Stereotypes Against Women

On August 18th, 1920 Congress had ratified the 19th amendment which granted women the right to vote. This was just the first step in the women’s fight for equality. Even to this day, women are constantly working and trying to prove they are not inferior to men. The bias against women which believes women should do the housework while men go out and make money, severely affected the inferiority of women. Only in the last forty years have women been attending college in the United States at the same rate men have. Women are constantly behind men which leaves people to believe they are not as strong and able.

All i want in the world is someone to look at society and tell them every fight they have caused. I want that person to be me, Nicole Pastori. As a teenage girl in america, I’m suppose to have a boyfriend, blonde hair, blue eyes and a perfect body. Sure, I’m not comfortable with my figure but at least i embrace it. In fact I have brown hair, hazel eyes and an average body type. Stereotypes are for the weak and those who can’t handle reality.

Feminism has been seen as a very negative movement to many people. This is because individuals have not educated themselves on what feminism is really about, they have no knowledge on the topic but still continue to believe that it is horrible. Feminism, in a broad statement, is a movement that wants to achieve equality for all genders, race, and class. Now why would a movement like this be seen as negative? It is seen as negative because people against the movement are giving feminism a bad name by using so many negative, untruthful stereotypes. According to Hall (2013) stereotyping diminishes people’s characteristics and makes them simple (p. 228). These types of stereotypes are used to try to steer everyone away, including active members, from the movement. Anti-feminists are wanting to direct attention away from any of the achievements that the feminist movement has made to make everyone believe these horrible stereotypes. They are doing this because they are afraid. Anti-feminists are afraid that the feminists are going to change the way families are today as well as the sexual and racial relationships between individuals (Freedman, 2013, p. 35). This shows that these individuals would rather keep racism, sexism, homophobia, and misogyny, which the feminists are trying to change, rather then help to make a change. I will be using Valenti (2013), Hall (2013), Freedman (2013), and Tarrant (2013) to discuss why stereotypes are used and how

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Women are sometimes viewed as incapable of doing work that was done by men, such as jobs involving physical labor, become professional, and free thinkers. This stereotype continues to close women opportunities in our society. I believe that we should be visualized as multitasking. There are countries that women are seen better as raising children, stay at home, and be a house wife.

For a very long time, stereotypes have been part of the society and culture, and to this day, they are still present. Stereotypes can be defined as “[oversimplifying] the image or idea of a particular type of person or thing” (Google Dictionary). A current event would be a female who cannot work in a factory because of her gender, or a male who cannot join ballet because of his gender. But what still occurs in our nation or the whole society is that stereotypes are generally directed against women. The stereotypes our society gives to women lead them to have lower positions in the workplace than men such as women are supposed to make less money than men, supposed to have “clean jobs”, and supposed to not have any technical skills. When women are “supposed” to have these certain positions, it makes them have an underprivileged characterization.

In well-known fairy tales the males and females characters are often portrayed in the same light. The male characters are often described as the hero with strong masculine traits while the female characters are portrayed as the damsel in distress. Throughout the years fairytales have been casting the same stereotypes for their characters. In the story Beauty and the Beast the author de beaumont depiction of what an ideal woman is lays in Beauty. She is meant to embody the role of a feminine, humble caretaker, lover, and savior. The author depicts males as provider’s, however, it is clear that the men in the story are dependent on a positive female figure for life. Beauty’s disappearance threatens both her father and beast with death, symbolizing

Men and women, African Americans and whites, all take different stances on the way our government should be ran. A majority of men identify as Independent, no party affiliation, at 43%. The Democratic party overall has more men identify than the Republican party, with 27% compared to 25%. Women favor the Democratic party the most with 37% of all women identifying as Democrats. 33% of women identify as Independent, while only 24% identify as Republican. Overall men and women tend to favor the Democratic party and being Independent over being Republican.

In today’s world there is a stereotype that women can have it all. On the other hand, from the perspective of a working woman trying to balance her work and home life, this stereotype is proven to be false. The truth is, is that women really cannot have it all. Having it all means much more than having that perfect, high-paying job, it is having a healthy work life while also having a healthy home and family life. The ideal successful business woman that has a family, is looked at by society as a woman who’s main focus is her work, and society comes to the conclusion that means she has it all. On the inside of that perspex

Women in advertisements have always been portrayed negatively due to degrading stereotypes, making them feel self-conscious and stopping them from doing things from fear of judgement. “Fear of judgement is stopping many of us from taking part in exercise. But as thousands of women up and down the country are proving, it really doesn’t have to” (This girl can, 2015). Advertisers are conscious that stereotypes are not an exact representation of women, but ads with sexy women sell, therefore they have no reason to change them. Advertisers love to use gender representation as according to Barthel (1988), they restructure adverts exploiting gender identity to attract people’s attention and

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Contemporarily, most nations have developed a patriarchy-base society (Ruether, 2007). Women are expected to take certain roles and have certain outfits, which forms harmful stereotypes of women. Particularly, those stereotypes of women have harmful impacts on female careers in the fields of research, commerce, and politics.

Women are stereotyped very often. Sourced from Healthguidance.org, women are supposed to be nurses, not doctors, and have ‘clean jobs'. They are not supposed to be strong, or go to college. Women are supposed to stay at home, cooking, cleaning and doing other housework. They are not supposed to play sports or be politicians. They are supposed to be quiet and submissive while raising children. They do not have technical skills, are supposed to be damsels in distress, be pretty, and be looked at. Women are supposed to be good at and love singing and dancing, not play video games, be flirts, and never be in charge. These are both made as jokes that tell people it is okay to make fun of women, and the words that are oppressing women and holding

Men and women are typically stereotyped and portrayed differently by the media. Mass media, such as advertising, usually portrays men and women with stereotypes, in which women and girls are likely to be placed in passive and submissive roles, while men and boys are depicted to be more challenging and fearless. Advertisements, including the beer commercials, monopolize men as the dominant figure. Although, some ads feature females on it, they are only portrayed as seducer to their opposite sex, and they are usually not shown drinking. In the ad of Colt 45, Billy Dee Williams said, “There are two rules to remember if you want to know why you should keep plenty of Colt 45…... You never know when friends might show. I don’t claim you can have