right attitude to have towards men or women, but because of media and pop culture i feel like it is a norm to have this perception.
Race and class is another way that pop culture has influenced my perception on. I feel like the pop culture has portrayed black men as being angry all the time and violent and only cares about women's bodies. Of course this is not accurate at all but that is how the media portrays it. I feel that the media portrays class as if you are rich then you will succeed in life and if you are poor you have no chance so don't even try.
When I am watching TV and I see something sexist I usually make the comment "is that necessary?" Of course it is usually about the exposure of women and not men. What is the worst is that society is just thinking it is the norm to have these commercials or sexism showing and nobody says anything. I feel like society is royally screwed up because they basically show porn on television and it is OK.