Figure 1 shows the four friends gathered around the table at the diner.  The teenagers are dressed in a hoodie, vest, leather jacket, and track jacket.  Figure 2 shows the teenager sitting on the bench.  gets on the bus forgetting her purse. The teenager runs around the corner, and appears to have evaded the police. It then shows the woman exiting the bus and the teenager handing her the purse. This is another stereotype because people think that teenagers steal all the time.  The police call the teenager over and give him a donut as a reward.  The police having donuts in with them are another stereotype against the police. These two advertisements show that teenagers do drugs and steal which is a stereotype within itself because they steal in order to get money to do drugs.  In the Above the Influence commercial, the logos appeal is that most teenagers are susceptible to peer pressure and often times make poor decisions.  The teenager in the video got rewarded, but at an expense to the diner.  The Honesty commercial pathos appeal was surprise when the teenager stole the purse, then confusion due to so many logical fallacies.

To read the full article, please go to the author’s website.  This article has been moved do to copyright concerns.

Figure 1 shows the four friends gathered around the table at the diner.  The teenagers are dressed in a hoodie, vest, leather jacket, and track jacket.  Figure 2 shows the teenager sitting on the bench.  gets on the bus forgetting her purse. The teenager runs around the corner, and appears to have evaded the police. It then shows the woman exiting the bus and the teenager handing her the purse. This is another stereotype because people think that teenagers steal all the time.  The police call the teenager over and give him a donut as a reward.  The police having donuts in with them are another stereotype against the police. These two advertisements show that teenagers do drugs and steal which is a stereotype within itself because they steal in order to get money to do drugs.  In the Above the Influence commercial, the logos appeal is that most teenagers are susceptible to peer pressure and often times make poor decisions.  The teenager in the video got rewarded, but at an expense to the diner.  The Honesty commercial pathos appeal was surprise when the teenager stole the purse, then confusion due to so many logical fallacies.

To read the full article, please go to the author’s website.  This article has been moved do to copyright concerns.

All women do is complaining and all men are idiots. Well, that’s how it looks like to a lot of people, but why? Why are woman usually the one cleaning after the man? Why are men such slobs at home in the first place? Why aren’t men romantic? Why do woman nag men to death about not being romantic enough?

These questions have been asked all around the world and since people spoke for the first time. First and foremost you have to understand that the brain has change because of human’s physical traits and evolution. For 100,000s of years women had to stay home to protect they’re child especially when they’re pregnant. Woman wouldn’t want to hunt a saber tooth and risk the life of their unborn child, so they stay home a let the men do the hunting. Only in a proximately 50 years, women were known to go out and take charge in the work force, but there is still evolutionary bits left in woman’s (and man’s) brain that stayed with the humans.

In general when it comes to problem solving, men and women have different ways in viewing things. consciously a woman will ask “How do I solve it?” An example that could be used for 1,000s of years; when a mother’s child gets sick, she needs to find the solution to that problem right away, without asking any other questions.

when problem occurs to men they will first ask “Why should I solve it?” Another example that can be used for 1,000s of years; when men go out to hunt for food and risk their lives, they want to know why instead of how first, to make sure the risk is important and worthy.

In modern times where the differences in roles between men and women had blurred significantly but their attempt to solve the problems has not change, so as they attempt to solve everyday challenges subconsciously the woman will only ask “why?” after their attempt. “Why is this happening to me? Why am I even doing this in the first place?” In that attempt the woman will complain because she doesn’t have the answer that she was asking subconsciously, While men in the other hand will ask “how” after their attempt, usually looking like incompetents.

If you go to a woman’s house usually it will be clean, pretty and with lots of decoration while inside of a man’s house usually dirty and barely any decorations whatsoever. The reason behind that is evolution. Remember that for 100,000s of years the men would hunt while the women would stay home. That has affected both sexes up to even today. Men in general do not like to stay home compared to women (they much more rather go fishing, hunting or go play football) Women in general much rather stay home and read a book. Because of evolution, men are more comfortable to go outside of their environment.

Psychologists at Queen Mary, University of London did a research that shows gay men and straight women share a poor sense of direction. The Sun news site says: “Both (women and gay men) are poor at navigating and rely on local landmarks to get around, the study suggests.

They are also slower to take in spatial information than heterosexual men.

This means driving in a strange environment is likely to be more challenging for gay men and women than for straight male motorists.

