It’s hard to unknow what you already know.
-I’m not entirely sure of the source
So sad that after decades of declared feminism and the fact that women aren’t objects, we still see that well an alive in pop culture.
Take Angels and Demons for example. Dan Brown clearly reinforces the stereotype of Robert Langdon, a prominent symbologist and the very feminine Victoria. She’s not what most of us would imagine as a physicist and in reality is not so. She overly sexed to produce an interesting dynamic in an otherwise academic mystery novel. And that seems to be her only purpose.
Evolutionary biology would infer that men are more attracted to physically find women, while women just want men to be able to provide. However, the society clearly dictates otherwise. Women are able to provide for themselves and their offspring without the involvement men ( even if this fact is heavily debated). So why are we still buying into a society that reinforces the White patriarchal stereotype. As we move into future generations of non-race, the inherent White patriarch is still embedded in our society. And even if move beyond it, our subconscious still has an effect. Can we really move beyond race and gender, if white, whether the symbolism of the color or the race, and male dominated societies still remain in our collective views?
I’m not sure, but race and gender are certainly not the moot issue that pop culture dictates it should be. Clearly it’s still prevalent in our culture.
