BLOG POST #4: Mean people or cultural stereotypes?

Society is known to have many stereotypes no matter what the subject of conversation is that is being talked about in the moment. Some people see stereotypes as a bad thing while some might see it as something funny. Stereotypes are used to categorize a group of people or it is also known as an image or an idea of a particular type of person or thing. When someone says “Asian people eat rice everyday” or “Blondes are not as intelligent as others,” these are known as a stereotype. As you can see, these stereotypes are not something an individual would want to hear everyday. We are able to see how people really are when the continuously “joke” about these kinds of things. Although it may be funny to the person saying it, the person that it is being said to would not want to hear something like this.

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I am not the smartest, the prettiest, or the cutest out of all the girls surrounding me.” “I am not the nicest or the funniest.” “I am not the skinniest or the most popular person in school.” “I am not the most talented or the most athletic one out of all of my friends.” These are the few of many words that someone would hear coming out from a girl’s mouth, especially one who is at their teenage years. Many girls want to be all of these. They want to be known as the “perfect girl” with the perfect skin, perfect body, and someone who everyone wants to get to know and love as a friend. If not all of these characteristics, then at least a few of them. Because of society and stereotypes, girls in their teenage years are not able to live their life to the fullest. They hear people on the social media proclaim that “if you don’t have a flat stomach, then you’re overweight.”

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There are many advertisements that viewers see on the television during a day to day basis. Some commercials are meant to be funny while some are meant to send a message to teach the viewers something. Commercials that are meant to humour the audience are quite funny when you first watch them, however, as you come to the end of a commercial, you think back and realize that some of these commercials give a hidden message that is able to offend some people who see it. An advertisement from the car brand Chevrolet has come out with a commercial about one of their trucks a few months ago. This commercial is directed mainly towards men since is proclaims that you are not a “man” unless you are an owner of a truck. In my opinion, this commercial is similar to a situation of where you are shown two images of the same woman however in one photo she is fully clothed while the other photo shows the woman in a bikini and you show these two images to a group of people to ask them which one they would choose. This advertisement also shows that if a man who would drive a simple car that is slightly smaller than a truck is sexist and biased.