Psychologists at Queen Mary, University of London, conducted computer-based tests of spatial learning and memory on 140 volunteers recruited through advertisements in newspapers and magazines.

They showed that gay men, straight women and lesbians navigated in much the same way and shared the same weaknesses.

But there were also differences between gay and heterosexual men and straight and lesbian women.

Previous research had already shown that the male myth of women being poor navigators has some bearing on reality.

Men consistently outperform women on tasks requiring navigation and discovering hidden objects.

Women, on the other hand, are more successful in tests requiring them to remember where objects lie.”

This means the female human learned to organize to their surroundings; the human male did not.

As hunters the men tend to be visualized and be systematic; women (who were left in the village) were socializing, tacking care of the children, and doing whatever they can at home. This can explain why men are not as romantic as women would like them to be. Women sexuality is stimulated on touch, and tends to sympathize when it comes to romance. Men sexuality is stimulated more on visualization, and tends to systemize when it comes to romance. This would explain why men are known to be more sex oriented, and woman to be more oriented towards relationships.

It is common knowledge that men and women are different; these differences have caused a great deal of arguments that has ended in terrible circumstances, all because they do not quite understand each other. Men and women both have they’re strong points and weaknesses but together with two different mindsets, they can complete each other, and lets not forget some of the best romantic literature were written by men, and some of the best world leaders were women, we should never judge anyone simply because of their sex.

“Ahhh, here’s a great resume!” You declare. “15 years experience, Stanford University, variety of equipment expertise, what’s this guys name, let me give him a call….hm..hm..hmmm” you sing while scrolling your eyes upward to the name section. “Deonte Jones??? aaaah, file it under T!” you say as you fling it in the trash.

Now, Deonte is probably a nice young man but names can be loaded with stereotypes. When people think of names like Deonte, they conjure up an urban kid who got into college on an equal opportunity scholarship and probably thinks the kid stirr up racial animosity on the job. As a result, a potentially great guy may be denied an opportunity for a job. And that’s not to say that the interviewer wouldn’t consider a name like Sanja Muptah or Akinowo Owujo or Sun Yi Moon either. Those guys have the benefit of hard working immigrant here to take advantage of American opportunity disclaimers attached to their names.

Unfortunately, names like Deonte, Chaequan, Beyonce, Amesha and Brontay don’t have that privilege especially when attached to names like Jones, moore, smith and Williams. Why am I saying this? Because it’s true. I had the same problem being the child of two biracial 1970’s radicals searching for a connection with Africa. I had a a Nigerian first name with no connection to Nigeria whatsoever and an Irish surname. It caused my resume to scream “BLACK AMERICANNNNN!” whenever it went across a desk and either got buried under the pile or tossed in the trash. That’s when I decided to do a little experiment.

I made two separate biomedical imaging resumes and instead of using my last name, I dropped it, and put my middle name in it’s place. My middle name is a common Israeli surname and also the name of a Native American tribe from Louisiana. Suddenly, the phone started ringing off the hook and I was granted tons of telephone interviews. For me, it was great because the need for a job taught me to conceal my vocal identity and yes, you can sound very ethnic on the telephone, even when you use standard English. Hey, sometimes we just have a richer tone, and there is nothing wrong with it. Depending on the locality, they sometimes never identified me as a black American,even in person. Yet, at other times, there was always a bit of shock.

I am trying to convey the importance of considering that which you decide to name your child. Racism is not going to end any time soon. However, studies have proven and I experienced it myself, that having an easily identifiable name can be a hindrance to economic gain. Don’t do this to your children! You can talk about keeping it real all you want but your kid is going to need to survive.

If you are that desperate for a name, do some actual research on authentic African names and if your that into African culture, consider changing your surname to match it. So when you look at that cute little baby you have brought into this cruel world and think of naming him Dashawn, think of my story about Deonte and just name him Robert instead.

     Besides the obvious physical characteristics there are also many differences between the psychologies of the two genders. For example, men and women differ in the way they respond to stress. Men respond by activating the flight-or-fight response while woman have a more emotional response (Science Daily, 2008). Some studies also show that men are more independent thinkers and think globally while women tend to cooperate and focus more on details. Women are able to handle financial problems, hardships and pain better than men. However, men are more willing to take risks when they are creating or building and also have a higher self-appraisal (Simon, 2009). Although there are physiological and psychological differences between men and women they should not dictate our activities and interests.

