Andrea Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I somewhat agree, because some of the information they give you is true and some is not. For example the tape about the jack-in-the-box; some said it was a little girl and she was showing fear, and the ones who thought it was a boy said he was angry. And the women of color who are in stereotypical roles are confusing because not all colored women are and not all is biased. Or the music videos women choose to be in them they aren’t forced to be in the video. Or the activities of men and women are alike cause we do the same things but in different ways. Bimbos and Rambos? Not every girl is a bimbo and not all men are Rambos.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing? What I found to be intriguing is mostly the whole article and what they had to say based on the information they had about the topics on stereotypes.
I totally agree that it is inevitable for humans to divide people into groups. It doesn't matter what anyone interprets these groups as, because their interpretations will always be "shortcuts" and those interpretations will always be stereotypes. It can't be helped. Whether or not it's true, it is still a stereotype. Stereotypes initiate general connotations and portrayals. The film and media will always follow these stereotypes no matter what, because stereotypes are interpretations. It's like what Mike said before about a black man in a three-piece suit playing the stock market.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
What really intrigued me ('to strike' is different from 'to intrigue') is the fact that there were different expecations for males and females according to a "classic" study that was performed that was focused on adults' interpretations of infants' behavior.
I definitely don't disagree, the evidence the article uses is really accurate, except for like, one thing. Though this article points out these valid points, I don't think gender stereotyping is ever going to change. The examples have been the same for so long, it's not going to change all of a sudden. That's the sad thing about stereotypes. They've been around for so long; they are very hard to get around. Another thing that is sad, though, is that a lot of people live up to stereotypes.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing? There isn't any evidence that I find 'intriguing', but there is one that I disagree with. There was evidence under the part "Women are underrepresented in the media" where it says there are many more males in music videos then there are females. That's crazy to say, especially when women today are exploited in music videos. But hey, the men in videos thing was stated in 1997, so maybe times have changed.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I usually agree with most of this article and how true it is. * What evidence do you find the most intriguing? What i thought was really interesting was that when they showed the videotape to college students of a infant baby and a jack-in-the-box popping out and the baby was scared. When they said it was a boy it was merely showing anger to it but when they said it was a girl it was merely showing fear. It's incredibly how people actually think this way. Just because someone is a girl or a boy doesn't make any difference. Every is treated equally. When they were explaining about how the media contributes to this it's really amazing how much gender stereotypes there are in magizines, music videos and commercials.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I would agree with some of the stereotypes, but not all. Some stereotypes are made on one person and most of the stereotypes are right but most of them were wrong based on stupid asumtions.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing? One thing that really caught my attention was “who thought the infant was a boy tended to judge that "he" was showing anger. When they thought that the infant was a girl, they decided that "she" was showing fear”. I don’t see how that when they thought it was a “boy” the face it made was out of anger but when it was a “girl” she made a face of fear.
