Stereotypes Hypothesis: Blondes are unfairly stereotyped as being dumb. Question 1: Where did dumb blondes originate? Question 2: Where are they portrayed? Question 3: How does this stereotypical label affect natural blondes? She’s attractive. She’s fun. She’s flirty. She’s…dumb? The concept of the dumb blonde is a common stereotype that is placed on fair-haired women‚ continues to pervade society through today. Its origin‚ however‚ like many popular-cultural stereotypes‚ is
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Supposedly‚ blondes are dumb‚ unintelligent‚ inconsiderate‚ and don’t care about anything else just their appearance. Throughout history‚ this stereotype has been labeled to females who have blonde hair due to the lack of eumelanin (pigment that provides color to hair). This may not seem real‚ but it is. Overall‚ blonde women have been discriminated and categorized as simpletons‚ inconsiderate‚ vain‚ and unintelligent beings for many years. Still‚ the color a person’s hair has nothing to do with
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Lit Crit 25 April 2011 Annotated Bibliography Feminism in the Legally Blonde Movie Duo Hersey‚ Eleanor. "Love and Microphones: Romantic Comedy Heroines as Public Speakers." Journal of Popular Film & Television 34.4 (2007): 146-59. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Apr. 2011. Hersey’s article focuses on the heroines’ public speaking in Bridget Jones’s Diary‚ Never Been Kissed‚ Miss Congeniality‚ The Princess Diaries‚ and Legally Blonde. Hersey addresses the feminist debate about whether or not romantic
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The Dumb Blonde Stereotype Being a blond girl all my life‚ I have always taken somewhat personal to the dumb blonde stereotype especially to these funny jokes. Although‚ yes‚ many times people find themselves cracking up at these ‘harmless’ jokes witch supposed to be inoffensive‚ they are unconsciously supporting the stereotype that blondes are stupid.. But have you ever wondered how fair haired woman became such a joke material? If youre not blond‚ I guess not‚ but I personally was very intrigued
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dumb blonde jokes Jokes are intended to help make you feel relaxed and laugh off all kinds of tension or anxiety that you might be going through as an individual and one of the best kinds of joke that will really lighten your mood is the blonde kinds of jokes. These are the kinds of jokes that will hover or concentrate on blonde women that are dumb in nature and you know that watching a person play or act dumb can be extremely funny and entertaining. It can‚ therefore‚ be said that dumb blonde jokes
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are terms that are associated with being a blonde female. For generations being blonde has been the topic of many jokes and has created a superstition that being blonde automatically made you stupid. As a student in academically challenging AP and IB classes‚ I felt that I had to prove myself to my classmates due to my appearance. TEDtalks are made to challenge social believes and change our future. I want to encourage a future that is rid of all stereotypes that prohibit a person from believing in
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story is the movie Legally Blonde‚ directed by Robert Luketic. Elle‚ the daughter of prosperous parents‚ attempts to reconcile her relationship with Warner‚ a member of a family of well-respected lawyers and doctors from prestige universities.
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individual’s hair does not have any connection with his/her intelligence. Stereotypes are widely believed mental pictures of a group of people. The truth can also be exaggerated. Stereotypes are made up because of people not knowing someone else. Misconceptions are views that are incorrect based on faulty understanding which are formed from stereotypes. Misconceptions are misunderstandings of someone or a group. Stereotypes exist because of the media. People like to categorize the world into little
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concept of Girl Power can be applied on the movie Legally Blonde and the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both main protagonists‚ Elle Woods and Buffy Summers‚ incarnate the stereotypical symbols of femininity. Both characters exemplify that the embracement of fashion and style in order to save their friends. In the following I will argue that the protagonist Buffy Summers from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Elle Woods from Legally Blonde are not only an example for the reshaping term
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Simply put‚ gender stereotypes are generalizations about the roles of each gender. Gender roles are generally neither positive nor negative; they are simply inaccurate generalizations of the male and female attributes. Since each person has individual desires‚ thoughts‚ and feelings‚ regardless of their gender‚ these stereotypes are incredibly simplistic and do not at all describe the attributes of every person of each gender. While most people realize that stereotypes are untrue‚ many still
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