     Due to our physiological and psychological differences it is reasonable to say that men and women respond to situations differently. However, it does not indicate that they can’t participate in the same situations. It’s clear that gender stereotypes exist. These stereotypes have the potential to change the way we not only view others, but how we view ourselves as well. Each of us unknowingly continues to stereotype and until we realize how we treat the genders differently we won’t be able to change it.

     Gender stereotyping was something that I never even thought about. It didn’t occur to me that such ideas could enter our minds without us being consciously aware of them. In some circumstances I’ve even shorted myself because of it. Often when something breaks around the house I just think, “Well, my husband’s a man, he knows how to fix it.” In most cases, he does. However, by just giving up because I don’t think I can do it since it isn’t a “woman’s” job; I never try to fix things. Therefore, I’m falling into the stereotype before ever giving myself the chance to prove it otherwise. It has now become my goal to bring my subconscious stereotypes to light and revise my thinking of the genders. Maybe tonight I’ll tackle the, “men can’t cook,” stereotype and have my husband make dinner tonight!

References

Zhumkhawala, S. (1997). Dolls, trucks, and identity: Educators help young children grow beyond gender. Children’s Advocate. Retrieved from  http://www.4children.org/issues/1997/november_december/dolls_trucks_and_identity/

n/a. (2008). Men are from Mars: Neuroscientists find that men and women respond differently to stress. Science Daily. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0403-men_are_from_mars.htm

Simon, G. (2009). Men and women: The real psychological differences. Counseling Resource. Retrieved from http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the- psychologist/2009/07/08/men-and-women-the-real-psychological-differences/

I remember at primary school we looked at Stereotypes, we had to draw stereotypical people from Scotland, France and Australia. Surprisingly I didn’t really know what to draw, I just copied the girl next to me. So here’s what I ended up drawing:

• French – A man in black trousers with a blue and white stripey t-shirt wearing a beret. He was holding a baguette and a croissant.
• Australian – A man in khaki shorts and a matching shirt with a cork hat. He was standing beside a crocodile and a barbecue.
• Scottish – A man in a kilt with ginger hair holding a can of Irn Bru with Nessie the Loch Ness monster in the background.

Funny how they were all men eh? Nearly everyone else in my class has the same idea. But stereotypes don’t stop with different countries do they? There are stereotypes for different fashion trends too:

• Emo – dark clothing, usually black. Dark make up. Black skinny jeans, usually black hair with a side fringe. Listens to “alternative” music
• Goth – More or less similar fashion sense but with flared jeans rather than skinny. Hair styles vary. Listen to rock and heavy metal.
• Mosher – Baggy clothing, long -ish hair. Skateboarders (In my town anyway). Listen to mostly rock music.
• Scene Kids – Practically Emos but instead of black they have multicolours. Listen to “alternative music”
• NEDs (Non educated delinquents) – They tend to wear tracksuits and walk with a swagger. The tracksuits usually are designer which mystifies everybody cause NEDs tend to be unemployed and cause trouble. They usually have short/shaved hair (boys) or long sleek straight hair (girls).
• Casual – They tend to have clothes from Top Shop, River Island, Jane Norman. Clothes which is not usually classified as NED but is definitely not Emo or goth etc. They usually listen to RnB and Pop music. 

I hate labels, I really do. But when talking about other people I tend to label them. Hypocrite much? But I don’t mean to label them in a bad way. I label them as a description, so when talking to people they can visualise the kind of person i’m talking about. I don’t know what I would be labeled as myself because my style changes daily; depending on my mood. Most of the time I guess I  fall into the Emo-Scene Kid range but mixed with Casual a lot. A lot of my friends a Casual but a fair few are Emo. I’m friends with goths and scene-kids and moshers. Though I do stay clear of NEDs, purely because I know a few who beat people up and wouldn’t like to get on the wrong side of them.

What are your views on Stereotypes? Are they discrimitive or are they descriptive in this day and age?

Because of this general stereotype that men are the ones who do wrong in relationships, this image has been formed of lonely, heartbroken girls sat at home, watching chick flicks and eating ice cream because they are so upset. However, men also hurt and feel heartbreak, we too fully commit to relationships only to find out that our partners have not felt the same way and then we become no different to all those heartbroken girls out there searching for the right person. So, when it is put like that, is it right for men to be portrayed as such evil, heartless creatures the whole time? It is often the case that the men who break the hearts of girls, have at one point, had their hearts broken too.

