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. Th

"The Stereotype" by Germaine Greer, deals with the idea that women should be dressed in the finest clothes, and have all the riches they want. Greer gives the idea that the woman is a showcase for her mate. The man gets to buy her things and make her more and more beautiful, then she goes out and shows it all off. Another stereotypical idea that is portrayed in this writing is that men are the ones to go off to work all day while the woman wonders the streets, and the finest stores, and hotels, with her husbands money, buys whatever she wants and then has enough time to come home, greet her mate from a hard days work, and have dinner ready on the table. In my opinion this stereotype is more present in today's society than some people would like to believe. Women would like to believe that they are exactly equal to men, that they can do whatever a man can do, and just like a man can go to work everyday. This is true to some extent, there are things that women cannot do that men can do, I think football is the only sport that women haven't tried to take over. Although women want to portray to all this idea that they are unstoppable, they have to come to realize that its ok to be different than a man, and that they are not always going to be the ones making differences.

Stereotypes don't stop at the home, and with teens, they go all the way to widely sponsored events such as the Miss U.S.A. Pageant. Studs Terkel has a writing called Miss USA, this is a personal experience essay

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