Essays on Stereotypes

You’re a girl you can’t go out. You’re a girl you can’t be talking so much. You’re a girl “chilling” is not part of your dictionary. You’re a girl it’s not worth dreaming so big. You’re a girl you don’t have a voice. You’re a...

The 2010 Disney animation Tangled enculturates young girls to question their potential and ability to be independent. While Tangled is a film the whole family can enjoy watching, it teaches young girls that they need a man to “save them”. The film makes girls believe...

In the world we are living in today, judging and stereotyping have been a big influence on other’s perspective on us. Every day, we can see that people are getting judged and criticized by other groups of people by their appearances, such as their weight,...

We live in a world today where very often your environment plays the largest role on your life. When we look at Boyz n the Hood we can see how this belief of being a product of your circumstances can so often be true. This...

For decades, individuals dealing with mental illness have been depicted as crazy, harmful and dangerous. Although there has been progress in recent years, these portrayals are overwhelmingly negative and remain the dominant representations of mental illness in mass media and popular culture. When we watch...

First I think there is societal stereotypes of sexuality and no real education in sexuality. As no matter TV programs, social media (Facebook, Instagram), or mass media(magazines, newspapers), they offen express and explore the messages that who are in various possibilities of sexuality, homosexual and...

Asian-American stereotypes can be found easily throughout history and everyday interactions (even in this period of sensitive internet outrage and strong feelings of political correctness) that has perpetuated the prevalent model minority myths; the secretive mute immigrant, the mathematical prodigy, and the child laborer. These...