I agree with the article because I've heard or seen almost all of the examples in this article. However, some of the quotes and studies they used were very old, and I don't think that they should be using ten year old examples when this issue has changed quite a bit since then. The evidence I found most intriguing was about the women doing housework and the men working outside. This is so true because now that I look back, I don't think I've ever seen an add or article with an image of a man doing housework. The same goes with women doing outside work, other than gardening and maintaining their flowers. I don't think this is that big of a deal though because who cares if magazines and newspapers portray these stereotypes? I surely don't have a problem with them and haven't even really thought of sexist stereotypes until this year. -Chance Bentley
I agree with many points made in this article. The biggest subconscious separation humans make is by gender; and it may not always cause negative discrimination but it does show that many people still depend on the archetypal images of the housewife and the construction worker husband. The wife works in the home and makes decisions based primarily on emotions (a psychopath, if you will), and the man is an ignorant oaf who only knows how to get his slow, physically dependent, lower-middle class job done then come home and sit in front of the television. It's these images that keep us continually making separations between women and men.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
The experiment with the infants was really interesting. It really shows that people don't need visual or verbal support to judge someone based on a stereotype. The only reason they 'knew' the gender of the infant was because they were told it.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview? i agree with this artical in the fact that some of the things are true but other things aren't if you look at where and when some of the statements were made they were over 16 years old things change in 16 years so i think some of this is false and to old to be considered fact.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing? the thing i considered most intriguing was that 95% of adds were done inmale voices when i watch tv i think there about even but as i said befor these statments were made years ago so therefor not necessarily true
Josh P Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I do agree with this overview, its true that as a human our minds seperate the genders and most races and such differently even if you dont realize it. Its hard to not seperate someone as a male of female and i doubt that you dont do it subconciously. I also agree with representation of men and women in the media and television. I think its really true that men are shown very differently as the more "Competent and Purposeful". As well as the overall voices that background most commercials.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing? The most intriguing fact to me would have to be how the college students or adults found that if they thought the baby was a boy in the experiment that it was showing anger when he cried and people who thought that the baby was a girl thought that she was showing fear by crying. two totally different points of views based only on what gender they beleives that the baby was.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I agree with this article about gender stereotypes. i never really noticed the stereotypes we have especially for the women. it shows the main topics that needed to be talked about because people don't realize that this happens on a everyday basis. When they talked about magazine ads of how men and women are different is something I agree with too.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing? What I found intriguing was about the baby crying from a Jack and A Box toy. They immediately knew what each gender would do right away but what if the boy had fear rather than anger? you never know. Also what was most intriguing was when they said was how women are presented to the media and how women aren't really noticeable as much as men when it comes to TV shows and what not. :]
I of course agree with points, and dislike others. I think that how the stereotypes of the roles of males and females differentiating are perpetuated is wrong, and I wish that males were given more credit for being good parents, just as woman should get credit for working in the workplace. But some things were kind of pointless; Males constitute between 85% and 90% of these voice-overs. I think that this is mostly because males have a more commanding voice, and something in human intuition is attracted and wants to be more toward deeper male voices. And also the idea of men and women being treated equal is absurd. Treating two different groups of people with equality and equity is impossible, and should not even be attempted to achieved.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
The most intriguing to me was The Normative Male section of the article. I think it is weird how standards are usually based off of male performance, and woman are usually either too much or too little. I do think that part of this section was a little off though; where men might have "too much" self confidence. I think that the happy medium should obviously be somewhere where one can be happy with them self, without being an arrogant prick. Which according to this is seems like men do better.
I agree with this article, and the stereotypes that are given to men and women, but i think that as our world slowly becomes more aware of these stereotypes, you see less of it. For example, in the article, it talks about women in magazine articles that are wearing "seductive" clothing while "caressing" bottles of liquor or draped over men, etc. Although that may be true, there are many companies that have come to realize how the stereotypes are hurtful and wrong, and are making their ads less like that. Some ad agencies may portray woman as slaves to their product, but there are some that recognize that that is not who they are.
What evidence stood out to me the most was the information about the women in magazine ads (what I wrote about above), and that part about the baby with the jack in the box. I think that it is sad that people compare anger with males and fear with females. Both genders can feel both of those emotions and it would depend on who the person was, not what gender they were to see how they would react. Obviously not every person is the same, so every person would react differently.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview? Yes, I would agree with this overview because she provides a lot of evidence and you can picture what she states in your mind. The nurse thing really got me to relate with her because when a guy says that he's a nurse, other guys tend to snicker. I was about to type giggle, but that word is associated with girls usually.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing? I think that the magazine evidences really intrigued me because I read a lot of of sports magazines and guys are usually represented as confident or looking tough, as if they were playing their game. There are rarely females in the magazines but I know that in many of the regular magazines, they try to sell their products with a seductive women as an advertising model.
