This week for class we watched an episode of The Office, and I was shocked to see how much of the show is based around content that is offensive towards women, and places them into gender stereotypes. While I had seen the show many times before, I had never stepped back and looked at what was happening throughout the show. Since watching that episode, I haven't been able to watch any other show without thinking about what the jokes, and the overall theme of the show was saying about women. Sometimes the shows would be fairly gender-neutral and not offensive in any way, other shows it seems the entire theme of the show revolves around exploiting gender stereotypes.
I have always been decent at spotting sexism in advertisements, but when I start looking at other things I'll see gender stereotyping happening everywhere. I can't help but wonder how much longer it will continue happening, and what it will take for it to stop.
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