Say Anything Gender Stereotypes

Living in 21st century United States, being a much more liberal and inclusive environment than prior decades, gender “roles” and their normalities are being severely questioned and challenged. Americans have defined and established gender stereotypes that have become a critical part of how we look at gender roles and create biases about each gender. Stereotypes assume people who 'belong ' to a group will appear, behave, look, speak or sound like others from that group. The values, norms, practices, behaviors and traditions associated with the group are shared by all members of the group. For example, gay men are promiscuous, women are maternal and men don 't show emotions. Stereotypes are often dismissive, negative, and they are sometimes

many as successful female artists as there are male in the rap genre. There is serious talent being exhibited with these young female rappers and I feel the public just refuse to give their time to even bother with these artists. For a young girl wanting to be a famous artist, it can be dream crushing to realize this is more of an impossible decision. A few female famous artists today can explain how this became a stereotype and made this an impossible career pathway.

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.

Coming out to friends and family is something every non-straight or non-gender conforming person dreads due to fear of rejection or being further outed. The society we live in is becoming more accepting every day and kids are growing more confident and proud of themselves and who they are. Though it is not a perfect society and negative views are still very abundant, especially in the south, I have made the decision to be out as a gay individual. The anxiety I had within me when I came out to my friends and family is something I will never forget.

During school years, I wasn't like "other girls". No I'm not going to tell you about how I was different or I fell in love with the popular kid and he didn't even know I existed. I was just the girl who never got into the phase of make up. I was never dressed up in cute dresses, or was remotely interested in "girly toys" (other than Polly Pockets, I mean who didn't love those adorable mini rubber barbies?!). I woke up five minutes before the bus would come to my stop, throw on my sweatshirt and take my hair out of my braid and run. I never worried about getting up an hour early to make sure I had my make up on point (not that there is anything wrong with that at all, it's just not what I did). I was always told by the girls I went to school with about how lucky I was to not have to wake up early to get ready for school. I always thought that was kind of weird though since they were all cute enough to do the same thing I did. I didn't think they needed to go through the trouble.

When the subject of eating disorders comes up it is mostly teenage girls or women that are put in the spotlight. People focus on the modeling and advertising industries by calling them out for the unhealthy image they create for young women, even though it is well known that most if not all their images are photoshopped. The implied message of most advertisements raising awareness for eating disorders is that women are the only one that suffer from them. Based on the visualization of two ads- one from dove encouraging women to love their bodies and the other from NEDA (National eating disorder association) for a helpline both the of ads help to reinforce the false belief, that women are the only ones that suffer from eating disorders. But one aspect that people tend to overlook and that has not come to public attention until just recently is the rising number of cases in men and adolescent boys

Women stereotypes have kept women from being successful in male dominated jobs. With women being housewives and care givers they do not fit the role of being a laborer. Gaining education and joining male dominated jobs have changed the trend of being house wives and care givers. Single mothers can have been working and being a care giver for many years now. Many skills that women have exceled at such as multitasking has helped women become successful in many fields of work. Regardless of the efforts women make to succeed in male dominated jobs they are passed up by other men for higher level jobs. With women starting to have interests in mathematics, mechanics, and other male dominated jobs they must conform into male dominated jobs. When women

When you think of women in men in conversation your mind directly goes to woman, because women are known for gossiping, and always talking on the phone. But in all honesty man probably talk more. In reference to the reading men talks more in meeting, groups discussions and classrooms where females are around. Guys might not think its gossiping when there tell their friends about their relationship with their girlfriends.

While there is no apparent shortage of women in the media, for there are shows such as The View on ABC, and The Kelly File on Fox news, the key word is apparent. While women host these shows and others, the clear majority are co-hosted by a man, or hosted by men alone. While Kelly File ranks high within Fox News, The O’Reiley Factor and Hannity generally overshadow it. This does not mean that she never outscores them, because there are times when she does. And that speaks to the quality of her program. For by beating out established shows such as Hannity, or O’Reilly it shows that she is on the same level or perhaps higher than the men. Indeed, there is more than one show that usually has high rating, such as Outnumbered. A question that

There are many Gender-Neutral/LGBT* places on campus here at the university of Winnipeg, this map has categorized them into three categories.

The participants for this study consisted of 48 students from the University of West Alabama, recruited from the General Psychology Research Participation Pool. Individuals who participated in the research study received credit toward their course requirement as compensation for participating in the study. All participants provided informed consent and debriefing before the study began. All of the participants filledparticipants filled out a demographics sheetsheet (See Appendix D). More females than males participated in the study, with 66.7% representing females and 33.3% representing males. The majority of the participants were freshman with 60.4%. There were also 22.9% of sophomores and 16.7% juniors. The majority

In the world today, there are also many countries that consider women to be in a lower social class than men. In fact, on January 22 last year, the Indian Times released this statement: “A kangaroo court last Sunday decided that the victim be raped by 10 men as she had committed a crime by having an affair outside the community. The tribal heads had found that the sin of the 20-year-old can be only undone if she gets raped by 10 tribal men.” Gender inequality is not just seen in India, but also around the world. They are denied any power or any string that ties them to being a valued human life. In Saudi Arabia, women are denied a driver's license. In China, female babies are being killed because of the “one-child” policy and their preference

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

“She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen”(Crowe,1989).A soulmate is someone you have a very deep connection with. It's not always easy explained. It is a meeting of mind, heart, body notwithstanding soul at the highest of levels. Communication is at its easiest, as they understand you perfectly, nevertheless accept you completely with no judgments(urbandictionary.com).Or maybe soul mates are just two ordinary people who are too stubborn to let the world pull them apart. In this charming, critically acclaimed tale of first love “Say Anything” , Lloyd (John Cusack), an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane (Ione Skye), an unattainable high-school beauty and straight-A student.It is graduation day, 1988, for this

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