Gender Stereotypes In Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone

Traditionally, men are viewed as strong, dominant and logical, while women are regarded as the weak sex, thus being dependent on the males to make decisions and to protect them as well as their children. These roles go far back in time when males in fact had to protect their families from other tribes, wild animals etc. Even today the same values are applied both in real life and in media. In general a woman is depicted as wife, mother or a sex object. (Sex, Gender, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation”, Year unknown).

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there were stereotypes all over, whether they were intentional or not. There were specific requirements people thought they needed to meet in society. Women thought they needed to stay home and take care of the children to be thought of an acceptable woman and a good wife. Men thought they needed to put up a front all the time and be emotionless so people did not think they were weak. People of colour and people who were part of the LGBTQ community were seen as such a minority, they were not even mentioned in the book, which says a lot about the time while he was writing. Throughout the entire book, the same three stereotypes seem to be more prominent than others which are women’s roles, men’s roles and

The Big Bang Theory has been on CBS television since September 24, 2007. The premise of the show revolves around two brilliant physicists who work together at Cal Tec: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper. They are not only colleges but also roommates and best friends. Sheldon is eccentric and introverted while struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder and unique, yet very scientific, approach to the world. Leonard is a combination of the extrovert personality and introvert personality. He keeps his friends close and tries to maintain peace but is not always comfortable in confrontational situations and is the leader of the group. They are surrounded by mostly likeminded friends’ mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz, and astrophysicist

In years before he came out with his own show he had to deal with advertisers and censors opinions that were “difficult and full of disappointing concessions and refusals”(4). Advertisers and censors were always either denying use of his work or almost completely changing his work. One of his more legendary writing struggles is when he wrote a script based on the Emmett Till case, a teenage boy who was murdered for “whistling” at a woman, his script was never made into anything and was only released a few years ago. He touched on such engrossing, controversial, and sometimes strange topics that others were scared to write about, but not all of his writing made it to the screen because of other people's opinions. Serling choose to write science fiction and create his own show because he wanted to make sure his taboo, engrossing stories made their way to the screen. He made his own show so he did not have to deal with advertisers and censors, also with the “intent on making sure his stories made their way to the screen without sacrificing their central message. He wanted his stories to be heard and told in strange ways so he would not be ridiculed because of the real story behind them. With him having his own show he had more space for creativity without his writing always being changed by advertisers and censors. The Twilight Zone

Despite the patriotism and nationalism constantly encouraged in the United States, our society is far from perfect, and science fiction is just one genre that comments on these frailties. Science fiction comments on our world by creating a dystopian society in attempt to emphasize our civilization’s dangerous flaws. Two examples can be examined in the selections, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury and "Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut. Fahrenheit 451 is about a society consumed with every possible form of technology. The people neglect one another and find a family within their fascinating trinkets. This is not very similar to our society, yet our society could eventually go down this path. Most characters from the book ignore knowledge and it is also against the law to educate oneself from books. Overall, there is limited meaningful conversation amongst the majority of people and instead, a lot of propaganda provided by the government. All of these precautions are taken so that ‘every minority is happy,’ similar to the theme of "Harrison Bergeron.” Furthermore, this selection focuses on equality and the lengths that a government will go to in attempt to destroy

Rod Serling faced many problems from advertisers and censors because of racial real world events at the time. Serling put real world situations and twisted them into his science fiction books and TV shows. In paragraph 2 part 3, it states,” Serling continued to write, interweaving social messages into his stories.” Also in part 2 paragraph 4, it says Serling created moral and cautionary tales in half hour installments, confronting Cold War paranoia, racism, and the horrors of war. Rod Serling hated how he was restrained from putting real world news in his episodes and started twisting the situations in Science Fiction while telling the moral while using different names and settings.Rod Serling put science-fiction into his books and TV episodes

An expecting couple awaits to discover the gender of their baby. The nurse announces that it’s a girl. The couple is extremely excited, but do they truly grasp the weight of what this implies? Gender is not simply a physical trait, as it affects nearly every aspect of a person’s life. Stereotypes repress the potential in all men and women. The same stereotypes are found throughout literature such as Medea by Euripides, Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, “Sonnets” by Shakespeare, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Frederick Waterman’s “The Best Man Wins”. A common thread between these pieces is that power can be gained by those who are suppressed by defying gender stereotypes and social hierarchies.

