Myspace
Having only Facebook, I have never actually seen a full Myspace profile. Upon looking at people’s sites and profiles, a number of themes and patterns appeared. There were large differences between a guy and girl’s profiles, just as stated in class. Guy’s profiles represented the male as tough, almost emotionless individuals, with pictures generally showing off some sort of physical act. From pictures of my friend jumping off a high building, to mirror pictures showing off biceps, the male stereotype was definitely showing its colors through these profiles. Tough, muscular, carefree and emotionless were the themes that seemed to represent every male profile I saw. Profile wise, the guys seemed to be much plainer, with white backgrounds and short, undescriptive phrases to describe themselves.
Girls, on the other hand, seemed to have put much more effort into their profiles, with outrageous colors and patterns and more in depth profiles. Their pictures were “naughty but nice” in nature just like someone said in class, but they also tended to have more boyfriend/girlfriend pictures, to showoff to everyone that they have a boyfriend. The profiles were not only more in depth, with longer descriptions and phrases, but the girls’ profiles tended to give away more personal information than the guys, which I thought was very interesting. In general, girls’ profiles seemed to have some need to show off to the world what they think their own social status is, along with almost being as “slutty” as possible. (With some exceptions of course)
I think that each individual’s profile was their own representation of themselves, yet many of them were all the same in the way that they tried to fit in to a certain gender or social stereotype. Some gamers I know did not even mention it in their profiles, instead exaggerating their interest in something one would consider “manly”, such as sports. People tended to fit their descriptions/profile to what they thought everyone else expected out of their gender and social status. I do not think that Myspace truly represents someone as a person. Everyone just wants to be considered “normal”, and it is through these stereotypical profiles where everyone can “fit” in.
Girls, on the other hand, seemed to have put much more effort into their profiles, with outrageous colors and patterns and more in depth profiles. Their pictures were “naughty but nice” in nature just like someone said in class, but they also tended to have more boyfriend/girlfriend pictures, to showoff to everyone that they have a boyfriend. The profiles were not only more in depth, with longer descriptions and phrases, but the girls’ profiles tended to give away more personal information than the guys, which I thought was very interesting. In general, girls’ profiles seemed to have some need to show off to the world what they think their own social status is, along with almost being as “slutty” as possible. (With some exceptions of course)
I think that each individual’s profile was their own representation of themselves, yet many of them were all the same in the way that they tried to fit in to a certain gender or social stereotype. Some gamers I know did not even mention it in their profiles, instead exaggerating their interest in something one would consider “manly”, such as sports. People tended to fit their descriptions/profile to what they thought everyone else expected out of their gender and social status. I do not think that Myspace truly represents someone as a person. Everyone just wants to be considered “normal”, and it is through these stereotypical profiles where everyone can “fit” in.
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