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    Media And Stereotypes

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    with the help of various media platforms‚ making them powerful and dangerous tools affecting social behavior. The media’s involvement with shaping these attitudes have placed the Western world in a type of causality loop; media platforms relay stereotypes to the public‚ and with our acceptance of them as reality‚ we are essentially allowing those platforms to continue communicating these messages. This notion expresses the need for a change somewhere within this endless cycle in order for us to break

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    Feministic Stereotypes

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    I strongly believe the website‚ www.womansportreport.com‚ enable women athletes to show off their sport competence without feministic stereotypes. This website covers everything exactly the same as a male sports from pictures‚ interviews‚ and highlights. The pictures in the site display athletes’ in uniform‚ performing their heart out‚ sweaty brows‚ and dirty clothes; unlike the pictures compared to Sports Times with demeaning captions that deliver some type of female degradation. Competitor’s dialogue

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    Stereotypes Of Women

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    various ways. Although the degree of stereotyping has changed drastically since its origin‚ it is still quite prominent in today’s society. Television shows are one of the biggest offenders today in keeping this stereotype alive. The television industry should stop feeding off the female stereotype and represent women how they actually are instead of portraying them‚ collectively‚ as crazy. If they do represent women as crazy‚ they should do it in a way where it pokes fun of it‚ but does not portray it

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    characteristic. An individual doesn’t automatically grow up accepting others. There are numerous factors that determine how accepting an individual is of others. Believe it or not everyone has biases and stereotypes towards others‚ in order to truly understand these biases and stereotypes and as well how accepting an individual is of others‚ you must look at their past experiences‚ the environment they grew up in‚ and the culture they were raised in. I know when someone truly accepts another

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    In Jen Christensen’s article‚ “Nerd Alert: Reading is Good For Your Health”‚ the idea of a therapy approach consisting of books‚ known as Bibliotherapy‚ is introduced to the reader. Alison Courtney has been assigning books for people to read‚ not just for pleasure‚ but as a therapeutic treatment. She has been using books to aid people in overcoming issues such as grief or depression‚ as well as using them as general emotional support in several different aspects of life such as goals and relationships

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    Stereotypes Of Schoolbook

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    Schoolbooks and the female stereotype In the United States schoolbooks tend to show females as a passive and dependent creatures‚ who are used to serve males. A University of California professor claims that the most widely-used textbooks demonstrate girls in an inferior position to boys. Louise White‚ of the U.S. Office of Education expresses that because of a strong stereotype most girls think themselves as a servant who only does four jobs – nurse‚ secretary‚ teacher and mother. Lenore Weitzman

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    Gender Stereotypes

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    with this ease to find information comes the ability for a company to reach a big chunk of the  population. With this ability there come advertisements. Today companies spend big sums of  money on advertisement. But what makes an advertisement effective. Is it‚ roles‚ the age  demographic‚ stereotypes‚ or sex appeal? ​ After doing my research and looking through multiple  dozens of magazine ads I have come to the hypothesis that the use of sex appeal is the most way  to convince your customer of the idea that you are advertising​

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    Libertarian Stereotypes

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    There are certain stereotypes about libertarians that hold some truth. Many people who followed this movement‚ do so only to advance a personal agenda and do not follow the whole ideology. There are a couple of people in this group who only use the label “libertarian” just to agree with Democrats and Republicans. Also‚ some individuals joined just so they could spout anti-government hate. For example‚ Alex Jones associated himself with libertarians just so he could get attetion to his cause. He

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    Stereotypes Of Hollywood

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    Many people may think of rich people‚ movies‚ bright lights‚ and glamour when hollywood is mentioned. Some of these stereotypes are very accurate when taking into account that the median property value for Hollywood‚ California is up at about $642‚000‚ and considering that it is known as the movie or television series capital of the world. Among these stereotypes‚ Hollywood itself and its sign are a classic‚ rightful icon that represents american ideologies. Hollywood and its well-known sign actively

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    Consumer Stereotypes

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    basic for any marketing effort to define and know well its target; although not every individual has the same reaction to the product‚ it is possible to have a wider reaction and behavior inside a category even if the people themselves deny those stereotypes‚ it is true that demographics are still the best way to target a market. A way you can know how to introduce your product to the public is knowing its generation; according to it‚ people has been exposed and had experimented some technology development

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