...In the Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston, women are often stereotyped as weak, incapable, and irresponsible; however, the stories told about the young warriors fighting for justice proves these stereotypes to be hypocritical. At this point in the novel Kingston has just relayed a version of the story of Fa Mu Lan, a brave female warrior who disguises herself as a man and leads armies into a courageous battle to defeat an evil emperor. This is in stark contrast to traditional Chinese culture, where women are often looked down upon as useless and viewed as being only capable of cooking, cleaning and rearing children. Kingston desires to break free from the Chinese traditional female role by becoming educated and providing for herself in America....
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...somewhat contrived elements of the Cinderella fairytale and the cultural suppositions regarding prostitutes in the film Pretty Woman, successfully positioning the audience to accept and sympathise with the lead character, Vivienne Ward. Marshall conveys Vivienne's journey to be akin to that of Cinderella, a woman who is by all means downtrodden and helpless, desperate to leave her current situation, and perhaps naively hopeful of her salvation. This is highlighted by the on-screen rags-to-riches transformation created through Vivienne’s appearance, body language and her interaction with others. Initially, the audience is introduced to Vivienne Ward, the prostitute, who wears stereotypically revealing clothing and interacts with ‘trashy’ people, emphasising the dominant cultural beliefs regarding...
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...In “Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas,” Jennifer Pozner analyzes race and gender stereotypes present in the reality television series America’s Next Top Model (ANTM). Race is a symbol of what a person looks like physically. While on the other hand, ethnicity entails nationality, regional culture and language. ANTM, a show by Tyra Banks, is one of the many streams of pop culture that creates a mold of what stereotypes certain people fit into and justify these stereotypes for audiences to see them as real. One group that seems to always be plagued by media and pop culture is, African-Americans, specifically, women. Women are generalized to be, “Angry Black Women,” and it is broadcasted heavily. The “Angry Black Women” stereotype...
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...seductive woman like that of Evan Williams, it shows a man being superior. This image fits the stereotype of woman in society being the housewife while the men go out and work because while the woman is in the kitchen with a apron the man is with a suit. In this advertisement the overall tone seems to be that the husband is taking a gentle approach after his wife burned dinner. The fact that it shows the woman in the kitchen with burning food and the caption saying “Don’t worry darling, you didn’t burn the beer!” already shows that woman were portrayed to serve their husbands and be the cooks of the family. In the Schlitz Beer advertisement it also shows the woman with a tissue crying which shows and fulfills the stereotype women being emotional specifically just because she burned her husbands food....
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...Linguistics and Translation Department of Theory and Practice of the English Language Intercultural Communication Project Stereotypes of gender roles in Egypt and Russia Written by: Elena Yakusheva Group: LIE – 503 Chelyabinsk, 2014 Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………...3 Part one GENDER STEREOTYPES THEORY. …………………………….........6 1.1 Stereotypes: definition and functions…………………………………………..6 1.2 The gender concept……………….. ………………………………………….10 1.3 Gender stereotype: types and functions……………………………………….14 Conclusions on part one………………………………………………...…….......20 Part two. STEREOTYPES OF GENDER ROLES IN EGYPT AND RUSSIA….21 2.1 Research method on the stereotypes of gender roles in Russia and Egypt........21 2.2 The interpretation of the results of the research in Russia……………………21 2.3 The interpretation of the results of the research in Egypt……………………..24 2.4 The comparison of the results and its reasons………………………………...25 Conclusions on part two…………………………………………………………..29 Resources………………………………………………………………………….30 Online resources…………………………………………………………………..32 Appendix………………………………………………………………………….33 Introduction The questions connected with features of a sex of the person and his or her psychological and social distinctions, are among recently the most discussed in society. Today the role of the man and the woman undergoes considerable changes. This problem excites many modern scientists-psychologists and sociologists, such as Henri Tajfel...