I just wanted to state my view on this topic as it is one which is close to my heart and it aggravates me a lot when men take the brunt of the bad press, whilst women are able to get away with it seemingly unscathed.

The text Celluloid Indians Native Americans And Film by Jacquelyn Kilpatrick reflects how the Native Americans are depicted throughout modern American Cinema. I found this book to be quite interesting, however it restated a lot of what i already was aware of. I was already aware of Hollywoods’ bias towards most ethnic groups, after all, the media favors stereotypes. I was also aware of many western films that depicted Indians as savage heathens that were to be defeated, if they were not aiding the white man in expeditions, or seducing them as temptress icons. Although the premise of Hollywood is to entertain, therefore using stereotypical information was, and still is, to this industries benefit. It is sad that the entertainment of America had to be at the disgrace of Native Americans.

The book opens with an analysis of the work of James Fenimore Cooper, who wove idea of the “noble savage” into his fiction. Yet Montgomery Bird was an other that perfected the demonization of Natives during the 19th century, with his character Nathan Slaughter. Slaughter was described as a “one man genocide”. He representing a growing Nationalization movement that was brewing in American culture during that time. In my opinion, Slaughter was the beginning of a fad of ‘American Hero Icons’ that were seen as protagonists even though they kill innocent people, like Native Americans in slaughters case. Yet there are so many of these icons it is simply ridiculous; Captain America, for example was originally used as U.S propaganda during WWII. He was seen as a violent German/Japanese killing machine, yet was greatly glorified by the American people, and is still a cartoon today.

This book refreshed my memory of how much government is truly tied to media.

Questions: What were the real reasons that the government would favor anti-indian media?

Why are all of these Native stereotypes still embraced today, with little objection from the majority?

My point is that the common stereotype of someone who is still a virgin after his/her teen years is someone who is not attractive to the opposite sex and therefore has not had the opportunity to score that goal.

The message that we are sending our kids is that virginity is a social stigma, something that they need to get rid of as soon as possible. We think that kids need more sexual education and it needs to start very young so that we can educate them on preventing pregnancy and avoiding STD’s before they get to be sexually active.

Whenever the subject of abstinence comes up, people start rolling their eyes at the naiveté of it. Obviously kids are going to be having sex (except for the ugly, overweight and nerdy kids). No one seems to be connecting the dots here, that if we expect kids to be having sex and the cultural message is that virginity is for nerds, why would we be surprised that kids are having sex younger and younger? Kids don’t want to be nerds.

Purity before marriage and faithfulness during marriage have a whole lot of rewards. It isn’t easy, it takes a great deal of self control, but it is not impossible. We need to stop selling our kids short and telling them that they will not be able to resist temptation. We also need to stop this cultural stereotype that virginity is for nerds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrLj8QEAgI

As a teenager I feel obligated to disprove this stereotype. I am sixteen. I don’t do drugs, I rarely drink and I hardly ever party. You would never see me outside the Head Teacher’s office, unless it was an award I was collecting. Yes, I know I’m not your usual teenager. I like books and writing and this is my passion. There might not be many sixteen-year-olds like me, but I know for a fact that the number of teenagers from the less admirable side of the spectrum is directly proportional to the number of teenagers that are just too good to be true.

Many other people my age have their passion, whether it’s music, dance or even beauty. It’s important to them and they wouldn’t jeopardise it with stupid acts of rebellion. They might drink occasionally, they might go to a party, but they don’t go around beating innocent people up, and burning houses down. Let’s be honest. Half of the crimes that are attributed to teenagers, are done by people who are long past their adolescence.

The percentage of teens that brought so much negative attention is really small. You can blame us for the world being bad, but the truth is we’re not responsible. Whoever sells alcohol, cigarettes and drugs to young people are.

People only see the end result, which is indeed quite horrific. However, they don’t see what leads to it. If you see a girl puking on the side of the road, clearly struggling to get home you won’t help her. When you see a 17 year old boy gulping on his beer, not being able to stand up, you won’t help him. Scared of what they might do you look the other way and walk away.You don’t wonder what happened to get them here. You never think of blaming the shop assistant for selling them alcohol. You don’t blame their parents for being a bad influence. You just look at them with disapproval.

So, lets put a strike through that stereotype. I agree that teenagers can be out of control. They do drink and they do party, but isn’t that what most of you did when you were young?