Jenna Marbles : Gender Stereotypes In Videos

The video material that I chose to view for this assignment were music videos, which was an unsurprisingly easy decision to make for writing about gender stereotypes. Music videos are watched by millions every day, and many of these provide misogynistic visual media that has been regulated and accepted by society. These negative connotations for women showing them in highly gendered roles mainly doing medial things such as dancing around in lingerie or fawning over a rich, famous, and/or successful man are dangerous towards equality for genders. Young girls and boys seeing this kind of harmful content could lead them to grow up believing they have to conform to these stereotypes and gender roles instead of living how they would prefer.

The show reinforces the classical gender roles that female stereotypes continue to thrive in the media we consume every day. Women in this show is objectified and mostly portrayed as just beautiful with little education. (Gender Stereotypes in Mass media, 2014).

In today’s society, men and women are confronted with gender stereotypes daily. In the texts Ten Things I Hate about You, The Big Bang Theory, I’m Glad I’m a Boy! I’m Glad I’m a Girl! By Whitney Darrow and ‘Stupid Girls’ by Pink, the roles of men and women are perceived in different ways. Some characters in each text challenge the typical stereotype whilst others accept it.

This article focuses on gender roles in popular media, specifically shining a light on the popular media show “Glee”.

Modern media has a massive audience with more than 115 million American household families owning a television (NewsWire). Everyday viewers devote time to watching programs and are intrigued by the attractive actors and the situations they encounter. Although these characters and their lives seem to be unbelievably attractive, many of the shows have stereotypical gender qualities. Regina George in Mean Girls frequently portrays qualities that are often seen as ideal ways for women to live, though a closer look reveals the limitations with these ideas.

Gender stereotypes are everywhere. Even before we can understand what this means, people are constantly exposed to them through advertisements, toys, clothes, and the media including television shows and movies. To evaluate the prevalence of gender stereotypes in television programs targeted towards young children, I chose to watch four different shows called Phineas and Ferb, Little Einsteins, Horrid Henry, and Sofia the First. When picking what shows to watch, I intentionally selected at least one that looked targeted towards boys, another that appeared to be targeted towards girls, and finally one that seemed gender neutral. I also made sure to watch at least two episodes of each program to determine whether the themes I observed were

The second video evidences how stereotype has been persuading children to think they should only play with kids of the same color of their skin, and when they are asked to why is the reason for this attitude, they mention because their parents doesn’t want them to associate with kids different race or color, but the kids because of their young age are programmed just to obey their parents. If a person has been influenced or raised by racist relatives the person has the choice to keep believing those stereotypes or overcome them by determining that stereotyping is only a detriment in forming social relationships. For example: putting yourself in the position of that person that is being stereotyped can help to understand what does the other person is feeling as it shows in the video with one girl who responded different from the other kids and decided that she was not going to be racist as her grandparents. Then In the medical field to offer quality of care one must be aware there are stereotypes that can influence in the way one provides care and that can be negative and harmful in regards to the patient.

This provides a satirical look at work place relations between men and women in the 1950s. The video is blatantly sexist and is meant to tell the viewer that the sexism of the twentieth century, as well as sexism today is unacceptable. As Peacocke asserts, “The message of the clip denounces and ridicules sexism rather than condoning it” (305). As Peacocke asserts, the creators of the show are not intending for sexism to be viewed as acceptable. While she makes a good point that the particular instance is purely satirical it is rather limited due to the credibility of a show such as Family Guy.

There are multiple stereotypes of women that are displayed in Simpson’s video. The first one is immediately evident as the video starts. Simpson arrives at the scene driving recklessly because, of course women can’t drive. She jumps out of the car and we can then see her cropped top, bright red boots and daisy dukes.

The way in which a person perceives the world and society surrounding them has a large impact on how they think, and act accordingly. One of the most distinct ways that determines how a person will interpret what is constantly happening around them is age. Age determines the level of understanding a person has of both simple and complex concepts, thus altering how they will react to different aspects of society. One of the most prevalent and commonly debated topics embedded in society is gender. For generations, society has had strict views on what should be considered acceptable for either gender, and age plays a large role in determining how a person understands gender roles, or how they identify with their gender. How people understand gender, and thus the society they interact with daily is largely determined by age.

The commercial “Princess Machine” aims at creating awareness of the new toy for girls and also changing society’s mentality about gender roles. The commercial starts off with three female children watching a princess show. However, contrary to normal expectations, they looked bored to death and found no interest in the program. Then the girls divert their attention into trying to change the channel, but went about it in a unique way. Series of items had been placed strategically in order to trigger a chain reaction that would eventually help change the channel. The commercial uses three girls from different races – white, black, Asian- to indicate that girls all over the world are capable of taking on new experiences. It also reveals to society

Sex has always been used to sell products, from fruit to IT services, and music is no exception to this method. Although women, in all forms, are frequently sexualized and labeled throughout the media, there appears to be a form of “hyper-sexualization” that occurs in the music industry. Female music artists are regularly urged to wear more revealing clothing and are often held to higher beauty standards. As written by Jennifer Stevens Aubrey and Cynthia M. Frisby in their article, “Sexual Objectification in Music Videos: A Content Analysis Comparing Gender and Genre,” “compared to male artists, female artists were more sexually objectified, held to stricter appearance standards, and more likely to demonstrate sexually alluring behavior” (Aubrey and Frisby). It is well known that the way women are represented among the media is not the way women are like in real life, which are causing detrimental effects to young women growing up in this day and age. Some of these negative effects include issues in self-esteem, unobtainable beauty standards, and the promotion of premature

As opposed to the glamorous lives of traditional celebrities, Youtubers appear more attainable with their lives being just as ordinary as our own. Unlike Hollywood celebrities, vloggers share struggles that connect with a greater portion of society, embodying these issues in various forms that range from risible rants about the daily grind of work to satirical skits on obscure trends. As a small representation of a larger group of people, they connect to us and we connect to them. It may not be a two-way relationship, but the shared values bring us all the more closer. Almost as if we are real friends. They make us laugh. They respond to our comments. They are among the most subscribed Youtube channels, like PewdiePie with over 53 million subscribers, NigaHiga with over 19 million subscribers, IISuperWomanII with over 11 million

The judgments we make about people, events or places are based on our own direct impressions. But for most of the knowledge, we rely on media. The media actually re-present the world to us. However, the media only shows us some aspects of the world, ignoring the rest. So basically, the media chooses what is to be shown and what is to be discarded (Andrew Pilkington and Alan Yeo (2009)). . In this essay, I will explain what stereotypes are and primarily give an example of a famous men’s magazine called ‘nuts’ and explain how these stereotypes are created by print and the digital media and what are their impacts on people.

Stereotypes have become a prevalent issue in our media. They, without our knowledge, prevent us from moving forward as human. In this essay, I will discuss the effects of stereotypes in media on gender roles, religion, and race.