Girls can get dirty too!

Last night I was watching "That 70's Show," "Career Day." In this episode, Red (Eric's father), is working on his car and cannot get help from anyone. Jackie comes by and Red asks Jackie to "hold the flashlight on the carburetor." Jackie does exactly what was asked of her. Red then shows her how to change a tire. Red was surprised that Jackie knew anything about fixing cars. So I just want to know why is it so strange when a female knows how to change their oil or change a tire?

Also in this episode, Eric is with his mother, Kittie, at the hospital she is a nurse at. Kittie runs around taking care of people all day while her doctor is rude to her. The doctor tells Kittie to prescribe a penicillin medicine to a person and Kittie says that she doesn't think that is a good idea and gives another suggestion. The doctor comes back with "and why is that NURSE?" so Kittie says that Mr. Harris is allergic to penicillin and she thinks that the other medicine will make him a little less dead. The fact that the doctor is so rude to her is unacceptable. Just because the doctor is a male and Kittie is a female, does not mean that she is incapable of doing her job correctly. Gender should not influence the way people are treated, especially at work.

Thanks for reading!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce_qOfQ3Vq4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBxA6pZlWQ

Wall-e and Eve

In June 2008, Walt Disney came out with a film "Wall-e." The movie was about a robot named Wall-e who was left to clean up the Earth's trash while humans went on a spaceship cruise. The Earth was supposed to go through a regeneration period, and the humans would be able to return once life was found. Robots on the spaceship were sent down every so often to check on the status. One day, while Wall-e was cleaning the dump area, a spaceship landed and a girl robot came out. It was love at first sight for Wall-e. The girl robot, Eve, found a baby plant and had to return to the spaceship. Wall-e followed her because he didn't want to lose Eve. Through many adventures, the spaceship came back to Earth because humans could now live there.

I thought this movie was stereotypical to both males and females. Wall-e was a dirty, falling-apart robot. He was left on Earth to clean up everyone's trash and do the dirty work. Eve was created on the spaceship and was extremely clean and a much better looking robot. I think the movie "Wall-e" was sending messages that men are for doing the hard labor and don't keep themselves up as well as women do. Walt Disney showed that these robots had differences and they were able to overcome them to find true love.

The following is a link to a "Wall-e" trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZisWjdjs-gM&feature=related