I agree with what the article said because the biggest point is gender groups. Such as males and females. I have also seen these stereotypes happening around the world, such as how women can't run for president and stuff.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
Something that intrigued me was the one with infant.The only reason that they found out the gender of the infant was because they told them .
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I do agree with this overview a bit but somewhat not. I think that it is pretty true although it is not 100 percent true but mostly it is. But the main problem is, is how people make generalizations and stereotypes sound so negative because it can offend those whos stereotypes are pointed out to.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
I found out how men are rarely portrayed doing housework and being firm and strong & how women are potrayed as doing all the house work intriguing even if i've learned that a long time ago. I don't know it just sticks out to me & it always has since i was younger. But i found most of the stereotyped intriguing and interesting.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I agree what this article is saying becuase its true, gender is a big stereotype that everyone attacks on. Just because your a different gender doesn't make you a whole different person. "Were all humans and all equal in many ways" - Paul Lopez
What evidence do you find the most intriguing? The evidence that i find intriguing was the experiment with the infant. They didn't even talk or have a visaul of the infant only knew the gender, just because they were told.
I agree with this overview, there were some things that I was kind of confused by, like all the stuff about cognitive thought. Maybe because I am mostly aware of the other ones, I didn’t really know that we group people, as part of our human nature, it’s just something we do, but really thinking about it, I do. The first time I meet someone, I register what sex they are, without ever realizing it. It seems so important to find out what religion they are and what race, as if that would make a difference in what kind of a person they are. In some way I guess it does, because I could relate to them, if they are the same race or religion as me, but who’s to say I wouldn’t relate just as much to someone with a different race or religion as mine. I liked what the person had to say and thought that she “presented it well” but some of the stuff is so true, raw and awful. Everyday we buy into and see and are influenced by biased and stereotypical adds, commercials, and so on.
There were a lot of things that stood out to me, but the one that stood out the most was something I already knew. When I look through magazine I notice that the woman are always wearing barely anything and are usually “all over” some guy, because they always are. I think it’s sick that in society today that it is considered okay, that half naked women, to promote consumerism, using provocative images; sex sells. When I was 10 my mom sat my sister down at the kitchen table, she had pulled out a picture from a magazine, a tan woman wearing black lingerie seductively wrapped around a tequila bottle. The add was from some magazine like Vogue or People, a magazine that young girls have easy- access too, and tend to idolize. It’s sick, but it’s I’m also in awe of how much of an impact the media makes on us, TV, Magazines, radios. But more so the power of images, that one picture says so much, promotes alcohol, the wrong body image, and sex. The other ones surprise me 5% of radio hosts are women, and most of the voice overs on TV are male, I never noticed those things, but still the one about magazine sticks with me the most.
Also I liked the title, it was like a little play on words.
In general I agree with this over view of gender stereotypes. I can say that I see where the author is coming from. What I don’t know is the point she is trying to make of what she expects us to do with this information. I do believe she has very strong point with saying that males are always considered the “norm” but in a male dominated world there isn’t much else you can expect. On top of this lets pretend that females became the norm, then could it not be argued that males were the real norm? I feel no mater who is the “norm” is in this case that we will never be able to settle on a tangible agreed upon out come. As far as the other sections I do agree with what she is trying to say but when you get right down to it females are different than males. You can’t get away from that and so you are going to treat the other gender differently. So yes there are many gender stereotypes but not all of them can be helped. - Ben Bigelow
I would tend to agree with the majority of this article. When presented with the evidence provided I can pair the exact statements in conjunction with advertisements and perspectives I see and experience on a daily basis. To be fair and for curiosity’s sake, I would like to see the other side of each argument presented before agreeing completely.
I found the study regarding how individuals perceive males and females most interesting. Society always forces men and women into specific roles, but a conclusive study like the one mentioned in “Different Expectations for Males and Females” reinforced this perception. To have different people think the same baby, who they had been led to believe was either male or female, was portraying anger when male and fear while female is disturbing. Far too often we force others into their pre-determined stereotypes, and even more often we accept this as social norm.
