The Marines United scandal shows how ideals of heterosexuality and manliness in military culture converge—and reflect an environment where women are not treated as equals.
Author: Jeremiah Favara
Jeremiah Favara is a doctoral candidate in Media Studies and teaches courses in the Women's and Gender Studies Department at the University of Oregon. His dissertation research focuses on military recruitment advertisements to explore dynamics of gender, race, sexuality, and class in the project of military inclusion.
Hollywood, the Sexual Violence Factory
“The statement that the primary function of movies is entertainment is clearly not the end of the question. All entertainment is education in some way, many times more effective than schools because of the appeal to the emotions rather than to the intellect.” — Hortense Powdermaker, Hollywood, the Dream Factory As of this writing, more […]