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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Gender Blog
Why can’t little Timmy wish for a pretend mommy (why not daddy) and me kitchen set? Or why can’t little Sally wish for a pretend daddy (why not mommy) and me outside grilling set? Well, the answer to those questions is because of the “unspoken rules” society puts on us. Tries to get us to believe that only females a suppose to be in the kitchen stuffing the turkey, with a timer in hand, and males are suppose to be in the backyard flipping a hamburger, with an ice cold beer in hand. This ridiculous stereotype is one that we are faced with everyday. And I believe that as a citizen, in a society where we are suppose to act, look, and feel a certain way, it is our responsibility to stand up and protest. Protest that little Timmy will be just fine if he learns the proper way to season a turkey or if little Sally learns the different techniques in flipping a steak. I believe that the advertising companies are trying to condition our young children into a “perfect American”, when in actuality they are tearing a generation down in feeling comfortable and confident in oneself. To stand up and do what they please, because if a person doesn’t stand for something, he or she will fall for anything.
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I think that boys and girls no longer have to completely conform to stereotypes of what's for girls and what's for boys. Now, a lot of
ReplyDeletepopular chefs are men. Woman don't have to conform to stereotypes that woman shoul only do things that are considered feminine. I feel that this is how society is now. I do think that the media still focuses on the stereotypes and these stereotypes are often used in ads.