...A lot of things come to mind when someone mentions sexism. The main topic addressed by the populous is women’s issues, but does one truly consider the issues faced by men? Does anyone stop to think about the stereotypes that men are forced to conform to? The answer can vary based on who responds, but if one general consensus were to be reached then it would be that these sexist standards are rarely addressed, or that they simply don’t exist. Americans need to take this call to action and use it to revolutionise the unrealistic standards set for male citizens of this country. What do we expect from men today? The populous can provide many responses to this question, yet general consensus is usually this: strong, athletic, and emotionless individuals...
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...Stereotyping This is a report about how the different life stages get stereotyped and how that can affect an individual. Stereotyping means pre judging someone or something you don’t know due to the influence of a group of others opinions. Infancy 0-3 usually gets stereotyped as the snotty, loud, crying babies that are a very big responsibility to take on. Most parents want to have the ‘perfect’ baby and be the ‘perfect’ parents; however that is not always the case… Some baby’s 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...
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...In the world we live in today people are judged by their gender everyday, which affects their performance in their everyday life. Although any sex can be a victim of gender stereotypes, the main gender type that is targeted negatively are females because they are considered to be “delicate” and “weak, while men are seen as more “bold” and “strong”. As a result of this, the question that will be focused on is “why do gender stereotypes affect the performance of individuals?”. Gender stereotypes can affect a person's ability to do things to their full potential such as education, competing in sports, or even something as small as playing video games. One reason why gender stereotypes affect the performance of individuals is because of the pressure...
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...buying gender specific items. Children’s clothing and toys play a large role in socialization and with the all the stereotypes surrounding gender specific items this seemed like a very interesting area to research. My research question is: How does stereotypes of children’s clothing and toys influence gender identity? Literature Review: In Jane Little and Carol Martin’s (1990) study, “The Relations of Gender Understanding to Children's Sex-typed Preferences and Gender Stereotypes,” “Once children can accurately label the sexes, they begin to form gender stereotypes and their behavior is influenced by these gender-associated expectations. A cognitive component related to the sex-typing process, however, certainly does not preclude the significance of biological and socialization influences” (Little & Martin, 1990, p. 1437). In this study it showed that boys tended to choose more masculine clothing and the girls feminine items like dresses and frilly items. Toys were also presented to the boys and girls; boys choose more masculine typed toys like trucks, tool kits, motorcycles, army men. The girls choose toys more feminine like Barbie dolls, doll clothes, doll and crib, purse and a beauty kit (Little & Martin, 1990). In Clyde W. Franklin II (2010) study, “Becoming ‘Boys,’ ‘Men,’ Guys,’ and ‘Dudes.” Gender roles were discussed in cases where parents treat children differently depending on the sex of the child. Parents of one and two year olds tend to choose items more masculine...
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...Stereotypes are sometimes inescapable. Everyday activities, such as doctor visits, shopping, as well as others, may be interrupted by people placing stereotypes on young children. The origin of these gender stereotypes is thought to stem from the portrayal of princesses and the images they project to children. The author of “Cinderella and Princess Culture”, Peggy Orenstein, shares her frustration and claims the only way to get rid of female stereotyping is to get rid of princesses. Typically, the princess archetype goes hand in hand with ball gown dresses, a prince charming, etc.; however, princesses’ womanly figures, outfits, as well as their storylines, have begun to change. The author of “The Evolution of Disney Princesses”, Jo Bradley,...
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...stereotyped by another person or group. What do I want my readers to believe? It’s important that my readers understand the effects that stereotyping can have and to give information that may pay it forward by stopping stereotyping from happening now, which may help prevent it in the future. What do they need to know? I believe that many people do not understand the impact stereotyping can have on an individual. Negative stereotyping may stop someone from doing something because of the thoughts and stereotypes of others. It affects an individual’s self-esteem and can even create additional stereotypes in their mind of people who stereotyped them. It’s truly a vicious cycle. There are several types of stereotypes consisting of: strong, athletic, provider, unemotional, superior to women etc. Why should they care? In today’s society there are millions of Americans and different cultures who struggle with stereotypes. It affects their children and their children’s children. It can affect a person’s decision on what job they can get, where they should live, etc. Stereotyping is no small matter. Step 8 *...
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...Females now take on tasks that only men were supposed to do. Gender roles appear in places that one wouldn’t expect: Disney movies. Disney movies do a great job at showing how gender roles were portrayed at the time the movie came out. Most notably, in these movies, males fulfill a certain appearance stereotype (tall, muscular, handsome, etc.). The same stereotype applies to females as well (makeup, being slim, posture, etc.). In Disney movies, the male protagonist is almost always good-looking, muscular, tall, etc. An example of this is Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid movie. In the movie, he’s tall, light-skinned, muscular, and handsome. He’s almost “perfect”. In the essay ....Happily Ever After (Or What Fairy Tales teach Girls about being Women) Alice Neikirk states “the hero, often a prince, is generally described as brave and handsome.” Over time, the appearance of the male protagonists have changed. For example, Flynn Rider from Tangled is just a slim, not very muscular, semi- handsome guy. He’s average compared to princes from other Disney movies (like Prince Eric, Hercules, It seems only the rich princes are the muscular good-looking types, especially when compared to princes like Aladdin. He’s from the Middle East and is still good- looking, but he’s very skinny and isn’t in any way muscular. This shows how appearance depends on where the male...
