Why Do Firefighters Take Such Risky Jobs?
250 words
Review all of the blog posts below (they are short!) Select three to analyze. Write an article that uses the examples in the blog posts (and your own examples, if you wish), in combination with course readings, to answer the following question: In what ways have patriarchal ideas influenced cultural representations of nature, past and present?
- Little Helpers Links Women to Nature
- Nature as Friend and Enemy
- Why Do Firefighters Take Such Risky Jobs?
- Gender Ideology by Geico
- Gendered Marketing of Fuel Efficient Cars
- Vintage Men’s Magazines and a Pre-Consumerist Time
- The Romanticization of the Old West
Answer this question: In what ways have patriarchal ideas influenced cultural representations of nature, past and present? In your answer, be sure to use concepts and/or examples from at least three of the blog posts above. (You may also use your own examples if you wish.)