Official Shrub.com Blog » Red-blooded American Sexist http://blog.shrub.com Because we care about stuff Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sexist Language [Red-blooded American Sexist, Part 3] http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_395 http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_395#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:16:26 +0000 tekanji http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_395 here [JPG]). The language Lisner uses throughout the blurb Others, dehumanizes, and ultimately objectifies the women that he's talking about -- both drawn and real. The chart below compares the language he uses to describe women versus the language he uses to describe men. In terms of variation of terms it was equal (4 on 4), but the distribution of those terms reinforces the general message being sent in the blurb -- men as people, women as objects.
Term# of UsesTerm# of Uses
Women2Men4
Female4Male1
Girls1Guy2
Ladies1Gentlemen1
Lisner uses "female" the most to describe women and "men" the most to describe men. In fact, the one use of "male" is a correct usage of the term, while most of the way he uses "female" are inappropriate outside of a nature documentary or science lab. Before I get into the nitty gritty, however, let me first explain the differences between "female"/"male" and "woman"/"man". ]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_395/feed 26 Men Stereotyping Women [Red-blooded American Sexist, Part 2] http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_394 http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_394#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:03:45 +0000 tekanji http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_394 here [JPG]). In Part 1 I discussed how Lisner relies on stereotypes of masculinity to create a "boy's club" environment meant to set his presumably male readership at ease. In Part 2 I will be focusing on the ways that he constructs femininity and in the process Others and objectifies women.]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_394/feed 3 Men Stereotyping Men [Red-blooded American Sexist, Part 1] http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_393 http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_393#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:22:27 +0000 tekanji http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_393 Disembodied Womanparts, Yay!
What kind of man misogynist are you?
Right now the comics blogsphere is abuzz with criticisms of Wizard Magazine's latest disaster: their How to Draw series. Well, perhaps not latest, as it seems that there have been complaints about this series for a while now. Following a trail of links, I came across a 2005 post by LJ user Rat Creature. Which lead me to a link about the "Triple Threat" -- which, contrary to what it sounds like, is not a wrestling move. The triple threat, of course, references the three ways (boobs, butt, legs) in red-blooded American guys objectify view women! The blurb that I will be tearing apart can be found here (JPG). For reference, the person writing it is Joseph Lisner, known for drawing Dawn. I've actually split this analysis into three sections, the first of which will deal with the way that Lisner constructs American masculinity.]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-25_393/feed 9