Although it may seem safer, there are multiple dangers when one attempts to conceal their true sexual identity. ... Validity to One's Identity The validity of one's sexual identity is often judged by how neatly they categorize into the stereotypical masculine/lesbian vs. feminine/gay dichotomy. ... The hetero-sexualization of lesbianism also manifests itself in movies, television, and even at parties on the weekend. ... The boys in the group also drew on real life experience in which they proceeded to hetero-sexualize the real life girl-girl sexual behaviours that they have seen, nam...

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Adolescent sexual development is directly affected by the sexual content displayed daily in media. ... Our youth has more access to sexual content than ever before. ... Attention spans are decreasing rapidly (SallyU 2014) due to social media, teaming with distorted, stereotypical, and potentially harmful modern portrayals of sexuality (Ward, 2002). ... Recurring viewing of television and movies with sexual themes or aspects can lead to casual attitudes about sexual relationships, as well as unrealistic expectations and irresponsibility in sexual situations (Ward, 2002). ... Sexually saturated ...

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The sexualization of Latin women plays into the stereotypical roles actresses are casted for. ... Hollywood's intentional type-casting of the Latin woman justifies their hyper-sexual display in film and television. ... Rather they are being judged by their sexual appeal, and physical attributes. ... Although Vergara's humor and character brings a unique perspective on the show, her role also encourages Latino stereotypes. ... Due to this complexity, I cannot entirely blame Hollywood for perpetuating stereotypes that are already normalized in the culture of origin. ...

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The second stereotype is a man who professes unconditional love for a woman while doing away with the sexual dimension of amorous relationships. ... It is quite easy attest to Rob's sexual drive. ... So much value is placed on the sexual act. ... This song, extremely provocative, is crammed with sexual innuendos. ... The need for sexual fulfillment is another. ...

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Stereotypes are beliefs and are often shared. ... To be fair, an individual should be judged on his or her merit regardless of race, religious beliefs, color, gender, physical and/or mental disability, marital status, family status, source of income, age, ancestry, place of origin or sexual orientation. Stereotyping can often lead to prejudice. ... To the extent that stereotypes are shared beliefs, prejudice and stereotypes are not necessarily correlated. ... Stereotyping limits coworkers" potential to act as individuals. ...

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One of the most common stereotypes among women is that they are the overall caretaker. This stereotype dates back centuries and has always been the norm, until it started to shift a few decades ago. ... The general stereotype for men is all based around masculinity. ... Men are also stereotyped as having a dying thirst for sexual attention at all times. ... This is how men have been stereotyped for years, and it probably will not subside for many more years. ...

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"Sexual Violence- While the crimes of "rape- and "incest- have been on the statute books for hundreds of years, it was not until the 1970s that "sexual violence- was more fully explored and developed as a concept. ... In a recent report of the National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence, sexual violence was defined in the following terms: Sexual violence includes a range of violent behaviours. It can include unwanted touching, sexual harassment and intimidation, coerced sexual activity, sexual assault and rape and can include other physical violence and threat to life. ....

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Stereotypes may be based on a kernel of truth, but they it's common for them to go beyond facts to a point of view which has no valid basis. " In writing this paper on stereotypes, I revisited the 2004 Academy Award Best Picture winner, "Crash." The film, directed brilliantly by Paul Haggis, depicts many of the stereotypes and prejudices present in American society. ... The cop, in an act of racial aggression, touches the wife in a sexual manner, essentially molesting her in front of her husband. ... I've been stereotyped because of my race. ... I laughed - I was not offended - but...

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MTV's concentrated stereotyping and terrible messages also play a major part in teens' sexual behavior. ... Instead, a sexual double standard prevails in which sexual dictates, norms, attitudes, and behaviors vary greatly by gender."" (Ward, Rivadeneyra 3) Women are stereotyped as sex objects that act as slaves to sex driven males who suffer from infidelity. ... Such stereotypes add to the correlation of unrealistic and undeveloped concepts of sex. These affect the sexual relationships and habits of viewers. ...

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Sexual innuendos, sexual imagery, kissing, flirting, and other things of this nature can be seen everyday in the media. ... Jack is depicted as a very feminine character, a stereotypical portrayal of a homosexual. Many soap operas are known for their sexual content. ... According to this study, 6% of the shows containing sexual content dealt with issues regarding sexual risks and responsibilities. ... Many music videos are full of sexual content. ...

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Two films which convey some of these stereotypes are Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. ... This model, or stereotype, accurately reflects the Corleone family. ... Both films exemplify this stereotype and reinforce these assumptions. ... The police in both movies play a stereotypical role as well. ... Henry beats up Karen's neighbor because he sexually harasses her. ...

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Increasing focus on metaphors, as well as stereotypes, have been arising as means to understand and encapsulate society. ... Condit (2001), and "The Egg and The Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles," by Emily Martin (2003), discuss the strength of implications held in metaphors, as well as the gendered stereotypes held within metaphors respectively. ... She offers a perspective that women are negatively stereotyped in a way that show they are more dependent, and less able than men, however failing to mention the male counterpart, and h...

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The media plays an important role both in shaping and reflecting gender roles and stereotypes. Even though recently there has been roles in the media where men and women are not shown in stereotypical ways, there are still many traditional, stereotypical images shown. ... For example showing stereotypical gender roles of femininity, woman as sexual objects, incompetent in the political and economic spheres and decorative elements when it comes to advertisements. ... My aims are: To investigate whether the mass media portray men and women's roles in stereotypical ways? ... However, most ...

