"They assume that men are the sole teachers of patriarchal thinking. Yet many female-headed households endorse and promote patriarchal thinking with far greater passionate than two-parent households."
QUOTES 'The Oppositional Gaze' : " Not all black women spectators submitted to that spectacle of regression through identification."
"Looking at films with a oppositional gaze, black women were able to critically access the cinema's construction of white womanhood as object of phallocentric gaze and choose not to identify with either victim or the perpetrator."
The first two quotes were picked from the first two chapters of Bell Hooks, " The Will to Change", and I liked the ideas presented by Ms. Hooks. In my own personal life, I have experienced a similar situation, being taught to be strong and how to carry myself as a man in current society. Although I was taught to be strong in my personal experience, I was also taught to be kind and to treat others whether they are male or female, black, white , asian or even an alien. Furthermore, due to my family dynamic, I was taught that women are just as strong as men and already had a sense of awe for women and how they can carry themselves in a great light even through all the hate and disrespect. To add on, the second quote was chosen due to the fact that I have had many friends who was not blessed like I have to have an two parent household. I have not had that experience to have a single-parent household but I could say that I do find it true that in some households where the mother is the sole provider, the children tend to take on ideas of patriarchal thinking due to their parents past. Sometimes, the parents are done wrong and in turn put those burdens upon the children.
As for the second two quotes that are from "The Oppositional Gaze", it hits close to home as I am a melanated individual. For awhile, my mother would teach me about how black women would be misrepresented in media and would be overshadowed by their white counterparts. In the paragraph above, people no matter race would experience the male gaze and or the female gaze, with both having to do with how male's view woman in society and how women view themselves within society. On top of that, Black women for some time would have to also deal with oppositional gaze, using it to go against norms and or ideas presented in cinema or the media in general. For awhile, melanated individuals had not much opportunities to express themselves or at least have their voices heard due to the leaders of the media choosing what can or cannot be heard.
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