The Stereotypes Of Young Women

In today’s modern world, our mindset in fashion are all based on fantasy; new brands/branding, trends and many more. We all live in a society whereby we tends to buy things that are attractive. Even though we don’t have enough money for such items such as cloths, borrowing or lending money from others would better off the cost. In fashion, a question came to mind, what type of people are mostly portrayed especially in magazine covers?

When girls reach the age of puberty, their body starts to change, hair begins to grow in odd places, and insecurities set in. To make matters worse, the influence of society creates a downward spiral in any efforts of overcoming these insecurities. In lines 7-14, Marge Piercy quotes, “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back, abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs. She was advised to play coy, exhorted to come on hearty, exercise, diet, smile and wheedle.” Piercy describes the pull and tug between Mother Nature and the expectations of society. As a result, many girls never overcome the traumatic effects of

In the early 21st century, women’s activist groups have been becoming a more and more prominent sight in modern day society, but whilst nowadays, they are common sight, prior to the 20th century, it was impossible for women to vote or run for office in Canada, as well as many other countries (Stoddart, 2016). Knowing this, it raises the question, why were women fine with such standards for 1900 years? The answer to this question revolves around social conventions.

Women come in different shapes, size, color and race, and have come a long way in the United States to get rights. But unfortunately even today men are being put on a higher pedestal than women and are being treated in better ways. We have dealt with the same critique for many years that women cannot and will not be able to do certain things just for that fact that they are not a man. Although, there has been many changes in a women’s life, there are many stereotypes that surround women that are just not true.

In ancient society, women were caregivers. They were to marry at the age of 14, and care for their husband and children. Women were told to act a certain way, watch what they eat, never talk back to men, and be a lady. You would think that opinions would change and people of the modern society would look at women as equally as men. However, it is almost a nature of all living things to look to men for leadership and women for dinner and clean laundry. I think it’s unfair how gender specific stereotypes play such a massive part in our lives. Boys are always raised to be leaders and business owners, while girls are raised to be proper ladies; only for the purpose of marriage.

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”-Marilyn Monroe. For years women have been striving to be equal with men, but women have been paying for it. Out of all the companies in this world, less than ten percent of all CEOs are women. When a man and a women have the same job, women tend to be paid less, and around the world women have been grouped into stereotypes. So I strongly believe that women can do anything a man can do, and that was proven over the years. Now and days women are being stereotyped by the world around them, they are being paid less, and all bigger companies are run by males. If people looked harder at the world around them, they can change the way others look at women.

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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

For teenage girls to be treated this way is horrible. Society might not think it’s the right decision, but I don’t understand why strangers are all the sudden concerned about me. I understand everyone has their right to state their opinion but it’s hard. I wasn’t even pregnant and I had to actually stop halfway on the day that I did it by myself. To be a young person and having to be put in those situations is the unthinkable. Looking back on it all I was shocked. I can’t believe that it’s okay to be so rude and hurtful to someone who’s young and pregnant. In society it’s okay though for them to be rude and mean. If you don’t follow the norm you get treated horrible and get told how you should know better. The norm is so strict here that it’s

This is atrocious. Girls and women alike are strong individuals who do not need your ‘stereotypes’ to define who we are. Running is a sport that brings relief, happiness and fitness to many all around the world, now we are starting to stereotype that too? Apparently, boys run further because they are bigger, stronger and overall better? Is this the reason why you are limiting distances for girls? Because if so that is scandalous. Girls can be just as good or better than boys if we get the right opportunity and you aren’t giving it to us. “8km for senior boys and 6km for senior girls….” Unfortunately this act is just one shameful example of what happens all around the world in schools and higher levels. Instead of encouraging and motivating

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Stereotypes are seen everywhere people go. They have affected women since the dawn of time. The ones held for women affect them in every possible way . All the little stereotypes that women have add up creating big effects on women's day to day life. Their is no way around it especially in the workforce. The impact of stereotypes starts at a young age and these impacts stick with them fro the rest of their life. The cause of the impacts determines their career.

The fight for gender equality is more prominent than it ever was, and feminism is on the rise. But it is the twenty first century now where women have more power than ever, so why is it that the battle for equality is still progressing? Because gender stereotypes create the expectation that women are responsible for the pleasure of men.