Watch this extended TV commercial, “Like a Girl”.
Discuss the ways that the term “like a girl” has come to embody certain gender stereotypes. Using one (or more) of the theories from the section “Classical Theories and Feminist Thinking,” how would that theoretical perspective explain why this type of gender stereotyping persists? Are these gender stereotypes problematic? Are they likely to change? Why or why not?
Do these traditional gender stereotypes pose challenges for accepting “non-traditional” gender identities such a non-binary, transgender, gender nonconforming, among others? If so, how so? If not, explain.
(If you have an example of another advertisement that either perpetuates or opposes gender stereotypes, please feel free to add a link to your post and share it with the class. Discuss why you chose that particular example to share.)
(Here is the link if it doesn’t work above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yLXrWLvwAo .)
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“Breaking Down Gender Stereotypes: Analyzing the Impact of the “Like a Girl” Commercial and Its Relation to Traditional Gender Identities”
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“The Social Significance of Race: A Sociological Analysis through Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism”
The authors of your book point out that “race is a social concept, not a scientific one,” and specifically define race as “a group of people who share a set of characteristics (usually physical characteristics) deemed by society to be socially significant.” (215, 216).
Using functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism, explain why it is that even though genetic differences between people who have different physical characteristics are minor (like skin color), we as a society continue to use race as a socially significant category. In other words, according to a functionalist, conflict theorist, and/or symbolic interactionist, in what ways do we make race important?
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