“Gender, Identity, & Pop Culture.”

Gender Prompt 1:  This cultural artifact is an ad for the deodorant Old Spice from the company P&G. This is an image of a guy on an elevator that on his outer layer shows him wearing a sweater and a hat with a more friendly face. On the inner layer it shows a more toned and attractive silhouette of the same man with a more aggressive expression on his face. Prompt 2: This cultural artifact shows that there is a specific way a man should look. At the bottom of the ad it has a caption that says: “there’s a man in there”. Meaning that under that layer of sweaters there is a "real" man.This is reinforcing the idea that a man should look aggressive with muscles and he is so manly that he eats explosives for breakfast. The ad is not attempting to challenge or push back the traditional ideas of what a man is supposed to look rather than just keep the same old stereotype that being sweet and sensitive is not a characteristic that fits the mold of what a man is accord...