Media Portrayal: Munderball, Essay Example

Murderball 2005

Movie

Hegemonic Masculinity

This is a powered structure that is dependent on a small dominant and normative faction of people who enact practices that facilitate men to continue dominating over women. This kind of masculinity seeks to uphold the subordination of the women to the men through force, culture, persuasion and institutions. It also employs the use of culture since culture is the best to for propagating such masculinity.

Anti-Normative Politics

This provides a too through which people can measure their conformity to the social requirements of recommended behavior. It depends on personal judgment of the circumstances based on the rules of the society.

Feminism

This is the political initiative aimed at improving women lives and empowering them

Disability and Sports

The disabled people prove that disability is not n ability by playing the rugby team and winning several tournaments. They play rugby a game meant for people without disabilities.

Disability and Gender

Disability traverses the gender devides. The  society needs to embrace such ideologies

Male Chauvinism

This is the believe or politics of male dominance over  women

Sexual Activities

The disabled communicate freely of their sexual experiences and normal sexual live like their non-disabled counterparts

Antagonism and Rivalry

The team mate s exhibit antagonisms and rivalry again each other and their opponents. There is great rivalry between the American team and other teat that they play against.

Vulnerability and Injury

Every body is vulnerable to injuries some of the disabled members in the American team got their disabilities from accident inflicted injuries. Injuries are common phenomena to even the disabled as they play. This clearly indicate that everyone is vulnerable to injury

Cognitive Disabilities

Injuries in some cases affect the cognitive abilities of victims

Emotional Disturbance

This is characterized by inappropriate behaviors, unhappiness and inability to maintain a good interpersonal relationship.  It may also be accompanied with inability to learn and schizophrenia

Hearing Impairment

This is mainly destructed or inability to hear properly which may fluctuate or remain constant i.e. permanent.

Mental Retardation

This consists of a below average intellectual capacity which may be accompanied by inability to adopt new behaviors mostly exhibited during growth

Multiple Disability

This consists of numerous disabilities such as hearing disability, learning disability and so on.

Masculinity

Masculinity is portrayed through exercises and well built bodies such as Zupan’s Body and battling bodies. It is further portrayed through rivalry and antagonism and the placing of sports ahead of everything.

Perception of Women

Women are perceived different by different people. In the documentary they are portrayed as care givers and sexual partners. Therefore, the move portrays male chauvinism.

Imperialism and Nationalism

U. S dominance is clearly illustrated and presented in the documentary. The rivalry between us and other countries is clearly portrayed through the matches played. Furthermore, the concept of nationalism is illustrated to the passion with which the players serve their teams. The American whop decides to coach the Canadian team is seen as a traitor to his country.

1.  Resourceful

2.  supportive

3.  Reliable

4.  ability to work in teams

5.  They communicate properly

       1. They support other

2. They help other

3. They motivate other

1.     Expect support

2.     Expect love and care

3.     Loyalty

1.     The person with exceptionalities exhibit excellent self advocacy skills, they support one another and strive to get the best out of every situation.

2.     They are aggressive

1.     They interact freely

2.     Some have tense relationships

3.     Some indications of animosity one another

4.     The are Resourceful to one another

5.     They are supportive

6.      Reliable