They say "a picture is worth a thousand words."  What do these pictures say?

From:  LEGO Friends Petition: Parents, Women And Girls Ask Toy Companies To Stop Gender-Based Marketing (The Huffington Post, January 15, 2012) A perfect image for our discussion on one of our key concepts this week, "the social construction of gender!"   

It's interesting to think about when each of these (commercial) images were produced.  The one on the left in 1981, cresting off the Women's Movement and the second, the end of last year, 2011. What are the messages of each of these pictures?

Does feminism still matter?  

post #2

how does this look? 

This is a test, this is only a test

Setting up my blog space for Intro to Women's Studies!