The Importance Of 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

As we have seen gender stereotypes and the subsequent gender roles which they encourage can often serve a good purpose but they do become problematic when the lines are blurred and we can no longer distinguish between nature and nurture.

Also, in her article, Bonomo states, “males possess on average more than six times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence than females, while females have nearly ten times the amount of white matter related to intelligence than do males. One part of a male’s brain, the inferior parietal lobe, is larger than a female’s and is involved in spatial and mathematical reasoning, skills that boys tend to perform better than girls” (Bonomo, 2010); whereas, girls tend to perform better than boys in verbal and written language. Furthermore, “in 2007 a longitudinal study conducted by the National Institutes of Health demonstrated consistent sex differences in the speed of the brain’s maturation (Lenroot et al. 2007). It also showed that boys’ brains develop differently than girls’

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

In the world of movies and imitation the extremes become the normal, in many cases girls wanted to be free like the characters of the movies they saw, they wanted to experience what they were not allowed to do even if what they wanted to imitate were wild things or inappropriate, and just because they saw it on TV they thought it to be true and to be the norm that should be followed. The young girls wanted privileges similar to those in the movies, and they rebelled against the restrains they claimed to be subject to. The movies have taught young girls a great deal of things that they shouldn’t have learnt as shown by the confession of a girl student who states “almost all of my knowledge of sex came from the movies” (Forman, 166). But apparently

In society it is very hard to get away from sexism. It shows up in the media, clothing products, toys, and even television shows. Not only do we have lingerie commercials on television but now they consist of very skinny models with big breasts and of course they are gorgeous and a size zero. What ever happened to the overweight women, or the flat chested lady that just had three kids, why is she not on the runway showing off the new items for Victoria’s Secret? From a marketing perspective; sex sells. It is unfortunate that it has to happen at all, not only does it happen to women but also to men. Both genders are being portrayed as sexist’s objects in many different aspects in our society.

Stereotypes not only pertain to commercial television but are also found in music television clips. In a study done by Rita Sommers-Flanagan, John Sommers-Flanagan and Britta Davis exploring gender role and content analysis of music television (MTV) in 1993 “results included the following: men appeared nearly twice as often as women; men engaged in significantly more aggressive and dominant behavior; women engaged in significantly more implicitly sexual and subservient behavior; and women were more frequently the object of explicit, implicit, and aggressive sexual advances.” (Sommers-Flanagan, 1993) The woman has been degraded to the weak sexual objects with only the power of their sexuality, and the men remain the more dominant powerful gender.

It has been found that there is little to no difference on cognitive ability based on sex (Hakim, 2006). How, then, have these ideas about femininity remained in popular discourse? It is argued that the schemas that are developed from birth, which influence initial reactions and the perception

The theme of this paper is gendered stereotypes in the media.This paper will investigate the question, “To what extent are females stereotyped more than men in the media in the U.S.?” while looking specifically at examples from movies, music, and advertisements. To begin, an overview of history was given to provide insight on the progression of gender roles and the expanding media. Viewpoints on both male and female stereotypes in the media were investigated and analyzed to determine if females are, in fact, stereotyped more. The sources used in this investigation were evaluated to determine their credibility and what support, if any, they offered to the argument. After analyzing the information and sources, it was concluded that women are stereotyped more than men in the media based on the societal norms developed throughout history.

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Nonetheless, there are also environmental factors, or so-called social factors. What drew my attention the most is that it is not genuinely known what makes such distinction between men and women, nature or nurture. Where nurture takes on a huge role that kind of teaches individuals through life experiences. The video indicated that most of the neural connections were seen during adulthood. In a way children start to make connections by watching others and mimicking the same act and as they grow older they start making life decisions based on learned experiences. In a way these experiences help guide the individual on how they think when solving a problem or

Gender stereotypes have long been a cause of judgment of individual performance in academic, athletic, and professional situations. Society has constructed and reinforced concepts of the quintessential male and female and their respective roles in the community. The expectations for each sex may incidentally affect their performance and success, especially when tasks seem to deviate from stereotypical gender roles. This experiment explores the effect of these judgments in stereotyped career settings.

I strongly believe that boys and girls should get the opportunity to play on the same team together if they wanted to.This would make them be able to learn more about the sport and help them to get better.If boys and girls were on the same teams they would be able to make more friends and there wouldn't be as much drama. One more reason I think that they should be able to be on the same team is because it would challenge them to get better and help them engage in each other without being shy.

The nineteenth century saw the start of the scientific debate in which brain size was presumed to indicate intelligence. Which in turn lead some scientists to the conclusion that men, having on average a larger brain size than women, may be more intelligent.

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