The Media And The Stereotypes Of Women

It is common in this day to hear all about stereotypes. We hear and see them everyday, and even set our own. They are made by how individuals appear to be. In high school, we tend to recall the narcissistic cheerleaders, jocks that are jerks, band geeks, and the likes. Why do we categorize them the way we do? One of the biggest influences is the media. In movies and television, we are shown all the smart kids being teased and called “nerd” and the beautiful girls getting the handsome jocks. Cliques are a not the only forms of stereotype we perceive throughout life. There is power fueled by money and greed, competing for superiority, gender, and racial roles. The media has set the limits of what is acceptable and what is strange. Hollywood and the inhabitants of such need to stop dignifying these stereotypical views of society. …show more content…
It is everywhere. What do we typically see within these shows? Gender roles are one of the biggest stereotypes the media feed the naive watchers. When watching “The Real Housewives”, those women are portrayed as catty, rich, rude women who love to bicker with one another. “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” are yet another example of men or women fighting and discriminating each other over a beautiful individual of the opposite sex. Throughout our television watching lives, we have been fed with the ideal that women are meant to be house makers and are not capable of doing tasks