How do the media images & stereotpyes of men & women impact how we view each other professionally (at school, at work, in politics, etc.)?
i think that the medias images of men and women changes how we think of eachother or what to expect from the opposite sex. in the media it shows most of the time that women need to look completly beautiful, they need to be very skinny, with beautiful hair and skin, with big eyes with long lashes. they show women as a sex symbol most of the time and it sends messages to girls that they need to be that way or that guys should expect girls to be like that. it shows that boys need to be really buff and thin and have a nice face with good hair and thats just not right. people shoould be able to be themselves and be loves for that, not how they look on the outside. at school the media trys to show that like jocks are dumb and jerks or blondes are stupid and mean or prepy, or smart kids are nerdy and never get out. its complete crap because i hang out with tons of different types of people and there stereotypes are wrong, and its not fair to judge someone upon that. you could miss out on a lot of great friends, good employes or even someone for the government if you go by stereotypes instead of taking the time to get to really know a person.
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I can agree with you. Judging a person off of the stereotype the media shows us is wrong. The image we are shown is not a image of a beautiful person, it is an image of a photoshoped, distorted, airbrished person.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with what you said, Ashley about not judging other by standards/or prejudices, but by the content of a person's character. I hate the fact that the media works up those disgusting images of women being distorted, and exploited as objects; that teach girls that they are worthless except for being lusted after. Boys to are taught that physical strength and stoicism is what makes a man a man; when as we all know that isn't the truth at all. If I had bought in to the stereotypes, I would not have met such a variety of different people in my life.
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