The song “If I were a boy” by Beyonce Knowles is about a girl who says she would treat her girlfriend a whole lot better if she were a boy. Unfortunately she is stereotyping the typical male and almost makes them look bad. Of course there are men who do not treat their girlfriends right, […]
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I am sure we have all heard the myth that all blondes are dumb. It is a worldwide myth because I remember this saying from when I was little in my own home country. Of course we all know this is not true. I know plenty of blonde girls who are everything but stupid. There […]
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The movie “Enough” with Jennifer Lopez is a well-known movie about a woman who is beaten and threatened by her husband after finding out he is cheating on her. The gender roles are definitely portrayed in the beginning of the movie, however; soon after the husband hits his wife she leaves and lives a life […]
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I have seen this advertisement by Guess in several magazines such as Vogue, the Cosmo etc. Guess is a brand for clothing; however, most of their advertisements show everything but clothes. It usually involves a single person with barely any clothes on or in this case a male and a female holding each other with […]
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I remember reading we had to read this book called “A Doll’s House” by Henrick Ibsen last semester in my English class and how it portrays the typical gender roles within a family. “A Doll’s House” is a play in the 1950s and is about a family and its main character Nora who is not […]
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Hanna Hall is one of the oldest buildings on the University of Bowling Green and is therefore almost inaccessible for anyone that is blind, deaf, in a wheelchair, or even on crutches. I work at Hanna Hall all summer and work there this semester every Tuesday and Thursday and realized from very early on how […]
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Kelly Ripa portrays the typical “super mom” in the Electrolux commercial. When I first saw this commercial I immediately thought of my American Culture Studies class where we discussed the classic housewife of the 1950s; a stay-at-home mom taking care of the children and the chores around the house. Although in this commercial Kelly Ripa […]
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The design of Barbie and Action man illustrates how gender is portrayed to younger children. Both dolls have changed significantly over time and always gave children a physical role model or something that they want to look like when they get older. I remember when I was younger I always wanted the pretty dresses that […]
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