Gender Stereotypes In Bend It Like Beckham

“The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.” –Louise J. Kaplan. Adolescence is a tough and stressful time about figuring out who you’re going to be. If that wasn’t hard enough already the world tries to shape you to who they want you to be with stereotypes, adolescences face a whole lot more issues as well. Adolescence is a burdensome time though in the end it shapes who you are. The film Bend It Like Beckham by Gurinda Chadha, explores many adolescence issues including gender stereotypes and generational differences between parents and adolescence.

Gender Stereotypes, gender stereotypes can be a confronting and tough issue during adolescence since this this is the time when a