I must say that I agree with this overview for the reason that all the stereotypes mentioned are pretty much true. Its true most people live up to stereotypes and I believe its not ever going to change or it will just take a long time. We are so used to stereotypes that it’s a part of our lives and everyday routines. We are so used to it that we find these stereotypes so common and we see them all the time in out lives. It’s sad but I think it will take long for there to be a change, or maybe it will just never change and we will keep on living up to this stereotypes.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
I must say I find most of them intriguing, but most of all the one study that was performed that was focused on adults' interpretations of infants' behavior.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I somewhat agree with this overview. I think that some information is true and pretty much says it all.But theres soem thing that make me think twice about it. And one thing is true though one steroetype that is mostly used is about gender. So thats why I would have to mostly agree. Especially since most examples of the different stereotypes I have heard about.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing? One thing was how theres more guys in music videos then girls. I think thats not true because in almost every music video I watch has probably the male singer or rapper with probably 20 females around him so. I do disagree with that and found it interesting how they say that. I would like to know an accurate average of males and females in videos.
I would have to agree with this article because most of the information in this article is in fact true, but I would also have to disagree because times have changed, and the article was written a couple years back.
What intrigued me the most was the study of adults' interpretations on infant's behaviors. 'College students had been led to believe that the infant was either a baby girl or a baby boy. When students watched the videotape with the jack-in-the-box, those who thought the infant was a boy tended to judge that "he" was showing anger. When they thought that the infant was a girl, they decided that "she" was showing fear.' I thought this was pretty interesting because we do see infants behaving in many ways, but we can't actually assume by the ways of their actions that they can be a boy or a girl.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview? I agree with some of it and some not. One thing that I agree on is that we sometimes define a person by its gender. This then leads to putting them into groups according to their characteristics. Even if we would try the best on not doing this is impossible is just something natural.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing? Well what I found more intriguing is when they talk about the women’s. For example is that black ladies are found to have a more stereotypical role. :D
I agree with the fact that gender stereotypes are largely spread and used around the country and the world. We, as humans, divide things and people into groups because it is so much easier to categorize people than to think of every person as unique. However, I disagree with many of the points that this study makes not because I feel that they are wrong but because I don't like the evidence they use to back them up. One of their points "Women's and Men's Bodies are Represented Differently" I especially didn't like because I don't think it really represents gender stereotypes as well as the others. A reason that women's and men's bodies may be represented differently is because...they are different. I also don't like the summary because instead of using real data or percentages it often just says "this was better than this", which really doesn't prove much because "better" is subjective. The evidence that I find most intriguing is that "They are portrayed in an exaggerated way, with body positions even more exaggerated than those of European American women. Other women of color--Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans--are virtually invisible (Andersen, 1993)." I'd like to know what evidence they actually have to say that women of certain ethnicities are "virtually invisible".' I do think that the study was important but I feel like the summary represented the data poorly.
Although i agree with some points of the article, and find some of the facts compelling, i believe that we have made at least some progress since the article had been written. For example, for the better or worse, the thing about women not being featured in music videos, it seems like now alot of women are featured in music videos. Other than that i do agree that many stereotypes exist based on gender, many of them with possible negative effects.
What i found most intriguing was the part about the normative male. I had never really thought about it before, but now that the idea was shown to me i can really see it in our everyday world.
