Movies and Men vs. Women

In Wednesday's class Dr. Feinberg started class talking about how much he loved movies. He stated that movies show incredible examples of leadership and that he also loves all kinds of movies, good or bad. He also went on to talk about how our Individual Memo 2, movie analysis of leadership, was his favorite assignment. Through out this class Dr. Feinberg has drilled into our minds that we must keep our eyes open and see the leadership in everything around us. This is very true in movies. Even in movies that I have seen in the past, before taking this class, I now look back and tell my friends when talking about movies, "Yeah, that is a great leadership film...I really recommend it." Granted they all look at me like I'm crazy, but when they do watch the film, they see where I am coming from. From this class, I look at things a lot differently than I use to. I look for the leadership in the movies, TV shows, books, and everyday lives. It is quite amazing how leadership affects everything. Dr. Feinberg, you stayed true to your objective and made me see the leadership in everyday life!

The second part of class was men vs. women. Dr. Feinberg started off with a commercial that aired in England about abuse. He went on saying that no woman should be so desperate to stay in a relationship that is abusive. He also went on about how Rihanna was stupid for not pressing charges on Chris Brown. This made me think of a song that recently came that clearly states, "Chris Brown should get is @$$ beat." Here's the link to the song, for your enjoyment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW_MoEe5ryQ

It is quite sad how many women put up with abusive relationships. I am the type of person who puts up with very little disrespect. In fact, usually at the first sign of disrespect...I'm out of there. My philosophy is that the amount of disrespect you put up with shows the amount of respect you have for yourself. In leadership, a good leader will respect their followers no matter their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. A leader should have no tolerance for disrespect or sexual harassment within their group.

The clips that were shown in class on Wednesday also showed how gender differences are subtly shown in TV commercials. For example, the clip for FedEx, a group of all men meeting in the men's bathroom to make a decision. There were no women involved. What is with that!? The world is still showing young women that they are not capable of being in upper management, high position jobs. Women are constantly needing to prove themselves that they are just as good as men. This all can be changed with women being more outspoken about getting into leadership positions. We need to stand up and take on the position and run it better than any man could. The glass ceiling is starting to get small cracks, but that is not good enough. Women will one day break through that glass ceiling much like Barack Obama did for African Americans. The thing standing in our way is not just men and their beliefs we cannot do the same things but ourselves and lacking the leadership to go ahead and take control.