blog #3

A) "... women nuzzle children but men apparently do not." (Goffman 79)  I think that Goffman tries to show the point that women nuzzle children through an example as a mother with a newborn baby or any baby.  Majority of advertisements or commercials show a woman nuzzling with an infant.  This gives you the idea that the infant might be the offspring of the woman or real close like family.  I find this significant because it is true that you never see men nuzzle.  No ads, pictures, nor commercials show a man nuzzling with an infant or a woman.  Women do also nuzzle with men and objects.  Men also do not show affection or a public display of it more than woman do.  I believe women show more because of the attention from it.  Goffman believes that men can show theirs by a different tactic.  For example, men could lay their hand to show a woman support, they can use verbal interaction, parent-like affection by laying of the hand and etc.

B) "When did "perfection" become applicable to the human body?" (Bordo 151)  Bordo puts the point across to ask why do people associate perfection with the human body.  I find this appealing because it is most certainly true.  Majority of the population has issues that pertain to this topic.  I am not just saying this for women but for men also.  The media portrays some type of imagine where we believe is "perfect."  But what is perfect?  Why is this term being associated with humans?  It is sure that the media started their own definition of perfect where many try to live up to an expectation of perfect.  This "perfection" also plays a big role when we are talking about appearances.  Magazines, movies, television, news, internet, and etc. show an example of what is "in" and how they think we should look.  Everyone now has a way of living up to this perfection level that has been set for them by expectations of others.  People care too much about what others think.  Therefore society is also to blame for this perfection.

C)Goffman's analysis is true for the most part.  You are more likely to see women than men nuzzling with an infant or object.  When shopping around I do see men nuzzling a child in a photo but only when the photo consist of the man himself and the child.  Goffman's view is right though because men do show protection and concern over the family by being on the outside of the picture.  It also shows this power that the man has and that this is his family.  As for the women Goffman's idea of that this is the way women can show their affection is true.  Ladies are more gentle and show more passion when on the topic of feelings.  Bordo's analysis seems so modern day with the quote I've picked.  His analysis is definitely correct and does hold up today.  The visual images in advertisements have of men and women have not changed.  According to both, both analysis would hold up today.