The Danger Of Stereotyping Analysis

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The Danger of Stereotyping Many concerns have been raised about the relationship link between gender, and societal pressures to terrorism. Authors, Michael S. Kimmel, a professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Noel Sturgeon, a professor of women’s studies and American studies at Washington State University, use different circumstances and examples to discuss this relationship, its validity, and which societal pressures are causing such anomalies to occur ( Kimmel 646, Sturgeon 574). Throughout each piece of academic writing, rhetorical strategies are used to boost the author’s points. Although their arguments are solid with valid points, the authors do have holes in their essays that I disagree with. The…show more content…
Sturgeon gives examples of films and TV shows that have negative effects on children. She criticizes our culture for feeding our kids with stereotypes at a young age by saying, “We need to be aware of theses dominant cultural messages may undermine the understanding of environmental justice issues we want to promote” (Sturgeon 575). Sturgeon is causing the reader to acknowledge that popular culture has an effect on young people, and we need to be aware of everything that we see on television and…show more content…
In the article by Alexander Downer, Australia’s retired foreign minister, he talks about globalization and the potential for people to climb the social ladder. He, “insists that globalization gives people economic freedom to further their own interests” (Downer). Even if a person is born into a family that is not successful, or if the person tries and fails to become successful later on in life, it is still possible to change their societal status. The beauty of living in a free country is the ability to change our social statuses throughout our lives, whether it is in a positive or negative way. Sturgeon fails to mention this, and only tells the reader the effects of societal pressures when one is not as high as they wish to be. Sturgeon’s argument that popular culture has negative effects on children is valid, but when giving supporting examples, she fails to give concessions recognizing that not all outcasts turn out
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