Picture Perfect: Gender Stereotypes

We live in a society where women still struggle to find their place, as evidenced by the Women’s March, a social movement, that took place nationwide this past January. (1) Gender roles are placed upon us from the moment we are born, defined by our society, and enforced by our parents. As most men, I grew up oblivious to the fact that my female counterparts were seen as different despite I coming from a Hispanic household where the phrase “boys will be boys” seems acceptable. Even though our society is constantly shifting and it may look like we might reach equality at some point, in families like mine, women do not receive the same amount of support neither they are expected to become successful when it comes to professional growth.
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Despite both graduating with honors and holding steady well-paying jobs, somehow they still get little attention from my father. I am aware that my sisters who are now 34 and 28-years-old respectively, are not currently trying to get our father’s praise, yet I can tell they do not enjoy being treated like Jennifer Aniston in Picture Perfect. (3) A movie co-written by a female writer, where a woman who has a bachelor’s degree and works at a top ad agency is treated like lesser than her male counterparts and seen as “unstable” because she wasn’t romantically involved with a anyone. In the movie, Jennifer Aniston’s character, Kate, pitches the idea to a successful ad campaign and is not allowed to deal the project unless she proved that she had a boyfriend. Despite being as capable as co-star Kevin Bacon’s character, Kate finds herself a fake fiancé. I am aware that this is simply a romantic comedy, yet I think it accurately depicts the way my two older sisters feel when getting constantly compared to my three older brothers who didn’t even attend community college even when counting with my father’s full support, something they never