...the characters in the movie and provide an overview of their relation to each other. I will include my personal thoughts on what the movie is saying about communication in general. I will also analyze the role of communication between the main characters and their relationships with each other. I will describe power and conflict issues. I will also write about the purpose of self-disclosure. Lastly, I will discuss whether any self-disclosure issues exist between the parties. The main characters in this movie are Elle, Paulette, Professor Callahan, Vivian, and warner. Elle is the main character of the movie who serves as the female lead challenging the norm of how society views women. Society may view women as loving, girly, and pink. Elle fills all of the stereotypes of a college girl age. Paulette is Elle’s friend. They both benefit from its relationship; Paulette learns to be assertive and Elle realizes their potential. Professor Callahan, hired her as an intern only to make sexual advanced on her just to make her believe that she can never become a good lawyer. Vivian, who is successful both academically and professionally, comes off as cold and unattractive. In this movie no one believed Elle had what it takes to get into Harvard and become a good lawyer. This portrays the first example of society stereotyping as her not achieving something with intelligence. Elle proves that they are wrong as she gets into Harvard...
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...may be more wingey than others and that may affect the parents in a negative way. They may become depressed and that may impact the child negatively as they may start to neglect the child. People stereotype thumb sucking at this age or nose picking, older children and adults would not pick their nose in public whereas infants have no understanding of embarrassment and may do this in public. People may stereotype infants to tantrums and breathe holding as a way of getting what they want. Some people stereotype infants in a very negative way and decide on not ‘wanting’ to have kids themselves as it is easier to live for yourself. For Childhood 4-9, people seem to think children are bad behaved. If someone has an only child, the stereo type is that the child is over protected and is spoilt and then grows up to be selfish and lonely. This stereotype may affect parents choices and they may not want that to happen and in result have more than one child. Children at this age seem to be very adventures as some people would say, also people stereotype girls to boys, they think boys are more dirtier and less behaved than girls, some people think boys cause more trouble and are more selfish and uncaring than girls which may or may not be true as every child is different, however a stereotype like this may affect the parents or even the child’s self-esteem and may change the way a parent is...
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...6 uses gender differences and race stereotypes to establish a new and improved society in the movie. Big Hero 6 is not the new equally diverse movie it claims to be. There are Asian characters and white characters. However, there is only one African American and no Indians or Latinos! Although, Disney claims that the movie is culturally diverse because a white character, Honey Lemon, is voiced by Genesis Rodriguez, who comes from a line of Latino ancestors. Minority groups do not want to see a white character voiced...
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... saying “girls aren’t as fast as boys, or a strong, or as athletic. This is not me talking, it’s a scientific fact” (Fickman). Outraged, Viola does everything in her power to prove this, as well as many other stereotypes wrong. Viola, played by Amanda Bynes, disguises herself as her brother and try’s out for his schools’ boys’ team. “This transparently cross-dressed performance advances a distinctly conservative perspective on both gender identity and the human subject” (). She’s the Man uses a humorous approach to help viewers understand the gender roles of teenage life when Viola is able to break through the barriers of femininity versus masculinity, disproving stereotypes about romance, athletics, education, and beauty along the way. There are many different stereotypes of femininity and masculinity in the movie, but the main one focused on in the movie is romance and the different ways that each gender enacts the roles of their individual relationships. Main character Viola Hastings is in a relationship with Justin, who is a typical macho man with no respect for women. In society, women are usually stereotypes as timid, dependent on the men in their lives, and able to be easily controlled in a relationship. However, Viola is able to break through those stereotypes when she holds her own against Justin as he lies to her face and tries to act dominant over her in front of his friends and teammates. When Viola is shot down by...
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...Stereotype Paper Leona Wolford PHI 103: Informal Logic Erik Hudak December 17, 2012 A stereotype is a generalization that people make about the characteristics of another person or group of people. I have stereotyped against other people and have been stereotyped by others. Stereotypes are created about people of specific cultures, races, gender or sexual orientation. A professor from the University of Toronto, Scarborough, Dr. Michael Inzlicht, indicated that “past studies have shown that people perform poorly in situations where they feel they are being stereotyped” (Kemick, 2010, para. 2). The first stereotype I will discuss is about African Americans. They have many stereotypes. The first common stereotype is that they’re all athletic. The argument for this stereotype could be: Michael Jordan was a talented basketball player Jerry Rice was one of the best wide receivers in the NFL Joe is African American, therefore, he must be a talented athlete The fallacy we see in this argument is hasty generalization. Our text states that the “fallacy of hasty generalization is committed when the conclusion is based on insufficient information: a generalization is made too quickly” (Mosser, 2011, p. 4.2). The assumption that Joe is a talented athlete just because of his racial background and color does not provide enough evidence to substantiate and prove the claim. Joe may not be athletic whatsoever, and may be more of a bookworm or be involved in activities other...
