Mrs.Potato Head Loses Her Dominant Lips

During the Superbowl this year I saw a commercial about Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. In the commercial Mr. Potato Head is speeding down a mountain highway and Mrs. Potato Head is in the passengers seat screaming and whining about how he needs to slow down. Then suddenly a flock of sheep appears in the middle of the road and Mr. Potato Head slams on the brakes, as he does this Mrs. Potato Head's lips fly off, still whining, and fall down the side of the mountain. Mr. Potato Head chuckles to himself and drives of leaving his wifes whining lips behind. At first I thought that this commercial depicted being feminine as being catious and responsible, and I thought that it depicted being masculine as being reckless and fearless. But after reading the Beauty and the Beast article for class my point of view changed. I found that this commercial showed the woman be dominant, but only on the surface. It still comes back to the man being in charge in the end as he leaves her lips behind. This also reminded me of the gender roles my parents play my mom always whines and corrects him, but in the end he is always right and gets his way.

Burgers or Babies?

Today I watched a commerical about Burger King's mini burger shots. In the commercial one guy has a big whopper and the other guy has a little tiny burger shot. The guy with the whopper looks at the other guy basically conveying to him that he's a wimp for buying the tiny burger.Then the tiny burger guy opens the wrapper and was immedietely swarmed with beautiful girls! I found this commerical to be the perfect example of gender roles in soceity. It showed how men are supposed to eat alot of food, big burgers, and how they are considered wimpy if they eat a tiny burger. It also shows that women are supposed to worship tiny babies, Burger King mini shots, because they are so cute. This kind of angered me because I know so many girls my age that swear they will not have children due to the fact they hate children. But overall this commercial showed the advertising world's views of masculinity and femininty.