Introducing the Research Paper: Part 2
http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/05/24/what-do-dress-codes-say-about-girls-bodies/
The first article I read is about how girls at a young age are being sexualized by the schools themselves, when they are told that their body is considered inappropriate and distracting to others. This author is responding to the current trend that women are objectified and sexualized by the world when they are blamed for their own body, as being “inappropriate.” They continue this argument to say that these events show a snapshot of the entire society we are living in that is full of misogyny and inequality between men and women.
This author’s research question most likely was about what the repercussions of telling these young girls what to wear and what not to wear is doing to them on an individual level, and then the author most likely added what it is doing as a whole to our society.
I believe the author was successful in getting their own perspective into the research article. The author really has the audience questioning what the right thing to do was, because at first glance the schools look like they are doing what’s best by not allowing other (boys) sexualize these girl based on what they are wearing. In actuality, these girls are beginning to sexualize themselves because they are being told that if they wear something that for example shows their shoulders, then they are going to elicit reactions and that is not right. So they will begin to see their entire body as something that elicit reactions unless hidden away. This article is very interesting because it argues that nobody should be in charge of how people dress, because even if the schools are trying to protect the girls from the attention of boys, they aren’t doing a very good job at protecting the girls’ self-esteem.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/natural-standard/201306/music-therapy-health-and-wellness
The second article that I read is about how music therapy is a great technique in dealing with all sorts of problems and illnesses, from something as simple as stress for a test to something as serious as Autism. I believe that the author is trying to respond to the current topic of whether drug therapy is the best way to help someone or whether other types of therapy, such as music therapy, can be just as beneficial, or more so. The author first begins the article by saying that although they work as a pharmacist, that doesn’t always mean that a “magic pill,” is the best way to help someone. Granted there are times where drugs are necessary, but that isn’t always the case.
The research question for this article is how effective is music therapy? As well as in which cases has music therapy been supported? The author describes within the article a brief history behind music therapy and that different types of music has different effects of mood. These different types of music can be utilized to each person’s individual case.
This author was successful to add their own perspective because they encouraged the idea of music therapy despite drug therapy being the sole method of how they make money and help people, being that the author was a pharmacist. I really enjoyed this article because it was informative to just how powerful music can be, and it can really benefit many people to know that music can be used as a therapeutic method to help people.
