Media Influences on Developing Stereotypes

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It is evident that in society how the media is playing a major role in influencing the formation of gender stereotypes in the minds of children and adults. Effortlessly a person might come across a TV show or an article which is targeted toward a specific race and ethnicity by depicting stereotypes of others. While surfing the internet, I came across an article on a blog known as Elite Daily. Elite Daily is known as a sexist blog targeted towards young men. The site used gender stereotypes in order to put men on a pedestal. Many of their published articles are based on stereotypes such as men love sports and sex, while women love to sit home and clean. The article I am particularly referring to is called “Things Every 20-something needs to Realize” which was published early august 2013. This specific article is identical to many on articles on Elite Daily that is designed to exalt men and degrade women. The article was written in order to bring awareness to 20 year olds about how they should approach life. It was unfunny, judgmental and hateful. The article was so banal and misogynistic that its approval surprised many. The article had quotes such as “Ladies: your teeth are for chewing, and we don’t like to be chewed...........if you can get her into bed before date 3, then you’ll get bored with her by week 2” (p2). The article was clearly stereotypically developed by a male in order to influence the perception of the reader. While I was in search of a similar but different article to the latter I came across an article called “The Top 10 Things I (Apparently) Still Need To Remind Myself at 30 Years of Age” on a blog known as 20 something’s. 20 nothings is a feminine blog designed to uplift women by giving them daily advices to ...

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...ause it could give children wrong stereotypical information, which could lead to development of a wrong idea about their culture and society later in their adulthood. These effects could be reduced by making strict laws that prevents hateful articles from publication, or at least a law that requires editors of blogs and magazine to carefully approve only accurate and appropriate information for the general public.

Works Cited

Dough, Barry, 2013. Jezebel: The elite daily’s misogynistic screeds are probably the worst things you’ll read all day. New York: Wiley.
Maureen, C. (2011). Developmental Psychology [Power Point Slides] Retrieved from https://ecommons.ucsc.edu/access/content/group/7797ec5e-de0d-461b-84b0-a5b4fd6e62f2/Developmental%20Psych%20-%20Maureen%20Callanan/cogdev10-29-13.pdf
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