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    Analyze a series of advertisement’s subconscious messages that perpetuate harmful racial stereotypes‚ gender roles and‚ the illusion of effortless class mobility done by anyone that create and‚ reinforce inequalities in our society. Brief Outline The first advertisement is for a garden shed in which depicts a family using it for storage of gardening tools and such. In it‚ the father is educating the son how to use a leaf blower as he rides his lawnmower while the mother takes a passive role. Advertisement

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    formed part of a live chat involving men and women debating about this controversial topic; some agreeing‚ some disagreeing and plenty caught in between. “Where Have the Good Men Gone’’ seems to enforce almost every single stereotype of young‚ American men. Hymowitz stereotypes that ‘’most men in their 20s hang out in a novel sort of limbo..responsible self reliance.” She assumes that all American men act like this and the ones who act differently are not considered as young American men. She says

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    Sherman Alexie once said “Don’t live up to your stereotypes.”This means to be yourself and not what others stereotype about you. The quote relates to the novel because Ponyboy got stereotyped by other people but he realizes that being a greaser stands out to him and he shouldn’t care what they think about him. In this novel‚ Hinton explores the theme‚ social status does not define who you are on the inside. Johnny impacted Ponyboy by murdering Bob. In the novel it reads‚” ‘I killed him‚’ he said

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    Good morning Mrs and my fellow Peers‚ I am here to talk to you today about gender and stereotypes and to respond to the following statement‚ “ Too many texts position readers and viewers to accept stereotypical constructions of masculinity and femininity”. I believe that there are to many stereotypical views on masculinity and femininity in society today. There are many sources of this‚ many coming from song. Here is an example of this‚ this is a song called “Girls and Boys” by the Band “Good

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    Stereotypes In Society

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    related to gender roles as it defines how a person is treated unfairly or with less favourable characteristics

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    “Of the many influences on how we view men and women‚ media are the most pervasive and one of the most powerful. Woven throughout our daily lives‚ media insinuates their messages into our consciousness at every turn. All forms of media communicate images of the sexes‚ many of which perpetuate unrealistic‚ stereotypical‚ and limiting perceptions.” (Wood 31). The hit NBC show‚ The Office‚ contains exemplary examples as to how men and women are stereotyped and treated‚ mainly in the workplace. Michael

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    The video of the advertisement that we analyzed shows us men and women can have opposite features and gestures and they can still be attractive while other advertisements in the media present men in a dominant and powerful role in the society and women as naïve and fragile. As seen in the Codes of Gender “to recognize someone’s sex we have to interact with them‚ there is nothing natural about that recognition.” (Jhally‚ 2009‚ pg.1). The Biscolata advertisement represents men in the accepted characteristic

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    Squidbillies Our Appalachian Studies class viewed over ten excerpts from the television show Squidbillies‚ written by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis . In these clips several Appalachian stereotypes were portrayed. For example the character “Lil” continuously smokes cigarettes‚ has large blonde hair and an over excess of makeup. The character Early Cuyler wears tall‚ mesh baseball caps with humorous logos. The characters often make several references to Jesus and religion‚ carry shotguns and constantly

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    production affect the actual media‚ and how much is attributed to their backgrounds? How varied are they‚ and how can their personal experiences and cultural understandings influence what news stories get pushed through to the audience — as well as in what way they are communicated? How is the entertainment we consume

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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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