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...the importance of knowing where stereotypes originated and how they affect oppressed groups, including your excellent example a stereotype of Arab generates bigotry, intriguing. Your example of Fox Children Network’s Batman illustrates Arab being depicted in a bad light. This speaks to the power of visuals. I do not believe people recognize how efficacious they are. The visuals about Arab American tells a story and even help depict our emotions toward them. The tactic of colors helps convey ideas of good and bad. Just like your example, the bad guys had a dark complexion. The villain, the tough guy, the enemy often has a darker skin; this is common especially in cartoons....
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...The standpoint theory focuses on how an individual's location within a culture shapes what the individual experiences, knows, feels, does, and understands social life as a whole (Wood, 2009). This theory can be used to enrich our understanding of why people communicate in different ways and it empowers the viewpoints of the marginalized (CommunicationStudies.com, 2011). The major contribution of standpoint theory is that it can be used to show how our different social locations (e.g. according to gender) provide the possibility of having different standpoints (Wood, 2009) which then affects how individuals develop particular perspectives, identities, skills, and understandings as a result of their standpoint within society. Plan’s (2011) research into gender expectations demonstrates that in many settings boys and men are encouraged to be ‘tough’, are put under pressure to be heads of households and often face institutionalized violence, much at the hands of other men through choice of profession. The...
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...When individuals experience stereotype threat, they activate thoughts about the stereotype and concerns about performance, and this activation predicts underperformance on a subsequent test (Logel, Iserman, Davies, Quinn, & Spencer 2009). This exposes that standardized academic achievement tests results may be affected by those experiencing stereotype threat. The gender gap on the SAT Math is a major cause of concern, showing a small-to-moderate difference favoring males (Hyde & Else-Quest, 2013). In the United States, the SATs is a pathway to higher education and can be the deciding factor on where students are able to attend schools. If a female is having anxiety and thoughts of inferiority pertaining to subjects that males perform at a higher rate they may spend time trying to suppress these feelings rather than focusing on tasks or test at hand. Female underprediction effect is another influence on a female’s experience taking SATs and getting into college. SATs are used to judge how well a student will perform once at university, so scoring lower than another student who is male decreases the chances of getting accepted to certain universities. This is unfortunate for women as they get higher grades than their SAT scores indicate. Researchers...
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...Stele initiates the idea of stereotype threat, which is the idea that as members of society we have a pretty good idea of what other members of our society think about lots of things, including the major groups and identities in societies. (540) On a daily basis our surrounding environment affects stereotype on both ends: the believer of the stereotype, and the affected by it. Take a moment to think of all the working women in your life. Out of all the women involved, can you think of one, maybe two who are in executive positions in their current jobs? What holds this minority back from managerial positions? Assimilating leadership can be challenging when you must establish in an environment that continuously debates when and how it is for...
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...The enculturation process plays a role in learning gendered norms. Gender roles ascribed to men and women have affect in our society. Social inequalities affect many women in different walks of life. It can be seen in the type of work women obtain and which accounts for the gender wage gap. Gender inequality can also be seen at the educational level. Even though there is gender inequality all around us we we can all strive for gender equality by diminishing the causes of gender inequality. Lets take a step back and analyze what gender inequality truly...
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...“struggled with police before the shooting,” versus white Aurora shooter James Eagan Holmes, remembered as a “brilliant science student.” ”(Nam par.2). Nam gives an example of two subjects that have been both portrayed in the media one being a black victim being negatively depicted even though he was the victim versus a white shooter who is in the wrong getting depicted so positively. Also, Brahim EL-Zurek in a french broadcast has spoken on how he feels towards racial stereotyping that has personally affected him “We are sick and tired of being described as immigrants, delinquents, thieves, Islamic radicals. They see us only as gang rapists, hash dealers or religious zealots.”(Analysis: Riots highlight lack of diversity in French media par.10).What EL-Zurek is discussing is what many minorities face because of the media that can be fixed...
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...identity is an important stage that people go through in their lives. Every human being in the world would go through the stage of searching, then finding their identity at some point in their lives. But this search is often affected by stereotyping because it can affect people’s view of themselves and also their view of other people around them. Because of this writers feel that they need to convey the importance of finding one’s own identity then taking the time to learn and respect other people’s identity. Then also how dangerous it can be if we let stereotyping cloud our judgements on ourselves and those around us. Some example of texts where writers that explore this theme are, the poem “Bred in South Auckland” by Glen Colquhoun, the poem “Search for my Tongue” by Sujata Bhatt, the short story ‘’On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter and the short story “After you my Dear Alphonse” by Shirley Jackson. These four texts can be separated into two groups. The first group is the way that stereotyping can affect people’s view on their own search for identity in both positive and negative ways. This would be the poems, “Bred in South Auckland “and “Search for my Tongue”. The Second group is the way that stereotyping can affect people’s view on others identity which would be the short stories, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” and “After you my Dear Alphonse”. The idea of stereotyping affecting the search for identity in ourselves is seen in the poem “Bred in South Auckland”. This is an open...
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...color but many groups such as women and people of a certain age range. Studies will be shown to convey the possible connection between how long children are involved in some form of media and the way certain demographics are depicted in the media children watch. Considering the fact that children, and people in general, spend a lot of their time involved in some form of media there is some sort of correlation between media and perception. An answer will be given on whether traditions and customs depicted have can have an possible...
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