The clip below is not totally relevant. Look specifically at the Yaz commercial with the nightclub because something about that rang really true to me.
As we talked about earlier this year, there are many more women than men going to college. Despite that, women are outnumbered in almost every profression that requires a degree. Alot of women decide to put their careers on hold, as my mother did, when they have children.
I don't know if this is wrong, but the thing that prompted this was a mixture of our conversation about the usefulness of college degrees in class and the way that women (apparently) don't use them. After one girl uses her medical license for all that a woman with a medical license could do, Sarah uses her "useless" degree in English to talk about the Great Gatsby. Let's be honest, what else would women use a degree for.
I understand that I combined two subjects, so if this is confusing, just ask for clarification.
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I think that's an interesting connection, but I'm unsure what point you're ultimately making. Are you criticizing the commercial for showing women as having rather pointless uses for college degrees, or are you saying women putting their careers on hold to take care of their children is putting it to waste? Or something entirely different?
ReplyDeleteI'm not necessarily criticizing. I am pointing out what I think Sarah Haskins was by speaking about the waste that it is for women to have degrees and not use them. I'm not saying it is bad or good, just that it is. Do you think it is bad or good?
ReplyDeleteOh, I see. When I watched the video I didn't get the feeling there was commentary on women choosing to raise their families over work. I thought that instead the commentary of the host was of how women are portrayed as somewhat ridiculous in the ad, as they're using their degrees to discuss not-so-profound things at a night club, for one thing, and discussion of the specifics of birth control seems like it's being portrayed as a mighty feat that a woman with a degree would need to understand. Just an overall awkward advertisement.
ReplyDeleteI'm not really sure what I think about women choosing family over work. It's not necessarily bad, as long as there's an option for women to split the work with their spouse so it's not just their sacrifice. Women, I think, are often under a lot of stress (perhaps compared to men) when it comes to wanting to have a successful professional career while also filling the role of being a mother.
"a mighty feat that a woman with a degree would need to understand."
ReplyDelete**a mighty feat that a woman would need a degree to understand.