I agree with some things that this article is saying like for example about the gender catirazation I think this truley happeneds where the humans mind naturaly puts people into catigorys to make a distinction between men and women. And I can see how its a natrual thing but I think that its not hard to over come you just got to me self consion about your desisions on how to discriminate sex. What I found intriging is when they did the study on the baby boy or the baby girl and the people who refured to the baby as a he said he was showing anger its an unconsious thinkin
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Andrea
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I somewhat agree, because some of the information they give you is true and some is not. For example the tape about the jack-in-the-box; some said it was a little girl and she was showing fear, and the ones who thought it was a boy said he was angry. And the women of color who are in stereotypical roles are confusing because not all colored women are and not all is biased. Or the music videos women choose to be in them they aren’t forced to be in the video. Or the activities of men and women are alike cause we do the same things but in different ways. Bimbos and Rambos? Not every girl is a bimbo and not all men are Rambos.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
What I found to be intriguing is mostly the whole article and what they had to say based on the information they had about the topics on stereotypes.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I totally agree that it is inevitable for humans to divide people into groups. It doesn't matter what anyone interprets these groups as, because their interpretations will always be "shortcuts" and those interpretations will always be stereotypes. It can't be helped. Whether or not it's true, it is still a stereotype. Stereotypes initiate general connotations and portrayals. The film and media will always follow these stereotypes no matter what, because stereotypes are interpretations. It's like what Mike said before about a black man in a three-piece suit playing the stock market.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
What really intrigued me ('to strike' is different from 'to intrigue') is the fact that there were different expecations for males and females according to a "classic" study that was performed that was focused on adults' interpretations of infants' behavior.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I definitely don't disagree, the evidence the article uses is really accurate, except for like, one thing. Though this article points out these valid points, I don't think gender stereotyping is ever going to change. The examples have been the same for so long, it's not going to change all of a sudden. That's the sad thing about stereotypes. They've been around for so long; they are very hard to get around. Another thing that is sad, though, is that a lot of people live up to stereotypes.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
There isn't any evidence that I find 'intriguing', but there is one that I disagree with. There was evidence under the part "Women are underrepresented in the media" where it says there are many more males in music videos then there are females. That's crazy to say, especially when women today are exploited in music videos. But hey, the men in videos thing was stated in 1997, so maybe times have changed.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I usually agree with most of this article and how true it is.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
What i thought was really interesting was that when they showed the videotape to college students of a infant baby and a jack-in-the-box popping out and the baby was scared. When they said it was a boy it was merely showing anger to it but when they said it was a girl it was merely showing fear. It's incredibly how people actually think this way. Just because someone is a girl or a boy doesn't make any difference. Every is treated equally.
When they were explaining about how the media contributes to this it's really amazing how much gender stereotypes there are in magizines, music videos and commercials.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I would agree with some of the stereotypes, but not all. Some stereotypes are made on one person and most of the stereotypes are right but most of them were wrong based on stupid asumtions.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
One thing that really caught my attention was “who thought the infant was a boy tended to judge that "he" was showing anger. When they thought that the infant was a girl, they decided that "she" was showing fear”. I don’t see how that when they thought it was a “boy” the face it made was out of anger but when it was a “girl” she made a face of fear.
-Brittany Davis
I agree with the article because I've heard or seen almost all of the examples in this article. However, some of the quotes and studies they used were very old, and I don't think that they should be using ten year old examples when this issue has changed quite a bit since then. The evidence I found most intriguing was about the women doing housework and the men working outside. This is so true because now that I look back, I don't think I've ever seen an add or article with an image of a man doing housework. The same goes with women doing outside work, other than gardening and maintaining their flowers. I don't think this is that big of a deal though because who cares if magazines and newspapers portray these stereotypes? I surely don't have a problem with them and haven't even really thought of sexist stereotypes until this year.
