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An initial impression of a film is made by not the film itself, but by the first look viewers get at the advertisements. The success and reputation of a film is decided by how and if it reaches its target audience. For a film to reach a specific audience, the filmmakers must utilize successful opening promotions by creating compelling posters and trailers to be able to single out and reach their intended audience. The famous film, Mean Girls, has employed promotional methods and marketing devices that not only targeted its intended teen girl audience, but also made way for positive first impressions. Through the conventional feminine color pink, aesthetic appearances, and distinctive space within frames, Mean Girls marketing utilizes gender stereotypes to create a fictional world in which the high school hierarchy is portrayed as shallow.
The Beacon Street Girls Series focuses on five preteen girls as they proceed through junior high, who all know they can count on each other. These girls reflect different personalities in comparison to one another as they validate opposites do attract in friendship. The twenty two books of the series target an audience of preteen girls, and involve lessons that they can take away from and apply to their everyday life. The sixth book in the series, Lake Rescue, presents the girls with a new character named Chelsea, who is “. . . Usually dressed in a baggy Patriots sweatshirt, and always sitting in the back of the room . .
Gender stereotype, or the over-generalization about the characteristics of an entire group based on gender, is evident in any culture or community, no matter how much gender equality is promoted. Brought on by centuries of tradition, it had become a pre-established belief that women were inferior to men, in that the dominance of men was already considered to be a norm of society. Though women in the past were responsible for household chores and raising children, a new age called for new ideals and a need for change in the attitude towards women. In the Southside of Chicago in the mid 1950’s, the members of the Younger family act as a prime example in portraying the difficulties associated with going against conventional expectations. The two prominent female characters
“Ex boyfriends are just like off limits to friends. I mean that’s just like the rule of feminism” (15:15). This famous saying said by Gretchen Wieners from Mean girls is widely known and most of the time ridiculed by people. Mean Girls is a movie that portrays the stereotypical American high school life. The movie has a main focus on the girls of high school, rather then on the boys.
The Renaissance period transpired in Europe between the years of 1400 to 1600. Many people who Research and know about important dates such as this say that it occurred earlier or fail off at a later date depending on the country. It brought together the dissimilar periods of the Middle Ages and modern day history, and, depending on the which country it is , overlaps with the Early Modern, Elizabethan and Restoration periods. The Renaissance is of course known to be closest with Italy, where it began around the 14th century, though countries such as Germany, England and France. Of course many of those countries went through many of the same cultural changes and experiences .
When I was 4 I knocked out my two front teeth. I was chasing my imaginary brother around a chair. You know the only child usal. So I was sliding off the arm of the greenish gray chair in my living room
Similarly, Disney’s Cinderella presents a cruel and ambitious stepmother who attempts to arrange marriages for her ugly, foolish, and somewhat comical daughters. In the film, we see their miserable attempt to sing opera, (supposedly in order to appear more feminine) as the mother proudly oversees. In one of the last scenes, she desperately urges them to make the glass slipper fit, and while she doesn’t downright tell them to cut off their toes or heels as in the original (Grimm 119), the comic scene in itself seems to have a subtle layer of tragedy. While these examples prove that female ugliness in fairy tales and their adaptations corresponds to wickedness, and the latter is equivalent to ill-temper, the question of female independence still
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Some of the fundamental qualities required to be a successful cheerleader counter the stereotypes constantly perpetuated in media. The mean-girl stereotype does not exactly fit this narrative of them working hard and supporting athletes to performing complexed stunting and tumbling, and the memorization of chants and routines. It is unfortunate that the majority of cheer-related representation does not reflect reality, and paints the athletes in an unfavorable light, because the millions of girls who cheer are unable to identify with positive role models or even multi-dimensional people. I feel that film and television should try to depict these characters in a more positive light. These characters should be more dynamic and we shouldn't generalize
Gender Stereotypes in Cinderella Fairy tales are read to children at a very young age. In today society, many children believe fairy tales are real which reflects negatively on children. The story of Cinderella is widely known across the world with many different versions of this folktale, which portrays gender stereotype throughout the tale. When reading The Cinderella, it shows how unattractive looks can lead to mistreatment by society.
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Gender roles, also known as gender stereotypes, are social and cultural norms on how females and males should conduct themselves within a society. Every culture has certain roles both genders are expected to follow. An example of this in traditional American culture is a man becoming a doctor while a female becomes a nurse or men being the hard workers and women being stay at home mothers. Gender development researchers, similar to other developmental researchers, focus on questions of change over time in gender related subjects (Ruble and Martin 1988). Research suggest that children are socialized to understand gender stereotypes at an early age.
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