Gender Stereotypes For Girls

So, I've seen a lot of articles about girls writing to a certain group of guys who treat girls with little thought. There are articles about guys being players and guys who can't seem to be tied down or stay in a relationship. Well, I'm here to say that I am the girl version of that guy. Even though I see myself settling down someday, I can't keep a relationship going for more than a few months.

In the article “Parental Influence on Children’s Socialization to Gender Roles” by Susan D. Witt states that parents expose their children at an early age of what it means to be a boy and a girl. Witt argues that parents do play a role in gender stereotypes to their children as early on as infants. Witt explains how parents decorate a child’s room. Witt states that children grow and develop gender stereotypes at home. She explains how parents encourage their children to participate in sex-typed activities, sports, and role play. Witt reveals that both parents contribute to the gender stereotyping but fathers have been found to reinforce gender stereotypes more often that mothers. Witt’s audience is

Feminist: the person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. Sexual stereotypes are deeply imbedded into today’s society. Ideals of the gender roles are passed down from generation to generation, creating a gap between what is socially acceptable for a woman to do and what is expected of a man. One thousand years ago humans chose dominance by physical capability, simply because it was essential for our survival, but the world has evolved. One thousand years ago physical strength was the most important part of survival for human beings. Men in general are physically stronger therefore it made sense to have a man lead. The world humans live in has evolved and is no longer run by the physically entailed, but by the most intelligent or creative(Adichie). Though this world has evolved, the gender expectations and stereotypes have stayed the same. Sexual stereotypes in America limit men and women to abide with,by the expectations of masculinity and feminism, create a sense of shame for women, and create a gap in today’s job industry.

In a society filled with gender stereotypes, children often adopt gender roles as they move from childhood to adolescence because of the many factors that influence their views to the point they will deny certain roles because it does not fit the gender bias. During the early years, boys and girls will usually be drawn towards gender specific activities. Playing house for example, they little boy will imitate going to work, while the little girl will imitate cooking in the kitchen and playing with the baby doll. Gender stereotypes are embedded in our culture as a social identity giving “norms” to how gender is defined. This paper is going to discuss the child’s earliest exposure to gender roles in the home from clothing, toys and expectations to society’s role in gender bias on early childhood development.

Most People have Heard comments of how the colored pink is for girls and blue is for boys. A large percentage of society is carried away by that and buy clothes or decorations according to those colors. Discrimination is based largely on stereotypes that have been generated around the idea of "what is the correct way in which a man or woman should act in society", and their roles at work or in their family. This set of preconceived ideas that we use to analyze and interact with other men and women, are gender stereotypes. The article “When Gender Norms Didn't Work for My Kid” written by Erika Kleinman gives us an insight about her personal experience with both of her daughters and how she managed not to get carried away by what society believes is the right appearance for a girl.

When you enter any store that has a children’s toy aisle, you automatically figure out which side is for boys and which side is for girls. On the girls’ side, you generally see lots of pink and purple, and glitter too. Blues and greens, as well as many other dark colors, fill the boy’s side of the aisle. The division of this aisle and the colors associated with male or female toys is known as the idea of gender-stereotyped toys.

This commercial consisted of many different items that would be controversial for others. First of all, why is this commercial so long and what really does it have to do with jeans? I can see others getting bored of this commercial because it indeed is so long and consisted of many things you wouldn’t want your kids to see. First, some people just do not like seeing interracial couples. I think it is great they used an interracial couple, but others would not see it like I do. Secondly, it had a pretty well established girl stereotype, from brushing the hair staring into the mirror with pictures of the guy from seeming like she could not live without this guy. In relation, the commercial added an inference that they had sex. Both of there

Directly after a parent identifies the sex of their child, they immediately purchase infant-associated items according to their color. For example, an expecting family may buy their baby girl a pink blanket. Another expecting family may buy their baby boy a blue blanket. While this appears natural and unquestionable, predicaments like these build the basis of our sexist society. When that baby boy or girl matures, they will come to the realization that pink is a feminine color and blue is a masculine color.