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...the racism and stereotypes of all colors. It spreads the fictions of whiteness around the world. Therefore, these movies: Tarzan, The Ape Man; Leave it to Beaver; Bringing Down the House and White chicks will bring a closer view about the difference between “white” and “un-white” character be described. Also, the introduction and chapter one of “Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media” has provide a broad, critical overview of film primarily from and about the “Third World”. In chapter one “From Eurocentrism to Polycentrism”, they reviewed standard criticism of view in literary in cinematic work. This essay is aims defined the stereotypical images and roles of African Americans in films. First of all, the movie “Tarzan, The Ape Man” is the fairly easy target for people interested in the perpetuation of anti-black stereotypes. Tarzan is presented as a naked savage who doesn’t learn to wear clothes. It’s racist when in the movie, when Tarzan warning Jane and her father that Tarzan, the owner of the jungles has killed beasts and many black men. He pelts animals with thrown objects to torment them. He kills animals for pleasure. To Tarzan all blacks are lower. Besides, in the movie, the Africans of the Mbongan tribe are cannibalism, superstitious, contemptible and debased. Here it come the love of Tarzan, Jane a “white” woman is defined as beautiful, and apparently resourceful and intelligent. However, Esmeralda is presented as a black nanny stereotype. Her character...
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...can be a victim of gender stereotypes, the main gender type that is targeted negatively are females because they are considered to be “delicate” and “weak, while men are seen as more “bold” and “strong”. As a result of this, the question that will be focused on is “why do gender stereotypes affect the performance of individuals?”. Gender stereotypes can affect a person's ability to do things to their full potential such as education, competing in sports, or even something as small as playing video games. One reason why gender stereotypes affect the performance of individuals is because of the pressure...
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...the media as a whole project demeaning sex roles for women through the process of stereotyping, in which traditionally feminine characteristics are exaggerated and categorized in order to simplify the interpretation of female characters. These stereotypes fall into three broad categories, those of the Good Housewife, the Scarlet Woman, and the Career Woman, none of which represent a fully mature, fully human form of personality development. In describing these basic categories of women found in the media, researchers have found them to be based on a classic opposition of types. For example, the housewife is characterized as being conservative, loyal, and cooperative, if somewhat out of place in the real world: In addition to the traditionally found housewife stereotype, there exists a strong and quite distinctive stereotype of woman as bunny. Bunny is described as glamorous, good-looking, pleasure-loving, romantic, excitable, passionate, frivolous and sensual... a third stereotype is reserved for women who choose activities which carry them beyond the traditional roles which serve men. These women lose their femininity... (Clifton, McGrath, Wick, l976: 144) In this study, we will compare the treatment of these demeaning stereotypes in several of the media that are not usually considered in sex role studies: contemporary works of art, contemporary popular music, and situation-based television commercials. We will show that each of these media project a false and demeaning image...
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...only been used as a form of communication and entertainment, but it has also been utilized to spread stereotypes and hegemonic ideals reinforcing the racial hierarchy that has continued to survive even after the abolition of slavery in the nineteenth century. According to Tilicia L. Mayo, Indiana University communications graduate, images in the media contain the ability to teach many different lessons. Mayo states, “Contemporary films and television shows deliver images that communicate ideologies such as class, standing and position in society” (vi). After the abolition of slavery, White America searched for means of social control through the media since they lacked the power of legal control. Black women, being of the lowest racial and gender classes in America, have repeatedly been stereotyped and victimized through the use of degrading images in contemporary media. The origins of these images can be found in the racist ideologies of the African slave woman created by White Euro-American slave owners. The images of black women in American media have directly affected how black women and other people in society define black womanhood. This influence directly shows how people utilize fictitious and stereotypical images from the media in trying to understand the stereotyped group and their behavior. C. Delores Tucker, Black feminist and politician, is an example of a black woman who fought against the images portrayed in the media because she saw the negative effects such images...
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...CEO Joe Fernandez) allow stereotypes to influence their hiring attitudes. There is a “similar-to-me effect” that occurs within this industry that contributes to creating a more male dominated society within these companies. These managers are white men who may perceive female employees as different and not as equals. By having this inaccurate perception, women would be more likely to not receive fair evaluations or promotions just because of their gender. Managers do not seem committed to diversity within the workplace. Members of the company look to members of their senior management for acceptable behaviors and practices. When subordinates see that diversity is clearly not an objective of their management team, they will adopt a similar mentality. The tech start-up industry has created this programmer culture that is directed at men, similar to a fraternity, which clearly excludes women. When a woman is hired by one of these companies, she would have a significant disadvantage as a key contributor as the minority within the mostly male company. A woman’s ideas and input may not be as highly valued as her male counterpart due to the programmer environment. This could lead to the woman leaving the company and the company faced with hiring her replacement all because of a lack of effective management of diversity. II. When a particular person or group is given a label based on their characteristics, those labels are typically inaccurate. Stereotypes occur based on our preconceived...
