Mr. Clean Gender Stereotypes

This advertisement for Mr. Clean is an example of gender stereotyping. It is saying that the only job that really matters for a woman to do is to clean. This is stating that a woman's position in the family is to be responsible and handle all the cleaning around the house. Men are hardly shown cleaning around the house unless it shows of their manscuity. This reinforces the stereotype of how men and women are depicted in our society.

Many reactions as in embarrassment and disgust could be received after viewing this ad by any gender. This advertisement is embarrassing first off for men, because it is implying that the men are lazy and not able to do basic household tasks. There is no man around helping the woman clean, which in our