Stereotypes In The Plastics

Stereotypes have been apart of society since the beginning. Stereotypes are often a generalization or assumption of an individual, and can be positive or negative. Stereotypes appear in the workplace, school, and daily life. There are stereotypes on race, gender, religion, sexuality, social class, professions, weight, and schooling. One example of stereotyping is if one sees a white-American female with blonde and blue eyes, one may say she’s “dingy”, “dumb”, and or “typical”. Now that female may be an all honor student, but because of a stereotype she was generalized to be the complete opposite of who she really is. Stereotyping a person based off of their appearance is one of the harmful effects of stereotypes. Stereotypes are harmful and counterproductive

Legally Blonde is a critically acclaimed movie and known for its uplifting story about being true to yourself and believing in everything you are capable of, but that is not the entire message that the creators are sending to their audience. They depict many negative stereotypes in this film, however, they question all of those stereotypes and prove them to be wrong. There are both positive and negative messages that can be taken from this film. Legally Blonde portrayed these certain stereotypes and ideas because the people who created this film chose them to be a part of their media message.

(Klaus was getting a little anxious on his upcoming trip to Mystic Falls University to see Caroline that evening. He was not the type of guy who would normally put his heart on the line. He knew perfectly well if it were any other woman, he wouldn't give her the time of day as it'd be a waste of time. However, he knew Caroline was different. The fire inside of her, her sassiness, the way she spoke her mind...Klaus could go on and on)

In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson used stereotypes throughout the book. Stereotypes the school into groups Like the Jocks, Cheerleaders, marthas and goths, I see those same stereotypes in the movie Mean Girls.

Many stereotypes are represented throughout the film ‘mean girls’. A stereotype is an oversimplified image of people who belong to a particular group, causing them to appear more similar than they really are (Edwards, Marangio, Moore, Blaher-Lucas, Ganino-day,2014) In the film many classic stereotypes

Amanda talks about how she was portrayed as a dumb blonde after the Mean Girls movie. Even though she is not unintelligent she was seen dumb because of her character in the Mean Girls movie. In her interview she states “ I feel like i’m just know getting the respect that I feel like I’ve been wanting for so long” (PS Interview). She played the role of the dumb blonde in the Mean Girls movie and in the TED 2 movie she played a role in which she fought for people and won her cases. Amanda Seyfried is a strong, independent women who wants to pursue a career in acting. The reality is that blondes are not unintelligent, they are just stereotyped as being that way because of all these stereotypes that exist about blonde girls. These stereotypes and misconceptions exist because humans have made stereotypes a natural process. In our society everyone has stopped interacting with others and judge someone based on what it said about them instead of taking the time to get to know the individual. Society has categorizing people and things into different groups according to their likeness or differences. Soad Louissi, states in her article “Why do Stereotypes exists, “But human nature and ethnocentrism (the view of things in which one’s own group is the center of everything) come into play, and starting to think of ourselves as somehow better than those who are different than us”. When the stereotype or misconception affect us

The next morning Althea felt both confident and relieved and couldn’t help but to think of that drunk fool’s face as she gathered her winnings and left the night before. Meanwhile, Hartley weighed heavy on Venus’s mind and she retrieved the small green gem her mother left on the table. Venus asked her mother about it and Althea replies, “Oh, I won it, along with all these gold pieces!” Althea proudly held up her winnings and Venus was instantly intrigued. She was not interested in the gold, instead she was interested in the look of confidence and power on her mother’s face. Althea continued, “He said it had the power to cure all ailments, but he was just a drunk fool.” Her mother’s statement brought her attention back to the green stone.

“I’ll make sure to call you everyday and, get straight A’s.” I say putting a smile on my face.

he Ordeal itself stands separate from the other trials Harry faces, and you can tell right away that it's more serious than his other tests. Earlier in the film, Harry and his friends have the teachers to bail them out. And while no one wants to see Malfoy make that smug little grin, at least they're not in any real danger of being killed.

On a daily bases people make excuses for everything. Everything meaning our actions and the things that we say. Common things that we make excuse for deal with sexist, racist, and heterosexist comments. Sexist is classified as saying that one sex is better than the other. An example of this is someone calling a male or female something that they are not. I do not like this because we are all humans and deserve to be respected and not called something that is degrading. We all know that racist is downgrading one race compared to another. An example of this is, saying that all black people are loud and ghetto. We all act the same but some people do certain things different from others. That’s just there way of living. I do not think that just because one person acts one way the whole race does also. Heterosexist is defined as heterosexuality is better than all other expressions. An example of this would be talking about how a guy dresses and calling him gay. I do not agree with this as well because it is good to stand out and be your own person not matter how others see you.

shows a lot of wrong stereotypes for American and for different people from different countries. The writer notes “not all dumbs are blonde” (82). Shields indicates that there are smart blonde girls. Before coming to the U.S. I was thinking that blondes are very stupid. When watching a movie, the blondes are always stupid.

Have you ever been in a debate between something? Well in the article “ Is this generation really more informed?” We read about how people think that this generation is more informed than the generations in the past because everyone has technology and phones. But not all people are correct. Everyone is not always informed about the right things. Some people are more worried about the things that interest them than about things that are important to the world.

The blonde woman has put in films as the weak, helpless, stupid character. This is a result of the male gaze because women are seen as inferior to men in all aspects and are there solely for the males entertainment. Since this stereotype is so prominent in the media it has circulated into everyday society. In Gilman’s essay What are Stereotypes and Why Use Texts to Study Them? he states that “everyone creates stereotypes... the creation of stereotypes is a concomitant of the process by which all human beings become individuals”(17).

In today's world there are many prejudices towards society's standards and it affects people negatively especially women. Being attractive can get you anywhere. Having good looks and a nice body gets you places most of the time. It is harsh but it is the truth. A social experiment has actually found that to be true.

A barrage of advertisements, photographs, videos, graphs, and graphic compositions meet our eyes every day. Some of these attempt to coax us to buy what is presented through them, while others are just presented to please us. Although, each of these images are presented for different reasons, they all have visual arguments they are trying to make. Most images have a composition that is specifically planned or captured to convey a specific message. Being in a class that teaches how to use images in a manner that conveys a message, and has emphasis on the composition of such images, I found some of the information very familiar. However, information that was new to me, was applying critical thinking to an image. Evaluating claims, breaking down