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...The Intern: A Film That Embraces Woman’s Stereotypes The film The Intern is directed and produced by Nancy Meyers, a famous female director and producer. In 1999, Meyers divorced her husband, Charles Shyer after their twenty years marriage with two daughters. The broken marriage actually gives Meyers inspiration to create more films and also gives her challenges to be a single mother as well as a female director. However, rather than action movies that gives audiences excitement, Meyers is talented in creating “warm” films that catch women’s changes of life attitudes at different ages. Therefore, the most frequent theme that she uses for her films is love, and her productions like It’s Complicated, The Holiday, and The Parent Trap, are widely...
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...A stereotype isn't a sign of ignorance but stereotyping is. Stereotyping is ignorance because it shows that you automatically assume that one person is the same as everyone else. In this short essay, Cofer describes her personal experiences of being a Latin woman, and the struggles she has had to face with ethnic stereotyping. As we know, appearance plays a huge role in the way that individuals are perceived especially when dealing with different races. In this particular story, an educated Latina woman was often perceived as something she was completely different from. In various instances, the author was underestimated because of her Latin beauty and exotic features. Cofer describes how in one instance a man on the bus reenact “Maria” scene from “Westside Story “in front of her. And even though she was aggravated, she tried to keep her cool despite everyone around her was laughing and applauding. Cofer emphasizes her objection of Latin women being compared to foods such as “Hot Tamale”, or being described as “sizzling” as opposed to using other words to describe the beauty of Latin women. Besides explaining how she was often looked upon as an object rather than a woman, Cofer talks about how she would get confused with the waiting staff. Just because of the stereotype of most Hispanic women being part of waiting staff or cleaning services. Cofer describes an incident that occurred at a restaurant where she was one of the readers during open reader night. A woman thought...
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...between the media and the issues of women in STEM. These articles look at how the media creates an image of scientists on the basis of stereotypes and the gender gap. All these different shows take on the topic in certain ways that may put women studying STEM in either a positive or negative light. However, they do all focus on the idea of making these field gender inclusive. Men want what was once theirs to stay theirs, except society has grown to be more accepting of woman in these fields. This raises the question of where are all the women in STEM fields. There seems to be interest, but the number of women who actually pursue these fields is really low. Other similar research examines the numerous...
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...Our society is facing a serious problem that is the age discrimination between women and men. In 1939 to 1979 white women made less than 60 % as much as white men. The 40% gape difference decreased these days, but there is still a wage gap between men and women. There are many claims behind the reason of wage discrimination. George F. Will (2000)” Lies, Damned lies and …..” claims that the main cause of wage gap is omen’s decision to establish a family, so that force them to make comprise for raising their children and that leads them to work in flexible jobs with flexible ours that permit them to enter the fast track.. Another article by Allen Goodman (1999) “A New Campaign for Pay Equity” argues that the main reason behind low wages for women is sex discrimination. She supports her point of view by saying that the gender gap between male and female accountants is 201$ a week and bartenders is 48$. Finally, Lester C. Thurow “1981” claims that the system of promotion is the main reason behind the wage discrimination. Thurow says if men discriminate against women they are lowering their own income so there is no sex discrimination. Thurow conclude that the decade between 25 and 35 is when the person succeed in his/her life is the same decade when women think of establishing a family and leave the labor force or become a part – time worker. The system of promotion and skill acquisition extaract an enormous life time price during the decade of 25 to 35. The lack of experience...
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...Name Instructor Course Date Stereotypes in Mass Media Mass media has become a main source of popular culture in modern society. The media does not only entertain or feed information to the audience, but also transfers the beliefs, values and stereotypes of the society resulting to a change in the order of life in society (Wells 514). According to Althusser, families, schools and religions play a crucial role of ideological state apparatuses. Such institutions indoctrinate and transfer the ideologies of society into the minds of people in the society in order to control them. However, in modern society, the media is turning out to be yet another apparatus for controlling the minds of people. To most people, the pieces of art such as movies, magazines, documentaries and music in the media seem unique. However, all these products are no different from each other. The content in the media reflects the life of people in such a way that people would comprehend. Such a reflection occurs through reproduction of stereotypes which impacts profoundly on life in society (Wells 514). This paper examines the stereotypes mass media in more detail by considering the works of Betye Saar, the use of the concept in advertising and images in popular culture such as Aunt Jemima among others. The Liberation of Aunt Jemima Betye Saar is one of the few women who challenged the male artists’ dominance in the museum and gallery spaces in the 1970s. Some organizations such...
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