-Chance Bentley
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I agree with many points made in this article. The biggest subconscious separation humans make is by gender; and it may not always cause negative discrimination but it does show that many people still depend on the archetypal images of the housewife and the construction worker husband. The wife works in the home and makes decisions based primarily on emotions (a psychopath, if you will), and the man is an ignorant oaf who only knows how to get his slow, physically dependent, lower-middle class job done then come home and sit in front of the television. It's these images that keep us continually making separations between women and men.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
The experiment with the infants was really interesting. It really shows that people don't need visual or verbal support to judge someone based on a stereotype. The only reason they 'knew' the gender of the infant was because they were told it.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview? i agree with this artical in the fact that some of the things are true but other things aren't if you look at where and when some of the statements were made they were over 16 years old things change in 16 years so i think some of this is false and to old to be considered fact.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
the thing i considered most intriguing was that 95% of adds were done inmale voices when i watch tv i think there about even but as i said befor these statments were made years ago so therefor not necessarily true
malachi
Josh P
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I do agree with this overview, its true that as a human our minds seperate the genders and most races and such differently even if you dont realize it. Its hard to not seperate someone as a male of female and i doubt that you dont do it subconciously. I also agree with representation of men and women in the media and television. I think its really true that men are shown very differently as the more "Competent and Purposeful". As well as the overall voices that background most commercials.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
The most intriguing fact to me would have to be how the college students or adults found that if they thought the baby was a boy in the experiment that it was showing anger when he cried and people who thought that the baby was a girl thought that she was showing fear by crying. two totally different points of views based only on what gender they beleives that the baby was.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I agree with this article about gender stereotypes. i never really noticed the stereotypes we have especially for the women. it shows the main topics that needed to be talked about because people don't realize that this happens on a everyday basis. When they talked about magazine ads of how men and women are different is something I agree with too.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
What I found intriguing was about the baby crying from a Jack and A Box toy. They immediately knew what each gender would do right away but what if the boy had fear rather than anger? you never know. Also what was most intriguing was when they said was how women are presented to the media and how women aren't really noticeable as much as men when it comes to TV shows and what not. :]
Do you agree or disagree with this overview
I of course agree with points, and dislike others. I think that how the stereotypes of the roles of males and females differentiating are perpetuated is wrong, and I wish that males were given more credit for being good parents, just as woman should get credit for working in the workplace. But some things were kind of pointless; Males constitute between 85% and 90% of these voice-overs. I think that this is mostly because males have a more commanding voice, and something in human intuition is attracted and wants to be more toward deeper male voices. And also the idea of men and women being treated equal is absurd. Treating two different groups of people with equality and equity is impossible, and should not even be attempted to achieved.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
The most intriguing to me was The Normative Male section of the article. I think it is weird how standards are usually based off of male performance, and woman are usually either too much or too little. I do think that part of this section was a little off though; where men might have "too much" self confidence. I think that the happy medium should obviously be somewhere where one can be happy with them self, without being an arrogant prick. Which according to this is seems like men do better.
I agree with this article, and the stereotypes that are given to men and women, but i think that as our world slowly becomes more aware of these stereotypes, you see less of it. For example, in the article, it talks about women in magazine articles that are wearing "seductive" clothing while "caressing" bottles of liquor or draped over men, etc. Although that may be true, there are many companies that have come to realize how the stereotypes are hurtful and wrong, and are making their ads less like that. Some ad agencies may portray woman as slaves to their product, but there are some that recognize that that is not who they are.
What evidence stood out to me the most was the information about the women in magazine ads (what I wrote about above), and that part about the baby with the jack in the box. I think that it is sad that people compare anger with males and fear with females. Both genders can feel both of those emotions and it would depend on who the person was, not what gender they were to see how they would react. Obviously not every person is the same, so every person would react differently.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
Yes, I would agree with this overview because she provides a lot of evidence and you can picture what she states in your mind. The nurse thing really got me to relate with her because when a guy says that he's a nurse, other guys tend to snicker. I was about to type giggle, but that word is associated with girls usually.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
I think that the magazine evidences really intrigued me because I read a lot of of sports magazines and guys are usually represented as confident or looking tough, as if they were playing their game. There are rarely females in the magazines but I know that in many of the regular magazines, they try to sell their products with a seductive women as an advertising model.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I agree with what the article said because the biggest point is gender groups. Such as males and females. I have also seen these stereotypes happening around the world, such as how women can't run for president and stuff.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
Something that intrigued me was the one with infant.The only reason that they found out the gender of the infant was because they told them .
