Pink Shirt

The discussion we were having last class about what males and females are supposed to wear made me think of a funny Friends episode. Ross is supposed to go on a date and wants something cool to wear. Rachel and Phoebe decide to help him out by taking him shopping with them so they can pick out some clothes for him. Ross buys some clothes for himself and the girls buy some clothes. When Rachel and Phoebe get home, they realize their bags got mixed up and that they accidentally took Ross's bag home and that Ross took theirs. Ross wears one of Rachel's shirts, which is hot pink with a sort of swirly design. We see exactly what happens in the video (URL at bottom).

This episode was so funny because it was shocking that a male would wear a pink "girly" shirt like this. Our society has said what is right for a male to wear and what it right for a female to wear. This pink shirt obviously is not right for a guy to wear. It is kind of funny when you think about it that we have these "rules". It's just that we are so used to the two genders dressing certain ways that it can sometimes make us uncomfortable when the line is crossed.

Ross says that all eyes were on him when he was wearing the shirt in the coffee house. He thinks it's because he looked so good, but it was really because people were so shocked that a man was wearing that shirt. The whole thing is so funny because he doesn't get it until he sees his date wearing the same shirt and he finally realizes that the shirt wasn't meant for him to wear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8aWWYZTO58

Women and Men- Shoes and Beers

There is a hilarious commercial my uncle forwarded to me about how men and women differ as far as what types of things they get excited about. In the commercial, it appears this couple is having a get-together and the wife brings all her girlfriends to her room and shows them her giant walk-in closet full of shoes. The girls all scream with excitement, but stop because they hear a noise coming from another part of the house. The camera cuts to a bunch of men and the noise is them screaming and going crazy because the husband has just shown all his friends his walk in refrigerator full of Heineken beer. This commercial shows one of the differences between men and women. The men could not care less about all the shoes and the women don't care about the beer. This shows that what may be exciting and great to a woman may not be interesting to a man. I thought this commercial was so funny because both the men and women are truly excited and the way they react to what they are seeing is a bit exaggerated. The expressions on their faces are my favorite part. This commercial is a great representation of how men and women's interests may differ.

Video URL- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0UE2TbLjHU