Stereotypes
             Stereotypes are things that everyone in this day in age has to deal with. Everywhere we look we find ideas that one thought to be typical of a certain race, ethnic group or age ranges. Pop-culture has its share of stereotypes. From mass media to published writings stereotypes find a way to rear up and present themselves to all audiences.
             The movie Boy's Don't Cry is a depiction of the true story of a female, Tina Brandon, wanting to become a man, Brandon Tina. Although she doesn't make it to the surgery to physically become a man, she still takes on the role of what she thought was the stereotypical man. Going for a ride on the back of a pick up truck was one of the things she did to ensure her friends that she was a man. She also felt that the stereotypical man drank beer all day and did drugs, so in turn she began to do the same. There were also the sexual relations she had with females, which were part of what she thought was being a man also the fact that she confused about her sexual identity.
             Another example of stereotypes in popular culture is seen in the film Merchants of Cool. To make the big bucks, companies try to target and analyze the stereotypical teenager. The teenagers they target are the ones that always go for the spot light, for what is trendy, and the teens that go for whatever is popular. These teens are a gold mine for retailers today. MTV spent some time and money with a few kids in order to find out exactly what it was that was popular, and what it was that they could make to get people to spend millions of dollars on.
             In the essay "Give Her a Pattern" by D. H. Lawrence, female stereotypes are extremely criticized. His main objective is that most if not all women unceasingly try to adapt themselves to what men think women should be or act like. He feels that women are afraid to be anything different then what men want them to...