stereotypes

Here at Elmira District Secondary School do stereotypes exist? Do we over generalize and create roadblocks? I think stereotypes do exist in some sense, we think of blondes and jocks as dumb; we have the rich bitches and the mean girls. In all the teen based movies we watch there are the mean girls, there is always a dumb blonde in that group. The ‘top’ mean girl always dates the dumb jock. We have the blondes that act dumb just to get attention so I think that they definitely bring the stereotypingness on themselves. We have the rich bitches in our school. They think that they are better than everybody else because the have money and get what they want when they want. Nobody wants to get to know anybody new because of these stereotypes. I think we do create roadblocks, when it comes to getting to know someone we focus on how they ‘should act’ instead of how they do act.

Is Media Making us Cool?

Are there ways to be ‘cool’ without copying the media? Well of course there are but, we choose to follow everybody else and the media. Being cool doesn’t mean to follow the trends set by the media and peers. Being cool means to wear what you like and be who you are. I love wearing shirts with sayings on them; they always brighten up my day. My shirts are also not plain and boring like a lot of the shirts you can buy in stores. There are so many different ways to be cool, being yourself and having fun with everything you do. Being yourself is a part of being ‘cool’ without the media taking affect on you because its who you are and not who the media says you are. Having fun with everything you do doesn’t mean the media is making you cool. As the world came to be what it is today everything was everything we do reflects on the media. Nobody wants to be different.

Media Messages:

I think the media messages that are being brought to us affect our identity. It affects our identity weather we choose to believe it or not. Are the messages towards everyone in the world? The majority of commercials on the television are about weight loss, hair and make-up products and aging cream. With all the commercials everybody any age are buy into the looking “younger” and “hotter” than ever. These days a lot of people are going on diets because the start to think they are fat. I think that we will have a lot more cases of anorexia in the future because of the commercials starting off with saying, “do you wish you could be thinner and better looking than ever” and different things like that.  Also we will have more cases with the pressure to look “right.” We also buy into all the make-up and aging cream commercials because they use famous people in them like, Vanessa Hudgens and Carrie Underwood.

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anorexia_signs_symptoms_causes_treatment.htm

http://www.google.ca/search?q=anorexia&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

Is this what you really want to look like?

Girls Clothing:

Shouldn’t you dress in what makes you feel comfortable, not what you think people expect? Is the newer style of clothes what everyone should wear? The style is slutty; see threw clothes, belly shirts, butt showing shorts, and clothes with holes in them. I know that some guys encourage it and like it, but does that make it right to wear them? Girls these days will wear anything just to get attention. I don’t know why we have to dress like this for school we are only thirteen to eighteen years old, there is no need. I come to school and see people changing in the bathroom because there parents wont let them leave the house like that. Some parents don’t care but does that make it right? Is some of the clothing we wear inappropriate or is it fun? I think we can still wear the same clothes just make them longer shorts and put something under the shirts so you’re not showing your stomach off.