Comments on: Fun with the 2009 Target Catalog http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Blix http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-528838 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:26:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-528838 Jesus taught radical views on marriage for the time period! He spoke against the extremely slanted male/ female roles in marriage by saying that a husband should actually *gasp* LOVE his wife (enough to give his life for her), and that a wife should respect her husband. What is so wrong with that?   Nowhere does is say anything about slavery!

]]> By: Alix http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-426493 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:43:22 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-426493 It’s not a “hidden agenda” so much as it is just buying into typical stereotypes. It’s lazy. With the exception of the girl playing with the robot and in an active (rather than passive) pose, it’s chockful of stereotypes. I’m white, and I notice the preponderance of ads with my skin color; don’t you? That doesn’t make it racist, but it sure gets old to see only blond girls in pink in toy ads.

]]> By: karry http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-414716 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:33:57 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-414716 I’d start watching Transformer if it was as follows! =)

]]> By: Julie http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-354454 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:54:48 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-354454 Anytime there are white people in an ad does that mean they are being racist? Also if the girl was blurred in the background it may be argued that the girl is not seen as a person by blurring her. Not everything has a hidden social agenda behind it

]]> By: Marital Bliss… For Him Anyway » Sociological Images http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-241233 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:32:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-241233 […] told that getting men hate the idea of getting married and are wives are such a drag (see here and here for […]

]]> By: Marriage: Are We Off That? — theFreshXpress.com — The PULSE of Young Black America http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-219489 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:06:58 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-219489 […] sex than their single, divorced, and cohabitating peers. It’s odd that though we’re basically programmed from birth that all girls want to grow up and get married and all boys should avoid it like […]

]]> By: Защо продължаваме да говорим за феминизма? « It Looks Like A Feminist Blog http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-194363 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:08:47 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-194363 […] женски и мъжки професии, женски и мъжки специалности. Играчки, интереси, символи на любов, роли, представи за […]

]]> By: Gene http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-180477 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:18:51 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-180477 The people who want to marry Starscream, lol!

]]> By: Corporate Babysitter » Blog Archive » Target toy catalog cover really just a sitting duck http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-178308 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:21:20 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-178308 […] I have been carrying around the 2009 Target toy catalog with me since I received it in November, showing it to friends and just delighting in the fact that this post would write itself. Guest blogger Monica at Sociological Images beat me to it, however, with this fantasic critique. […]

]]> By: Lauren http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-177052 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:46:07 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-177052 By the age of four my sister was organizing commandos with the Barbies her uncles and aunts kept dropping on her when they weren’t accumulating dust deep under her bed, her favorite toy was always the blackboard she’d found at 5 in a dumpster and the chalk we gave her to complete it, and she plays CoD since she’s 9. Mom taught her to be strong, and atm she does Karate and asked her big sis to teach her how to do heads in soccer.

Lolclination amirite

]]> By: Lauren http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-177045 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:39:09 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-177045 1 – Admittedly, but still shown out of proportion
2 – orly
3 – citation needed
4 – very stereotypical dressup at that
5 – heh
6 – citation needed
7 – heh
8 – you’re an idiot

As for the last point, if you want to berate academics, just don’t go in college and go to trade school, and quit your whining.

]]> By: lsmsrbls http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-176352 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:06:52 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-176352 I loved this post! Well done, Monica. Thanks for writing this, and thanks to Lisa for sharing it.

]]> By: Guest Post: Fun with the 2009 Target Catalog « Flagstaffmama’s Weblog http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-176206 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:00:40 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-176206 […] Flagstaffmama’s Weblog {December 25, 2009}   Guest Post: Fun with the 2009 Target Catalog Guest Post: Fun with the 2009 Target Catalog. […]

]]> By: Tim http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-176200 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:46:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-176200 That’s the whole idea of this blog! Expressing entitlement by nitpicking, bitching (aka public criticism) and blowing things out of proportion (using your imagination)!

Did you see that new commercial? Not only is the woman white and wearing a dress, she’s breastfeeding! Oh the humanity!

]]> By: Leslie http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/12/23/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog/comment-page-1/#comment-176120 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:53:03 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=17886#comment-176120 I don’t think that is a compelling argument that it is innate, though. It seems likely that your daughter interacts with people other than you and your wife, and the way society talks to her (e.g. “What’s your favorite color, sweetie? Is it pink? I like pink, too. It’s pretty.”) will influence her opinions and tastes. If she knows what a pony and a kitty and a princess are, she’s likely also received information, subtle though it may be, about whether they are desirable and appropriate objects for play or not.

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