In today’s society, a lot of what we learn comes from the
media, TV shows, and movies, and songs. I’m going to relate how women are portrayed/stereotyped
in society and how it relates to my life. I’m going to relate it to Disney
movies first. In Disney movies, the princesses are all physically attractive. The
princesses are tall, unrealistically thin, long hair, and they don’t have
flaws. They are always social, nice, caring, a good house wife, and they don’t work.
They basically work for the husband. Also in Disney movies, the men are always
muscular, tall, dark, and handsome. They are brave and courageous. The men or “Prince
Charming,” always seems to save the day. Let’s do a reality check. Women are
not perfect, and they are not made to just clean and cook and cater to the men.
Women should not be unrealistically portrayed and neither should men. Men are
not always strong, or brave, or save the day. In my life, I don’t need prince
charming to make me happy. I cook and clean, but for myself. I’m not 90 pounds,
I’m 140 which for my height and age, is a healthy weight. I have flaws, as does
everyone else. I feel like stereotypes like these, influence relationships and
allow us to have expectations and desires when looking for a relationship. Another
example is how the media portrays both men and women. For example, there’s a
Burger King ad that says “It’ll Blow…. Your Mind,” which a woman with her mouth
open wide trying to fit the burger in. This allows men to look at women
sexually, as objects. This could potentially give men/women the wrong idea and
go into relationships negatively. This not only relates to my life, but
everyone’s life as some point or another. If we have all these stereotypes, and
unrealistic morals, we’re steering people negatively in the relationship world
and giving them impractical expectations.
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