Gossip Girl Gender Roles

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In the hit TV show Gossip girl, the traditional gender roles are broken. The women in this show don’t obey men’s wishes, they aren’t seen as sexual objects, but rather as independent and strong willed women. They give us insight into how our society has evolved from the traditional roles and demonstrates how women are now respected in the business world and can be seen to follow their own dreams. The women in this show are intelligent and passionate about what they believe in and they don’t let anything, even gender equality get in their way.
Blair Waldorf is commonly defined as a feminist. She’s not the typical extreme feminist people tend to think of when we say “feminist”. She doesn’t believe in not shaving and she surely isn’t against marriage, …show more content…

Blair doesn’t want to depend on him or anyone else. She doesn’t want to ask Chuck for help and she doesn’t want to marry him unless she knows for a fact she can be independent without him. There have been several times throughout the show where the relationship Blair has with Chuck has affected her business relations. At one point Blair is trying to establish herself as the face of Mrs. Archibald’s Girls foundation, which is a female empowerment organization. However, Archibald questions Blair’s intimate relationship with Chuck, “Blair assures Anne that she rarely associates with Chuck anymore, and that he is not part of her future”(Healbers). During that same time frame, Chuck is advised to reaffirm his bad boy image and in order to do that he cannot be seen anywhere near the sweet Blair Waldorf. At this point the two decide to make a pact to not get together until the two are successful. Chuck doesn’t try to push her into something she doesn’t want, he doesn’t try to convince her that he can support her because he knows that’s not what she wants and he respects

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