RGM Blogs

  Toxic Masculinity "Toxic masculinity is a narrow and repressive description of manhood, designating manhood as defined by violence, sex, status and aggression. It’s the cultural ideal of manliness, where strength is everything while emotions are a weakness; where sex and brutality are yardsticks by which men are measured, while supposedly “feminine” traits—which can range from emotional vulnerability to simply not being hypersexual—are the means by which your status as “man” can be taken away." Above was a definition of toxic masculinity and it has been a way of defining certain "manly" attributes to a person. Except, this is confusing the way of thinking for those who see themselves as feminine or not 100% masculine. Mass media has made society think that men who wear a dress and act feminine aren't considered a man, but I tell you right now it is just a piece of clothing. Only you know yourself better than anyone and don't let society norms get the best ...

  Age-discrimination In my last blog post I discussed the issue regarding women's representation in the media. I touched base on the overall gender-discriminating backlash that women receive in the media in the modern world. What do you think of modern employers who make shaky decisions that are kind of questionable? For instance, what are your thoughts on under-qualified applicants snatching a job position from a heavily experienced applicant? What if I told you that the main problem here was age-discrimination towards the more experienced applicant? This is all true in an article by The Dallas Morning News. The only reason Tammy Dombeck (47-year-old experienced applicant) did not land the job is because of her age. I guess CBS 11 wanted to have a younger profile yet this does not make sense. Imagine working hard and gaining the experience you acquire and then a 24-year-old applicant with no qualifications is hired. So this whole situation was suspicious because you would obviousl...

  Women's Representation in Media Have you ever wondered how women are treated in the media compared to men? It disgusts me that there are people out there who will not tune in to a news story or podcast just because they are women. They think they are not so knowledgeable on topics that men should be experts at discussing and analyzing. For example, some people bash and harass female news anchors or pundits on a football newscast. We are all human and bleed the same blood so I do not see why viewers can get so heated and triggered about a woman voicing an opinion or even stating legitimate facts or statistics. It just boggles my mind.  The only genuine instance I can imagine with angry viewers bashing a female reporter is when she misinforms the audience. See now this makes sense because this is an acceptable thing that happens quite often with several news anchors but they correct themselves on media platforms and make sure that they caught themselves. To move forward as a s...