Gender Stereotypes: why, and how to deal with it?
By Thomas Brouillard
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
March 20, 2009
I thought today’s class provided another interesting and insightful lesson. I thought it was a good and relevant follow up to the interesting debate that took place in the class prior. Although I don’t personally really notice it, these last two classes have shown me that gender can be a very touchy subject for some individuals. I thought it was creative to have the class bring in magazines and find images that portrayed male and female stereotypes.
On the men’s side the common theme was toughness. Most of the men looked very in shape, tough, stern, and serious, while the women looked the opposite. In both ads it seemed like most were not really wearing cloths. This has been a timeless advertising tactic.
I thought the video we watched was very relevant to the class discussion. While I think the speaker in the video did make some good points, I believe she exaggerated a lot and made an issue of certain things that were not calling for that. There were a few ads that she showed that were neither sexist nor generally offensive, but she twisted it to make them seem like they were. She claimed that she was trying to help resolve issues facing women, but I feel as thought she is part of a small group that does the exact opposite. They try and find any little thing that they can jump on and make a sexist issue of it. But I think it is important that children understand that advertisements portray these unreal stereotypes and that in reality all men and women are not like what you see on a billboard.
As a future teacher it is important that regardless of whether you are a man or women that you make sure your students understand that the images advertisements portray aren’t always relevant or true. Also I believe teachers should treat all students equal, regardless of sex, or anything else for that matter. Of course there are some situations that are an exception to that but in order for students to understand that regardless of what gender you are everyone is equal, you need to create an equal environment without either side being excluded from the rules.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
March 20, 2009
I thought today’s class provided another interesting and insightful lesson. I thought it was a good and relevant follow up to the interesting debate that took place in the class prior. Although I don’t personally really notice it, these last two classes have shown me that gender can be a very touchy subject for some individuals. I thought it was creative to have the class bring in magazines and find images that portrayed male and female stereotypes.
On the men’s side the common theme was toughness. Most of the men looked very in shape, tough, stern, and serious, while the women looked the opposite. In both ads it seemed like most were not really wearing cloths. This has been a timeless advertising tactic.
I thought the video we watched was very relevant to the class discussion. While I think the speaker in the video did make some good points, I believe she exaggerated a lot and made an issue of certain things that were not calling for that. There were a few ads that she showed that were neither sexist nor generally offensive, but she twisted it to make them seem like they were. She claimed that she was trying to help resolve issues facing women, but I feel as thought she is part of a small group that does the exact opposite. They try and find any little thing that they can jump on and make a sexist issue of it. But I think it is important that children understand that advertisements portray these unreal stereotypes and that in reality all men and women are not like what you see on a billboard.
As a future teacher it is important that regardless of whether you are a man or women that you make sure your students understand that the images advertisements portray aren’t always relevant or true. Also I believe teachers should treat all students equal, regardless of sex, or anything else for that matter. Of course there are some situations that are an exception to that but in order for students to understand that regardless of what gender you are everyone is equal, you need to create an equal environment without either side being excluded from the rules.
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