Gossip Girl

Gender roles are very prevalent as they were in the past. There are certain things that woman do different compared to men. In our earlier readings like Dick and Jane there are very particular roles that each gender had. For the men it was usually a big, tall, and strong man typically with dark hair. The men also were the bread winners. As for the woman it was more than not a blonde hair, blue eyed woman that wore a dress and an apron. The woman laughed a lot and did housework: cook, clean, take…

Divas or Damaged Daughters” written by Lucy Wolfe is relevant to my topic because it explores the physical and passionate strain pageant parents dispense on their kids witch I will explain more deeply in my paper. The author argues that mostly little girls are being on these industries which they dress them up and parade them around like a bazaar represent the purpose of a title as the best glamorous queen, as appeared on TLC's Toddlers and Tiaras. Wolfe analyzes that this child rearing style…

in the community. In fact, in the very first sentence Sammy says "in walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits." (Updike 259) It was quite an attention grabber and people just didn’t dress that way to go grocery shopping. However, Sammy notices Queenie is different from other girls in the town. He is almost lovesick by her "sweet broad soft-looking can." (Updike 259) The way Sammy describes the girls he seems to judge them based on their appearances. He illustrates everything from…

I am currently in a group for Children’s media and the academic journal that I found was on the Sexualization of girls. This journal went over how sexualization is related to objectification because a lot of times men in society will see females as objects for them to rule over. “women and girls are both sexualized, via their tight clothing and makeup, and objectified, portrayed as existing for men 's pleasure and lacking in their own agency. There is not a parallel trend in which boys are often…

Esperanza worked hard to become a strong, independant woman. “I am going to tell you a story about a girl who didn’t want to belong” (Cisneros 109). Independant strive helped Esperanza overcome the monotony women faced when she lived on Mango Street. For Esperanza, society accepted of women finding their way out into the world and gaining their independence…

their careers. From the time they are born girls are influenced by media as well as the culture they are raised in. If most of the women in a girl’s life take on a nurturing role in both aspects of their life, it seems like the girl will associate any type of career that involves being nurturing or helping with women. I’m sure that there are some studies to prove this theory but I’m just going off of what I’ve learned. This view of women as helpers by men, girls, and even females causes…

“Three Girls,” Oates uses the two NYU girl poets and Marilyn Monroe to display issues of society’s view of women during the 1950’s. The reader will be introduced to two girl poets in Strand Used Books, searching for their desired book as they routinely do. Both girl poets will later find themselves witnessing Marilyn Monroe in disguise. The reader may be led to interpret that this could have been Marilyn Monroe’s truest self and not what she was popularized for in media. The three girls will…

construct, and communication. We see these stereotypes in “Day Star” by Rita Dove, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, and “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy. Day Star by Rita Dove is about a mother who felt trapped in her life as a stay at home mother, who just wants to daydream in the sun. “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is about a mother trying to give her young daughter advise on how not to be a “slut” and how to keep a man. “Barbie Girl” by Marge Peircy was about a smart young lady who did not look how society…

trucks, action figures, and guns and girls are given girl toys such as Barbies, baby dolls, and kitchen sets. What parents don’t realize is that this is the start of teaching their children sexism. Like Rochat said, children are born with minimal awareness and children depend on their parents to teach them what is right and that’s all they know. Little do parents realize is that they are basically raising their children to be sexist because they give girls girl toys and boys boy toys. Parents…

“Well-behaved women seldom make history” are you agree or disagree? Throughout the recorded history the condition of women has been a constant fee. Whether it a social status, economic state, political position, or intellectual freedom. Women have always tipped-off to address this issues to find the solution and change the history. But there are women who risk their own lives and fought for the ideas that today most of us recognized as universal and whether we realize or not and one way or…