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...Stereotype Paper Stereotyping can be defined as “a conventional, formulaic, and over simplified conception, opinion, or image; one that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type”. (Herbert, 2008) Originally, a stereotype was a metal plate involved in the printing process. Once it was struck with an image, the imprint became permanent. Stereotyping is generally associated with prejudicial, erroneous, or misleading view of social groups not anchored in direct experience. (Holmberg, 2010) For this reason, it is generally thought that stereotyping is negative, and that it has widespread harmful effects. It can be noted that nearly all humans participate in a certain amount of stereotyping, whether it be from thoughts or values passed down to them through the generations, or views they’ve come to by their own thought process. One particular stereotype that I’ve observed being perpetuated in my own family is regarding gender roles. It is generally accepted in my ex- husband’s family that traditional gender roles should be observed (a woman’s place is in the home and that men should be the sole providers for the family etc.) The boys are raised learning to hunt and shoot guns and are strongly encouraged to participate in sporting activities in school. For the most part, young girls are strictly encouraged to participate in “girly” activities and are not encouraged to join sporting teams or do any athletic activity. In fact, my daughter was even...
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...Being a girl can become a difficult life style. Between our stages in life, staggering attitudes and emotions… I don’t know how we would get through it. I myself am a girl, born and raised as one; so I know first hand that I can be very frail and take many chances. I’m also the target for a lot of people, for emotional support and other things. My parents depend a lot on me to take care of things when they can’t, especially because I'm the only girl. I recall my 5th grade classroom, the desks were set up in rows of six, and I sat in the middle row, of a large room filled with an average sized class. And that’s where he sat, right there in front of me; now being a female in a male bias world I found that most guys don’t expect you to know how to fight. And that’s where he made his mistake. His name was Tommy and he tried to take my pencil, this might not seem like a big deal now but ever since I was younger, I had an “obsessive compulsive disorder” type of thing; I absolutely positively could not stand to have people touching my things, or things that I had previously touched. So I asked him kindly to please not touch my things…he didn’t quite listen. He continued to grab for my book bag when I told him again “DO NOT TOUCH MY THINGS” I was getting madder and he didn’t seem to comprehend the level of seriousness displayed in my threatening tone. “Shut up” he snapped back at me “don’t be a tattle tale”. “I wont,” I said through my teeth “but stop touching my things” with an...
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...restricted memories and who desperately desires to know what love and true happiness consists of. Lily narrates the novel in the first-person, describing the events she experiences from her unique perspective and retelling the stories others tell her in the same manner. Lily narrates the story and presents an attitude that maybe considered that similar to the tone a child when sharing personal information that have written in a diary, except with less self-loathing and more passionate feelings. Lily’s father who shows evidence of not only being a bigot but who is uncompassionate and callous which makes it more than difficult for her to grow up as normal girl, as he treats his own daughter as an inconvenience. Growing up Lily was limited to the girly activities she was permitted to do I assume she may have a tad of an immature superego due to this, according to I reference this as I believe her moral development is inadequate. However, she is still in her adolescent stages and has plenty of more life ahead of her to enhance to her current development. This story takes place in nineteen sixty four in South Carolina a place where I believe racism and social constructionism strongly existed , as the rights of African Americans were in place but not in fair and full affect, which is what their elders were accustomed to and what people were taught to believe. As Lily’s father had a whole peach crop of African American workers and one, named Rosaleen, that specifically catered...
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...hours a day. But it’s okay because I know he’s working to provide our family with the best care and make us proud (Cohen 2011). (Question 1) When I wake up, I start out my morning with looking at my schoolwork and seeing what I need to do for the day and plan accordingly. My parents and family back home in Japan have high expectations for me and I want to do everything I can to impress them. I then attend all of my classes back to back because I’m taking twenty credit hours; my plan is to graduate this December. After I finish my classes, I head up to the library for three back to back Asian centered study groups. My friends and I help each other out a lot; I have found that we compliment each other well because we experience the same stereotypes and can help one another out (Kiley 2012). (Question 2) A common misconception of Asians is that we are complete nerds that have no life or time for anything but studies. Well that’s not true and very prejudice. I have a job just like a lot of other college students. My scholarship covers my schooling but I like to have spending money for myself. My parents say that I am an adult and should support myself....