In the past, pink was considered a strong color so it was given to boys, and girls got blue because it was seen as soft and delicate, fitting for a little girl. In the 1960’s, during the women's liberation movement, the unisex look became very popular. Gender neutral clothes and toys. Women dressed less feminine and went for a more masculine look. This was a trend up until about 1985.

Parents usually encourage these ideas without even realizing it. For example, girls are praised for playing with dolls but boys are often ignored for displaying nurturing behavior. Likewise, boys get attention for being good at sports while girls don’t often receive encouragement for being active. As Bruning points out in his article “Separating the Sexes in Toyland”, these kinds of stereotypes are destructive because they limit our potential (22). It is not difficult to notice that in general little boys are more spatially and mathematically inclined and little girls are more verbal (Arbetter 16). However, a study done in 1992 called “How Schools Shortchange Girls” found that young boys who play with dolls develop better motor skills and girls who play with blocks develop better math and science skills (Zhumkhawala, 48)

By forcing girls to conform with society through the toys they play with and how they stereotype girls may be a reason why so many begin to rebel. Some want to change the way their body looks and others wear so much make-up that it looks like a clown was their cosmetologist. When mothers and grandmothers past along the belief that a woman should be devoted to serving the males in their lives by waiting on them hand and foot, it only adds to what they already deal with as a young women growing up in today’s society.

When a baby is born they are given a color. Not the color of their skin, but a color for their gender. Pink is for girls and blue is for boys. Women are chosen with pink colors because the advertisers want to show women as being delicate and fragile. Men can have different colors of red, blue, green, yellow, and purple, but not pink. Pink is shown as being fragile and feminine and not strong and masculine. When you look into the different sections in a store you see that the girls have unicorns, candy, princesses, dolls, and tiaras and that the boys section have trucks, cars, tools, and mud. Gender stereotypes make a border for people not to express themselves to the fullest and their emotions. As a young child seeing this type of stereotyping can put a negative impact on them. For example, in children’s books the good people are always princesses and are beautiful gets rescued by the prince who often is handsome. The bad people are portrayed as witches, evil stepmothers and daughter and trolls and unattractive. This sets up an idea that if you’re not attractive than you must be a bad person. This is a wrong idea to project on young children’s minds. Another example is that in the 30’s, Disney released a movie called Snow White. The average women in the 30’s was a size 8, but in Snow White she was a double 00.(JagJammer21, YouTube) A lot of children and adolescents in America watch television so much in their lifetime, that can mimic in their minds that what they see

The history of associating pink to girls and blue to boys has only been over fifty years old. Before the 1950s, pink was boys’ colour and blue was the colour for girls (Giudice 1321). Pink was considered a watered-down red— a bold, fierce, colour of blood (Frassanito and Pettorini 881). Instead, blue was considered to be more “delicate and dainty, [which] is prettier for the girl” (qtd. in Frassanito and Pettorini 881). The current pink for girls and blue for boys began after World War II, when homosexuals were marked with pink triangles by the Nazi to signal weakness and effeminacy (Haeberle 284). After World War II, blue was used extensively in men’s uniform; pink was considered for women due to the ‘think pink’ feminism campaign (Frassanito

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

How women are perceived by others, and how women perceive themselves, impacts their leadership roles in the work place. Stereotypes and gender biases are themes women have been dealing with for centuries. How women are perceived by social medial and television have been influencing how they are treated by men, and how they view themselves when it comes to taking a leadership role in their organization. According to Omega Institute (2012), “The rapidly shifting landscape of new media and technology, including reality television and celebrity culture, continue to reinforce gender stereotypes” (p. 1). This leads to men still growing up viewing women as home makers versus bread winner. With more women entering leadership roles in the work place they lack the respect from men due to how these men have grown up to know the typical role of a man and woman. Men tend to feel belittled due to the gender stereotypes seen on television, and this leads to women struggling to succeed as a leader with the lack of support from their male counterparts. Lack of confidence with women in the workplace is also influenced and effected by how women are perceived in social media and television. According to Steele (2005), “Exposure to stereotypic commercials persuade women to avoid leadership roles” (p. 276). As young women grow up seeing the typical gender stereotypes they lack ambitions to break the mold and