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Gender is a construct of society's stereotypes, and not the difference between someone having a penis or vagina. In America today media is everywhere and the stereotypes of genders are portrayed constantly; anti-stereotypes are becoming more common in today's society too, especially in places like San Francisco, where it has become normal to come across people who are non-conformist to stereotypical gender roles. ... For someone going through conforming one's sexual identity in a relationship like this it can be quite confusing. ... The ideal situation in any relationship (het...

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These sexually explicit ads, employed for a myriad of products, negatively portray women solely in terms of one narrow and stereotypically presented aspect of their gender roles: as sexual objects (Treise et al. 1994 pg.61) These advertisements use objectification to suggest that men buy the product to help them attract the women they represent in their advertisement. ... So the highly publicized unethical use of gender and sexual stereotypes are in high use in advertising yet the industry itself, is also guilty of stereotyping and discriminating age. (2012 pg.37) It seems like advertising wil...

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When sexual assault (SA) or sexual harassment (SH) is reported, it can be very difficult to prove that it was non-consensual action on behalf of the victim. ... Superson and Pineau agree that these are myths that are unreasonable and that they effect women in society in a stereotypical way. These stereotypes many times excuses the actions of the perpetrators in our society. ... Superson clarifies that the sexual desires of men and women are equally strong and prevalent. ... Other males claim that the way a women dresses is a sign that she wants to engage in sexual conduct. ...

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My family and I could relate to The Cosby Show because we weren't the stereotypical African American family. ... The traditional gender roles were challenged and so were racial stereotypes. ... While she was sexually attractive and did not look like a woman that had birthed five children, every day she went to work and took care of her children and her household. ... The children were not stereotypical either. ... Sondra Huxtable is a great example of a character breaking stereotypical roles. ...

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In today's advertising, women are being portrayed in a more sexual way than ever before, and this is not a good thing. The Association of Women for Action and Research reported that sexual harassment is common in the workplace. ... In addition, advertisers create a problem in society with women being portrayed as stereotypes. These stereotypical categories are: traditional roles, nontraditional roles, and decorative roles. ... We often can see these stereotypes in ads like the Kitchen Aid mixer ads. ...

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The rapist is never expressing a love or sexual desire; instead a need to feel powerful and dominating in a sexual context, is displayed. Another myth or stereotype about rape, is that most rapes occur on the street, by strangers or by drunken or out of control men. ... In fact, no rape or sexual abuse can be justified. ... Another version of Sexual Abuse, is Sexual harassment. ... Sexual harassment often has harmful effects on the victim's performance at work or school, also like those of rape and sexual assault. ...

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From those attributes was created a myth about Hispanic woman as the hot tamale or sexual firebrand. The author recalls stories that she heard in her house during her childhood about sexual harassment that Puerto Rican women endured in factories where they were seen as if sexual innuendo was all they understood. ... I can relate to this idea about stereotypical view of the Latin women because I have become a victim of stereotypical view of the Russian women and because almost all my friends go through this every day. ... So, we can assume that some Latin women have a finger in the pi...

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That commercial in order to persuade the audience to buy their Red Zone body wash uses gender stereotypes, humor, ethos and pathos. ... It is not statistically proven that Old Spice will gain sexual satisfaction, but men are willing to buy any product that have the possibility of pleasing women. ... All of the events hint at gender stereotypes that are associated with a woman's satisfaction. ... In a society full of gender stereotypes, men want to look, smell, and be like Mustafa. ... The sexual content in the commercial is not over done and the humor is considered lovable....

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The sexual orientation of a parent is often used to incite prejudice "to suggest myths and stereotypes about homosexual parents in order to provoke a denial of visitation or custody according to www.lambdalegal.org. ... Sexual orientation, whether "gay- or "straight-, is an adult sexual attraction to other adults. ... Another stereotypical remark about homosexual parenting is that the only acceptable home for a child contains a mother and a father who are married to each other. ... They need to look further, past the discrimination and stereotypes, to how the family functions. ... Obs...

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These advertisements do not only influence us to purchase these products, but they cause us to stereotype the classification of "beauty" and "the ideal person" (Sexual Stereotypes in the Media). ... In addition, O'barr provides examples of how advertisements use women as a sexual figure by displaying erotic pictures in alcoholic ads, clothing ads, and fragrance ads (O'barr). ... The film "Sexual Stereotypes in the Media" defines the term "stereotype" as effective because they are recognizable symbols and they divide the world into two groups: male and female. Hence, the audience base...

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According to Branding Strategy Insider, "Sexual information does grab attention. ... However, the marketing industry must be wary of images that traditionalize or stereotype male-female gender roles. ... Within the above advertisement, the scantily-clad woman on the right is depicting an established stereotypical gender role. The stereotype is that young adult women should be skinny and are urged to constantly pursue beauty and sex appeal. Gender stereotyping in advertising, as seen above, can be considered as a turn-off by some. ...

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There are two primary theories and assumptions as to why a sexual offenders commit sexual violence or assault. ... Alcohol affects men's perception of women's sexual intent. ... These sorts of beliefs may serve as rationalizations for sexual offenders, allowing them to imagine that their victim either desired or deserved to experience forced sexual acts. ... Acceptance of rape myths is strongly related to adversarial sexual beliefs, tolerance of interpersonal violence, and gender role stereotyping. ... Anyone at anytime and any place can be raped or sexually assaulted. ...

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