Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Femininity, Nanny, Teen Mom

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Lecture 3 - class and femininity on reality tv. Identities & consumption: what you consume tells people what and how you are, you are (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g sold produ(cid:272)ts that are goi(cid:374)g to (cid:373)ake you a (cid:271)etter perso(cid:374) buy this toaster a(cid:374)d your husband will love you. Its up to you to consume the right stuff: buy this and you"ll have this kind of life. Femininity & cultural class: you will continue to self manage to fit in to the ideal. Sell myself as the right kind of femininity but this is only possible if you consume the right stuff. Snookie is a perfect example of this, she moves from trashy and slutty to respectable working class femininity (bourgeois femininity) Working class femininity: the women on teen mom often have their morality put into question (they might have many kids by different man)