Stereotypes or Stereo-Gripes

Stereotypes...

We've all heard them, and we've probably said them as well. But this one is interesting. The video below demonstrates a stereotype that people say about a Chevrolet truck compared to a standard car. In the video they questioned young children, "mature people," young single women, rich housewives and guys with beards. The reactions, the same for everyone. The people conducting the experiment showed two pictures: one with  a guy standing beside a truck and the same guy but he was standing beside a car (a Toyota). The people then asked questions like "who guy is more handsome?" or "which man is sexier?" The reactions were that the guy on the left with the truck is more handsome. Also, when they were asked "which one of these guys would you rather have date your daughter" and they said they would rather have the guy on the left with the truck date their daughters. One person even said the man on the right would be the man her mom would want her daughter to marry. but the man on the left with the truck would be the man the daughter would most likely date and leave the guy with the normal car for the guy with the truck, even though both of the men were identical in looks. I feel like the responses are very stereotypical and that it is not fair to judge a man by their car, even though both men are identical in looks! I can see how they think trucks make men more manly, which can be true, but the fact that it was the same guy beside both cars and they still judged the two men based off of the car/truck, it just shows that this advertisement can be offensive to some men or women. For example, men could say that they just because they don't drive a truck, it wouldn't make the person sexier or more handsome. For women, they could say the same thing, like just because a man drives a car and not a truck, he would be less handsome, etc. Personally, I am not offended because I don't drive a car, but I can see people who drive a car being offended.

Another example of a stereotypical ad is "Always #LikeAGirl" where an organization called "always" surveyed young boys and girls and young adults. They asked them to do an action based on what they say. They asked the subjects to run like a girl, throw like a girl and fight like a girl. All of the responses excluding the young girls resulted in the stereotype of girls being all puny and such. They ran on the spot all flimsy and puny and fought just by throwing their arms like a wimp. But. the young girls didn't run like the others, they ran as a "normal" person would run, they fought like a "normal" person and they threw a ball like a "normal" person, which defeats the stereotype and does not make it seem like only guys can run, fight or throw like that. When they were asked later questions like did why do you think people use it "like a girl" as an insult or how people feel when they are insulted with that. People reacted by saying it drops the person's self-confidence, it makes them feel bad, etc. One boy was asked if he insulted his sister by his response and he said he didn't insult his sister, but he insulted girls. This stereotype is a problem in society and clubs like Gender Justice of Mary Ward C.S.S. make people aware of these problems. I feel like the term "like a girl" is highly offensive to anyone where they could be offended because they were told they threw like a girl or girls around could be offended when they hear someone say this person throws like a girl. The ad is available in the video below, I advise you check it out as it makes us aware of social problems in the world today.