Gender Stereotypes

             Males and Females face gender stereotypes everyday of their lives. As we are brought up into this world we are taught to be unique individuals with our own ideas of how things should be, but society breaks down the uniqueness of each and every one of us and seems to blend us all as one. Emotional roles and ideal looks are some stereotypes that we face today. Even though men and women do have differences between them, we should all act as our own person and be the person we want to be.
             Emotional roles play a big part on everyone's lives. Society shows the roles of males and females completely different in these situations. The stereotype that every female takes on in emotional situations is that they are very delicate. Emotional situations supposedly hit women harder than men because they are more sensitive. Women are known to talk with their girlfriends when they are upset because they need that comfort and love. Also, crying. Crying is that one thing that females do to get everything off their chests. With all of these conclusions made on females, society often compares them to somewhat of an "emotional bomb."
             The movie "Now and Then" is a perfect example of a female's emotional role in society. It is about a group of girls that stick to each other's sides through thick and thin and grow up with a tight emotional bond. They constantly show their sensitivity towards almost everything throughout the whole movie, making females look like the so-called "emotional bombs". This shows that society thinks that all females should act this way. When people see these things on TV, they automatically think that this is the way things should be. I personally love the movie "Now and Then". What people don't understand though is that just because I liked it because that is how my friends and I are, doesn't mean that every girl in the world is going to have emotional bonds like tha...

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