Speaker Series

On October 21st the Br. David Darst Center hosted the Speaker Series event, which focused on the impact that media has on gender roles and stereotypes. The speaker, Jennifer Parks from Loyola University, presented and led the audience in discussion about how the media can influence our views on gender in ways we might not even realize. She started the evening with a film about the influence of advertisements, which displayed how the media has come to set the standards of an ideal women's body though the manipulation and distortion of images. The audience continued to ask questions and were engaged throughout the hour that Professor Parks presented. Everyone left with a new perspective and several more questions surrounding this topic of media's influence on gender!