Life in the 1960’s consisted of many deep cultural changes; especially when it came to a change in gender roles and stereotypes. For woman, society was set on a believing that a their overall goal in life was to be married, have lots of children, and devote their life to be 100% dependant on their husbands. On the other hand, men had to be the provider and the rock of the family. This all changed when The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ensured that people of all colors, races, and gender could not be discriminated against in employment thus females were entering the paid workforce head on. Men also started to learn more about being a caregiver and became stay at home dads. Both Walter Mosley and Raymond Chandler help convey this representation of gender roles, gender as a category and gender stereotypes in the 1960s through their written works.

For thousands of years, established gender roles have been a part of our society. Women are commonly known as sensitive, emotional, or passive. On the contrary, men are described as rational, competitive, independent, or aggressive. Believing women are more emotional than men is stereotyping. However, the stereotype is not entirely untrue. Development of gender roles is often conditioned more by environmental or cultural factors than by hereditary or biological factors. The development of gender roles between men and women involves the inference of peer community of each gender, the communication style of male and female and the intimacy or connection level of men and women.

Some of the most loved and respected leaders in the world are known for their imagination, risk-taking, perseverance and their well-known success. They have always been one step ahead everyone else and created what no one else was able to do. They influenced other people to be as imaginative and hardworking as they were. They never stopped believing in what they were doing. The two most leaders who fit all these descriptions would be Walt Disney and Bill gates, even thought they have a lot in common, their leadership style was completely different.

Consumer Trends are an extremely controversial subject. From health to safety to holiday shopping. One of the most important and most controversial subject, though is gender stereotypes. Gender roles are very important in modern day. It is very vital for the future generations for people to be aware of the problems we face today. Hopefully, after they are aware, people like Diane Nelson can change all of the terrible dilemmas we are facing with gender stereotypes today.

The Star Trek television series was truly a groundbreaking show not just for its plot lines and ideological messages, but also for its revolutionary cast. Two of the main actors were Jewish, one main actor was a gay Asian, and of course, one was a black woman. Uhura was one of the first main black characters on a television show – and of course, her kiss with Kirk was the first interracial kiss ever on television. For a show in the 1960s, Star Trek broke many barriers across religious, racial, but most significantly gender lines.

I feel much the same you as you concerning the subject of gender stereotyping. Perceptions concerning women have changed drastically over the past 100 years, but there are still people that cling to gender stereotyping. It is a sad fact that the media drives our beliefs and therefore drives our behavior. Media affects the way that Americans view them selves and the rest of the world. It is going to take some pretty powerful women to be elected into office and to prove to the media that they have what it takes to get the job done. My hope is that eventually gender stereotyping will cease to exist and voters will look at a person’s abilities to hold a political office rather than their characteristics.

Over the course of several decades, the depiction of leadership has changed. What was thought to be innovative and participative or transformational tactic to leadership has replaced the classical and autocratic or authoritarian approach. The step forward that not everything old is bad and not everything new is good was made somewhere along the way. It was determined that different leadership styles suited different situations, and it is the responsibility of each leader to figure out when to make use of an individual leadership approach or style. The two leaders selected for this assignment are Martha Stewart representing an authoritarian leadership style and William Shatner’s television character, James Tiberius Kirk from the starship Enterprise representing a transformational leadership style.

As I walked out of my nine-story apartment complex, I saw an interesting array of faces. Mixed genders, some male, some female, all very different deep down inside. I study their faces, wondering what it'd be like to walk a day in their shoes. Some people are like open books, you can look at their facial expression and instantly guess what their emotions are, yet others are like locked diaries. You can't tell what they're thinking and you'll probably never know. I shake the thought out of my head as I rummage through my pathetic excuse of a handbag, pulling out my most recent bank statement. Thirty-two cents to my name. How do I live like this? My train of thought is lost as my mind ponders elsewhere. Do you think people can tell I'm a broke