-bart
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I do agree with this overview a bit but somewhat not. I think that it is pretty true although it is not 100 percent true but mostly it is. But the main problem is, is how people make generalizations and stereotypes sound so negative because it can offend those whos stereotypes are pointed out to.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
I found out how men are rarely portrayed doing housework and being firm and strong & how women are potrayed as doing all the house work intriguing even if i've learned that a long time ago. I don't know it just sticks out to me & it always has since i was younger. But i found most of the stereotyped intriguing and interesting.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I agree what this article is saying becuase its true, gender is a big stereotype that everyone attacks on. Just because your a different gender doesn't make you a whole different person. "Were all humans and all equal in many ways" - Paul Lopez
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
The evidence that i find intriguing was the experiment with the infant. They didn't even talk or have a visaul of the infant only knew the gender, just because they were told.
- Kevin Jeffery Gudino Lopez :0
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I agree with this overview, there were some things that I was kind of confused by, like all the stuff about cognitive thought. Maybe because I am mostly aware of the other ones, I didn’t really know that we group people, as part of our human nature, it’s just something we do, but really thinking about it, I do. The first time I meet someone, I register what sex they are, without ever realizing it. It seems so important to find out what religion they are and what race, as if that would make a difference in what kind of a person they are. In some way I guess it does, because I could relate to them, if they are the same race or religion as me, but who’s to say I wouldn’t relate just as much to someone with a different race or religion as mine. I liked what the person had to say and thought that she “presented it well” but some of the stuff is so true, raw and awful. Everyday we buy into and see and are influenced by biased and stereotypical adds, commercials, and so on.
There were a lot of things that stood out to me, but the one that stood out the most was something I already knew. When I look through magazine I notice that the woman are always wearing barely anything and are usually “all over” some guy, because they always are. I think it’s sick that in society today that it is considered okay, that half naked women, to promote consumerism, using provocative images; sex sells. When I was 10 my mom sat my sister down at the kitchen table, she had pulled out a picture from a magazine, a tan woman wearing black lingerie seductively wrapped around a tequila bottle. The add was from some magazine like Vogue or People, a magazine that young girls have easy- access too, and tend to idolize. It’s sick, but it’s I’m also in awe of how much of an impact the media makes on us, TV, Magazines, radios. But more so the power of images, that one picture says so much, promotes alcohol, the wrong body image, and sex. The other ones surprise me 5% of radio hosts are women, and most of the voice overs on TV are male, I never noticed those things, but still the one about magazine sticks with me the most.
Also I liked the title, it was like a little play on words.
In general I agree with this over view of gender stereotypes. I can say that I see where the author is coming from. What I don’t know is the point she is trying to make of what she expects us to do with this information. I do believe she has very strong point with saying that males are always considered the “norm” but in a male dominated world there isn’t much else you can expect. On top of this lets pretend that females became the norm, then could it not be argued that males were the real norm? I feel no mater who is the “norm” is in this case that we will never be able to settle on a tangible agreed upon out come. As far as the other sections I do agree with what she is trying to say but when you get right down to it females are different than males. You can’t get away from that and so you are going to treat the other gender differently. So yes there are many gender stereotypes but not all of them can be helped.
- Ben Bigelow
I would tend to agree with the majority of this article. When presented with the evidence provided I can pair the exact statements in conjunction with advertisements and perspectives I see and experience on a daily basis. To be fair and for curiosity’s sake, I would like to see the other side of each argument presented before agreeing completely.
I found the study regarding how individuals perceive males and females most interesting. Society always forces men and women into specific roles, but a conclusive study like the one mentioned in “Different Expectations for Males and Females” reinforced this perception. To have different people think the same baby, who they had been led to believe was either male or female, was portraying anger when male and fear while female is disturbing. Far too often we force others into their pre-determined stereotypes, and even more often we accept this as social norm.
Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I must say that I agree with this overview for the reason that all the stereotypes mentioned are pretty much true. Its true most people live up to stereotypes and I believe its not ever going to change or it will just take a long time. We are so used to stereotypes that it’s a part of our lives and everyday routines. We are so used to it that we find these stereotypes so common and we see them all the time in out lives. It’s sad but I think it will take long for there to be a change, or maybe it will just never change and we will keep on living up to this stereotypes.
What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
I must say I find most of them intriguing, but most of all the one study that was performed that was focused on adults' interpretations of infants' behavior.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I somewhat agree with this overview. I think that some information is true and pretty much says it all.But theres soem thing that make me think twice about it. And one thing is true though one steroetype that is mostly used is about gender. So thats why I would have to mostly agree. Especially since most examples of the different stereotypes I have heard about.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
One thing was how theres more guys in music videos then girls. I think thats not true because in almost every music video I watch has probably the male singer or rapper with probably 20 females around him so. I do disagree with that and found it interesting how they say that. I would like to know an accurate average of males and females in videos.
-Candy Martinez
I would have to agree with this article because most of the information in this article is in fact true, but I would also have to disagree because times have changed, and the article was written a couple years back.
What intrigued me the most was the study of adults' interpretations on infant's behaviors. 'College students had been led to believe that the infant was either a baby girl or a baby boy. When students watched the videotape with the jack-in-the-box, those who thought the infant was a boy tended to judge that "he" was showing anger. When they thought that the infant was a girl, they decided that "she" was showing fear.' I thought this was pretty interesting because we do see infants behaving in many ways, but we can't actually assume by the ways of their actions that they can be a boy or a girl.
* Do you agree or disagree with this overview?
I agree with some of it and some not. One thing that I agree on is that we sometimes define a person by its gender. This then leads to putting them into groups according to their characteristics. Even if we would try the best on not doing this is impossible is just something natural.
* What evidence do you find the most intriguing?
Well what I found more intriguing is when they talk about the women’s. For example is that black ladies are found to have a more stereotypical role.
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I agree with the fact that gender stereotypes are largely spread and used around the country and the world. We, as humans, divide things and people into groups because it is so much easier to categorize people than to think of every person as unique. However, I disagree with many of the points that this study makes not because I feel that they are wrong but because I don't like the evidence they use to back them up. One of their points "Women's and Men's Bodies are Represented Differently" I especially didn't like because I don't think it really represents gender stereotypes as well as the others. A reason that women's and men's bodies may be represented differently is because...they are different. I also don't like the summary because instead of using real data or percentages it often just says "this was better than this", which really doesn't prove much because "better" is subjective.
The evidence that I find most intriguing is that "They are portrayed in an exaggerated way, with body positions even more exaggerated than those of European American women. Other women of color--Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans--are virtually invisible (Andersen, 1993)." I'd like to know what evidence they actually have to say that women of certain ethnicities are "virtually invisible".'
I do think that the study was important but I feel like the summary represented the data poorly.
Although i agree with some points of the article, and find some of the facts compelling, i believe that we have made at least some progress since the article had been written. For example, for the better or worse, the thing about women not being featured in music videos, it seems like now alot of women are featured in music videos. Other than that i do agree that many stereotypes exist based on gender, many of them with possible negative effects.
What i found most intriguing was the part about the normative male. I had never really thought about it before, but now that the idea was shown to me i can really see it in our everyday world.
I agree with some things that this article is saying like for example about the gender catirazation I think this truley happeneds where the humans mind naturaly puts people into catigorys to make a distinction between men and women. And I can see how its a natrual thing but I think that its not hard to over come you just got to me self consion about your desisions on how to discriminate sex. What I found intriging is when they did the study on the baby boy or the baby girl and the people who refured to the baby as a he said he was showing anger its an unconsious thinkin
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