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...class and the Asians as unreceptive. These negative labels may lead teachers to treat ethnic minority pupils differently and this could result to failure. A good example of black labelling is from the studies by Gillborn and Youdell; Gillborn found that teachers were quick to tell black students off for behaviour rather than others. They found that black pupils were expected by teachers to disruptive and have behavioural problems which would be seen as threatening or challenging authority. When this was interpreted wrongly, this resulted in negative feedback from the black students which also resulted in further conflict. They both conclude that most of the conflict that occurs between white teachers and black pupils comes from the racial stereotypes that teachers hold. Bernard Coard explains how the ethnocentric curriculum may create under-achievement. An example of this is the history of Britain, which are supposed to bring civilisation to the 'primitive' peoples they colonised. Therefore, this image of black people as inferior undermines their self-esteem and leads to their failure. However, this is not clear as what the impact the ethnocentric curriculum has. For example, it may ignore Asian culture, Indian and Chinese pupils' achievement is above the national...
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...television show, Lost, and how in leans more towards exploitation because of its incorporation of token characters from different races and genders, which hurts more than helps our society, particularly American society, in its goal of expelling racism and sexism. The racial and gender stereotypes displayed in the hit television show Lost contribute negatively to society and its attempt to expel racism and sexism. By having characters that blatantly follow both racial and gendered stereotypes broadcasted on one of the most popular American television shows, it communicates to its viewers that their own stereotypical views on different races and cultures are inherently true and further cement that view point into the American mindset. If you’ve never seen the television series Lost, then it’s safe to say you’re lost. Although the series has long come to a close, when it was being aired, it was one of the most talked about shows on television. The one thing people didn’t seem to notice, and neither did I until I looked at it with a very critical eye, is that a large amount of the characters on the show fit almost perfectly into the stereotypes of their particular race. Before diving deep into these stereotypes, its critical you understand the background story to the show. The television series Lost is about an international flight flying from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles, California that goes off course mysteriously and crash-lands on a tropical island....
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes |Stereotypes are unreliable generalizations about all | | |Members of a group that do not take individual differences into account. Numerous | | |scientific studies have been made of these exaggerated images | |Prejudice |a negative attitude toward an entire | | |category of people, such as a racial or | | |ethnic minority | |Labeling theory |a sociological approach introduced | | |by Howard Becker that attempts to | | |explain why certain people are viewed | | |as deviants and others engaging in the ...
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...Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes |unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences into| | |account | |Prejudice |A unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. | | | | |Labeling theory |Is the view of deviance according to which being labeled as a "deviant" leads a person to engage in | | |deviant behavior. | Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |Color |Language |looks | |Sexual orientation...
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...Barbie Doll. Perhaps the real mark of "Barbie Doll's" welcome has been the numerous times it has been reprinted and analysed. Appearing in 1973, at the heart of feminism's second wave, "Barbie Doll" embodied the rage many women felt at being sexually objectified and treated as second-class citizens. The poem remains popular in large parts because it continues to represent women's experience. When you read the title of this poem, automatically you get a sense of something that is not real, a typical stereotype. This stereotype is seen through modern life today, through the media, celebrities, peer groups, or the obvious child’s toy. “Barbie Doll” symbolically describes the inherently destructive nature of patriarchy. A system of social organization in which the “male” is the ruling principle, patriarchy demands women’s obedience to men. Historically, this obedience has been externally manifest through law, for example, until the twentieth century women had been denied voting privileges in the United States. But patriarchy also exhibits its power through the shaping of mind and self-image. A “good” woman is one who conforms to patriarchal expectations: she is feminine, domestic, and will be a stereotypical housewife and leave the men to be the “breadwinner”. The “Barbie Doll” is known as “Satan’s plastic sister”. The intention of the doll was perfection, and when little girls are brought up playing with “Barbie & Ken” they expect reality to be very similar in later life, as...
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...Writing Workshop Cofer - The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just met a girl named Maria March 4, 2009 As Judith Ortiz Cofer says in her essay “mixed cultural signals have perpetuated certain stereotypes” (49). Since something can be natural in a determined culture and offensive in another, it is easy to find a variety of behaves that are misunderstood. This misunderstood is what promotes the existence of prejudice. The stereotypes should be ignored and forgotten by people. Each individual should be judge by its work and personality, and not by its clothes, physical appearance or place of origin. People should know better about distinct culture before believe in stereotypes. As a Brazilian woman (and therefore Latina).I can talk about the stereotype created about women from my country. Brazil is known for its soccer team, carnival, and beautiful women. It seems nice characteristic to be identified with. Although, those characteristics make people believe that in Brazil the women are always or at least most of the time naked. Brazilian girls are believed to be easy ones, because they kiss in the mouth on the first date. In some countries (as the ones in Europe) people also believe the Brazilian women that move to there are all prostitutes. Those and much more related kind of stereotypes make the Brazilian women to endure a lot prejudice not only as a Latin but also as a Brazilian. It is very sad to know that people are so influenceable but that is how it is. And it is very difficult...
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