Gender Stereotypes In 'The Kids Are Alright'

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The Kids are alright is an amazing movie to watch. It is about lesbian family that has two great kids. When those two children grown up they decided that they want to find their donor father. After they started to look for their father, the problems in their family start. When children found their donor father, he had changed them and made them look at themselves from different side. In the movie there are issues like women stereotypes, lesbian family, and parents do not understand kids. Everyone knows about women stereotypes. It is believed that women must set at work and look after children. Also, that they are week from nature. This lesbian family had a masculine woman and a feminine woman. The masculine woman is like a man in the family and the feminine woman that is like a usual woman. The masculine woman is the head of the family, everyone must listen to her, and her decisions were always right. As for the feminine woman is wants to work and get out of home. She does not like to sit at home all day and cook for her family. Those two lesbian women were like a usual family that has a man leader and a woman that must listen and obey to everything. This movie shows a lesbian family that has many problems. One of the biggest problems is that kids want to know their donor …show more content…
It shows a lesbian family, women stereotypes, and parents that do not understand children. I believe that woman that was acting as a man was too hard on children. I understand that she wants to save her family but sometimes it is better to be calm and talk to children. This lesbian family has some problems but still they keep together. Also, this family had tough times with children because children live in their world and for parents it is hard to understand what is happening with their children. This lesbian family is like usual family that has problems but they still are a family that is overcoming hard

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