Monday, November 10, 2014

Sexism in Social Media?

Greetings CommBabies!

As I was scrolling through my feeds the other day, something struck me.  Men and women (or girls and boys if you prefer) express themselves verrry differently on social media.  For example, many of the female-written tweets/posts say things like: "Relationship Goals" and then have a pic of some random (or fairly well-known) couple doing something couple-like.
Males, on the other hand, tweet about sports, funny vines they see etc.

So, let's do a little social experiment.  Using your Twitter or FB account, choose at least 3 girls and 3 boys that your'e following or are "friends" with on FB and find their last 5 tweets/posts.  What you're looking for is similarities to each other and differences.  What do you notice?
Is there a difference in the way your M/F followers speak/write?  What is it?
Note ANY similarities and ANY differences you see.
You can either screen shot the posts/tweets and copy them here, or you can transcribe the tweets yourself and talk.
This week and part of next, we are going to be talking about some of the differences men and women have as they experience the world.
This assignment is due by Friday, 11/14, at midnight.