Stereotype. Stereotypical. Stereotyping. All are words I’m sure we all have heard. A question I have asked myself is “Why do stereotypes exist and more importantly‚ why do they matter?” A stereotype is an oversimplified image of a person‚ place‚ or object. George Takei‚ a Japanese actor‚ once said “If we allow ourselves to judge another based on a stereotype‚ we have allowed a generalization to replace our own thinking.” So why do we allow ourselves‚ as people‚ to judge one another based on a stereotype
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Both cartoons criticize the carelessness of Americans’ regarding their treatment of guns. The danger of guns is not acknowledged by many Americans‚ which is seen in the first picture‚ as the US-shaped building is a reference to a popular toy store. Not only are guns seen as mere toys‚ but they are also made more easily accessible in the US compared to other countries. As depicted in the second picture in an exaggerated form‚ firearms can be bought by anyone no matter their mental state. The discounts
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Kaitlin M. Boyle ran a study in the pursuit of explaining why certain men gravitate towards high-risk fraternities and how being a member in this fraternity subculture enforces hostility and abuse toward women. Boyle uses a social psychological approach to compare the individual attitudes‚ which is the fraternity subculture and their behaviors toward women. Many rapes happen in a fraternity house‚ usually after a party or an athletic event. Most of the men use myths to justify the rape accusation
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Pulp fiction‚ according to the Vintage Library (Media)‚ provides a ground for creative talent. The freedom provided in the pulp fiction created hardboiled detectives and science fiction genres. Pulp fiction is given credit for the evolution of literature‚ and fictional heroes found in today’s films. In the early nineteen-hundreds the American public was awash with creative writing publications known as pulp fiction. The name was coined from the cheap material that was used in the publications.
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This graphic image taken from a video game is not uncommon. The low-cut clothing on the woman and the large overbearing man behind holding a knife to her depict a sad‚ but far too common representation of women within video game culture. As discussed in class‚ women are often presented as objects to which the players may do whatever they wish. This often results in violence and abusive sexual acts geared at what the game creators believe their consumers might enjoy. There are many negative representations
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The movie Pride‚ is the movie that had two different groups that have different point of view and beliefs. One group was seeking for change in the community and the other was of keeping the tradition going. They created the group to see if they can get their voice heard‚ but it was hard with a lot of challenges on the road. Mark Ashton whom seemed to lead the group of gays‚ lesbians. They wanted to get their voice heard through the support of miners. The group was named Lesbian and Gay Support the
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In 1983 in Liverpool‚ England‚ 14-year-old John gets into a fight at school after a classmate makes an offensive joke about his father‚ who died in the Falklands War. On his way home‚ Shaun comes across a gang of young skinheads led by Steve‚ who feels sympathy for John and invites him to join the group. They accept Shaun as a member‚ and he finds a big brother in Steve‚ while developing a romance with Sally‚ an older girl who dresses in a new wave style. Callum‚ an older skinhead‚ returns to the
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and trophies and not as actual intellectual beings. Coming into college‚ I was aware that women are not held to this standard anymore‚ but I was still worried that some people would continue to not take women seriously. Even as late as 2001‚ gender stereotypes persisted in film and in the media. In the movie Legally Blonde‚ starring Reese Witherspoon‚ Elle Woods gets dumped by her scholarly boyfriend because he wants a “serious relationship” with an educated and successful sorority president. Elle
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DEPICTED IDEALS OF BEAUTY Throughout the decades of time‚ society has been continuously determining the perception of what it is to be "beautiful." The American standard of beauty is often reflected upon advertisements that convey an unrealistic expectation for most everyday women. Whereas‚ teenagers have grown to interpret advertisements as a model for how they should appear physically. Marilyn Monroe was perceived as the epitome of beauty in the 1950s. The well-known sex symbol was recognized
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Historically females have been portrayed as being weak and submissive‚ obeying their male counterparts (fathers/husbands etc) and staying in the background looking after the home and the children. To be freethinking was unheard of; all decisions were made by the male which the female had to comply with‚ whether or not she wanted to. This went for everything from arranged marriage to who she could associate with. There was also the generalisation that women were incapable of rational thought and prone
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