Stereotypes are used all the time in modern television shows. One of the first shows that comes to mind is The Office, in this show, almost every scene creates humor from making fun of stereotypes or exaggerating different stereotypes. The Office uses many different gender stereotypes including men being insensitive, the men being in charge, and more. This show confirms almost all of these stereotypical views of men, and even exaggerates it. One of the more typical stereotypes that has been developed over time is the job positions that are held by men. The first stereotype is that the men are in charge even if they aren’t as qualified. Michael is the boss of the business almost the entire show, yet he is very unprofessional, and does not know
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Todd Packer is the first thing that comes to my mind when thinking about this. Todd Packer first shows up in season two, episode two, and right from the second he walks in, he is already cracking insensitive jokes. He doesn’t care about other people’s feelings, and says whatever he wants. There isn’t any repercussion for him either, so it appears that what he said was alright. Another example of this is how Dwight treats women, he treats them just like they were any other animal and only there for breeding. He is so closed minded that he can’t even see what is wrong with his mindset or how it might affect other people. In season three, episode fifteen, during a wedding, Dwight says “why are all of these people here? There are too many people on this Earth. We need a new plague.” Clearly this crosses the line of things to say and Dwight shows no remorse for saying this. To add to it, he says it during a wedding which just goes to show his insensitivity about what other people care or think. Lastly and most obvious, is Michael Scott. Michael says right to Toby “if I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Toby, I would shoot Toby twice.” This is clearly inappropriate and over the line, yet he says this right to Toby’s face. He clearly doesn’t understand emotion well and can’t imagine what other people are thinking or
Todd Packer is the first thing that comes to my mind when thinking about this. Todd Packer first shows up in season two, episode two, and right from the second he walks in, he is already cracking insensitive jokes. He doesn’t care about other people’s feelings, and says whatever he wants. There isn’t any repercussion for him either, so it appears that what he said was alright. Another example of this is how Dwight treats women, he treats them just like they were any other animal and only there for breeding. He is so closed minded that he can’t even see what is wrong with his mindset or how it might affect other people. In season three, episode fifteen, during a wedding, Dwight says “why are all of these people here? There are too many people on this Earth. We need a new plague.” Clearly this crosses the line of things to say and Dwight shows no remorse for saying this. To add to it, he says it during a wedding which just goes to show his insensitivity about what other people care or think. Lastly and most obvious, is Michael Scott. Michael says right to Toby “if I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Toby, I would shoot Toby twice.” This is clearly inappropriate and over the line, yet he says this right to Toby’s face. He clearly doesn’t understand emotion well and can’t imagine what other people are thinking or