Social institution: Womanhood<\/p>\n
Artifact: Bras<\/p>\n
Concepts:<\/p>\n
Social institutions influence our behavior and sense of identity. I am interested in writing about bras and how this simple piece of clothing unconsciously portrays and influences an individual\u2019s identity. This will not only be a tremendous learning experience, better yet I hope to have an increased understanding of gender and the binary system we live in. I look forward to asking myself what role does a bra play in objectifying a female\u2019s body, what is the representation of a bra in society, and how does this influence how we view our bodies. Some concepts that have greatly influenced this artifact is the objectification of bodies, gender expression, and cultural norms.<\/span><\/p>\n The cultural norms and societal views on a female\u2019s body greatly makes up how women dress. Then the question of what it means to be a woman arises, and no one really understands what this means without having in mind a specific type of gender expression. Wearing a bra was always directly correlated to the morphology of an individual, though in recent years it has become part of a gender expression statement through fashion. This in all, is very complex because even though some may try to reclaim power through these fashion statements, wearing a bra goes way further than that. A bra can be a symbol of empowerment and self love. If a push up bra is worn it can be a sign of my own validation and love of how my body looks this way, yet this same artifact objectifies a female. Wearing or not wearing a bra can also be a sign of modesty for many and boldness\/liberation for others. Reclaiming our power through this simple piece of clothing is so complicated. A child may be in need and only feel secure by wearing a bra because a female\u2019s breast size and nipples have been widely sexualized. We can see how this is a double edge sword and that which every way we try to approach it there is always going to be an obstacle. My goal is to create different levels of understanding on the influence of bras in gender expression and identity formation. What does this artifact exactly do for individuals? I have further ideas but I will organize my thoughts in order to thoroughly explain them and portray the power of this artifact.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Social institution: Womanhood Artifact: Bras Concepts: Relation between sex and gender (scientific perspective) Gender expression Objectification Cultural norms Femininity Social institutions influence our behavior and sense of identity. I am interested in writing about bras and how this simple piece of clothing unconsciously portrays and influences an individual\u2019s identity. This will not only be a … Continue reading “Stephany Pineda Cardoso Discussion 7”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1339,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/gendercommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}