Documentary Analysis: Guys And Dolls

In today’s world we tend to be caught up in our own personal bubbles. We don’t realize what goes on outside of our world and the myriad of subcultures that exist. The main problem with this is, once we become aware of the people that live outside of our culture and our norms, we tend to not understand their lifestyle and think that they are abnormal or psychotic. Through the various documentaries that we have explored this semester, I have experienced a change in emotion and thought. Every documentary we watched did not make sense to me. However, I realized that once you really dig deep and try to understand these people and their motives, you can uncover the way they affect our society.

Guys and Dolls In the documentary Guys and Dolls, we

Regardless, I don’t know that dolls are the answer. When looking at it from a vague perspective - the dolls are harmless. The men are happy and they are not hurting anyone. But is this really true? By looking at it from a sociological perspective, perhaps this is more harmful than it is helpful to both the men and society. Most people watch this documentary and assume that it is women who we must blame for the suffering of these men. Perhaps if they weren’t so “shallow,” and they were more accepting of all kinds of men, this wouldn’t be the problem. In contrast, I seem to think that women are not at fault. A few bad apples do not poison the rest of the group. The men have themselves and their lack of self esteem to blame. When looking at the innocent side of things, it makes it easy for people to build sympathy for these men. They are lonely and just want a companion who they can love. They have faced constant rejection and ridicule for their looks. It is society that has forced them to live this way. If real women cannot provide them companionship and love, then dolls are the way to appease them

Now that they have discovered a way to escape reality and find comfort, they will never again seek a normal relationship and they will continue to pierce women with this idea that they must be perfect.

15 Stone Babies In 15 Stone Babies, we are introduced to the world of adult babies. This world is very much hidden from the public, as these adults are embarrassed of their lives. To the public, these seem to be normally functioning adults, but behind closed doors, they are forced to find comfort in secrecy through regression by reverting to an earlier stage in life. When they are in their “baby stage” they do not have to worry about dealing with reality and the stress that innately comes with it. They can escape this reality if only momentarily. This is a form of negative reinforcement. In their heads, the adult babies have such anxiety about dealing with the pressures of the real world that they will do anything in their power to escape it - even if it means having someone dress them and change their diapers. The satisfaction they get from this temporary moment makes it all worth it in the end and creates a pattern of behavior that will never end until they learn to face their fears and deal with their problems in a healthy