Gender Stereotypes In The Office

Picture this, a girl has finally graduated college and was offered a job to become a computer engineer. She heads to work with a good mood. All she wants to do is get to know her colleagues. She arrives at work and instantly she hears mutters saying, “What is SHE doing here? Women don’t belong in this job." They say this even though she is just as capable as they are when it comes to working there. This is an example of a gender stereotype that women can’t work in STEM fields. The fact that women are being discriminated from jobs that involve science, math, technology, and engineering proves to society that men are "more capable" at higher level careers. This stereotype is a major issue in society. This ongoing process of rejecting someone

The United States of America has transformed into this sexist and dangerous world in which the media and society portrays real women as objects and not as human beings. People see this on TV through commercials, TV shows, movies, and even games where the bodies of women are promoted like toys for the sexual pleasure of men. The 2011 documentary Miss Representation brings up this idea of how the ridiculous stereotypes of women are portrayed heavily through the outlets of media and how that has negatively affected American women.

Shows such as Grey’s Anatomy depicted above are an ideal example of our ever-growing mindset with respect to the norm in the conventional values society holds today. Grey’s Anatomy portrays both female and male figures of all different sizes, races, and sexualities. I believe the reason why this shows identifies with such a widespread audience and has received such recognition is because the viewer is able to identify with these characters. The viewers can identify with these characters whether it be due their race, or ethnicity, upbringing, insecurities in their sexuality, and cultural backgrounds. For example, Callie, an orthopedic surgeon at the hospital and pediatric surgeon Arizona get married and have children. In the plot’s storyline we see Callie’s development, we see the struggles she’s endured, coming from a Hispanic household where being gay, lesbian, or bisexual is often times frowned upon. She especially has resonated with an enormous amount of viewers. In the show we also encounter Christina Yang, she goes completely against the stereotyped view that women let their emotions cloud their judgments. Yang has always been driven by her ambitions in succeeding as a cardiothoracic surgeon, throughout the show we see her time and time again abandon the idea of starting a family and fully committing to someone due the sense of obligation she feels toward her job.

In the book, The Rise of Enlightened Sexism by Susan Douglas, gives insight and knowledge that digs deep into pop culture explaining how the media portrays the appearances of women that are in powerful positions in our culture. The appetencies tent undermines the actual progress of women. Douglas is interested in what these pop culture ideals shows about our culture. The way we react to women in our culture with powerful influence. What do these shows do to the female imagine in our culture? Why as a culture do we still glorify these kinds of shows?

I watched The Office, and it aired on NBC TV from March 2005 until May 2013. It is a comedy that is filmed in a documentary style of shooting. The main character is Michael Scott, and he has the role as Regional Manager of a branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in Pennsylvania. Dwight Schrute is a salesman and assistant to the Regional Manager. Jim Halpert is another salesman, and Pam Beesly is the office receptionist. Dwight worships Michael, and they get along great. Jim and Dwight often have conflict and fight regularly. They enjoy pulling pranks on each other too. Jim and Pam are good friends. Jim has a crush on Pam, but he cannot say anything because Pam is engaged to Roy. The goal of the show is to depict the lives of everyday office

The settings for all three of these observations were the same; they took place at an inconveniently far Mexican noshery called Dos Gringos. I found myself at this unfavorable location after recently getting into contact with an old high school friend and her inviting me. This was my first official bar attending experience. The plan was to meet my friend out there who would be waiting within a group of her aforementioned friends.

One classical scene defines any movie depicting high school: the lunch room scene. Imagine this typical scene. The main character weaves through a series of tables with each table dedicated to a specific stereotype. A table consists of the jocks tossing a football, another of the preps fighting over their appearance, and the nerds huddled over a textbook. After maneuvering through the stereotypical tables, the main character finally arrives at the table consisting of their own group.

‘Inequality promises that it's here to stay. Always trust the injustice 'cause it's not going away.’ – Lilly Allen (Allen, 2013)

Stereotypes and people's preconceived thoughts can also cause problems in the workplace. Making jokes about colleagues because of their race or culture could damage professional relationships and is not permitted under equality and diversity policies in most workplaces. Also misunderstood stereotypes can lead to tension or difficulty in the workplace. This could mean that a man in a team would not ask a woman for help even though she could be the person trained for the job. This would be a stereotype that women aren’t higher than men in the workplace so she can’t know something he doesn’t. This could then spark arguments in the group or the work that is needed to cannot be done.

Similar to the previous advertisements, Old Spice uses familiar tactics. Fishing for sharks or coming close to an active volcano, shown in figure 3, doesn 't usually come to the mind when describing masculinity. Figures three and four, Old Spice advertisements, show a toned man standing along the central vertical axis. The advertisement is shot at an eye level angle, letting the model look the viewers right in the eye, creating a separation of power. The model is presented as a large figure, creating a certain feeling of dominance. Figures three, four, and five exemplify how gender roles have established the male as the dominant and more powerful sex. Gender roles in 2017 have placed the male consumer under extreme pressure of maintaining their

Racial stereotypes and discrimination have hindered the ability of minorities to attain success for years. These typecasts give entire races certain characteristics and personality traits that ultimately hurt the individuals chance at success such as obtaining a job, having a significantly lower annual income, and they have a much higher chance of falling victim to police brutality. All of these effects can greatly influence one’s chance and opportunity for success. These stereotypes may categorize an entire ethnicity as “lazy”, “troubled”, and/or “violent”. Because of this, hiring managers, officers of the law, and everyday citizens see individuals belonging to a minority and prematurely and subconsciously create a misconception of them.

Women have been looked at as sexual objects for a long time and nothing has changed. Men feel that they do not have to respect women because of the ads the women are in and the way people portray them. I found 5 ads that portray women as sexual objects and not women. The ads are: Tom Ford for Men, Carl’s Jr., America Apparel, Burger King and Dolce & Gabban. All these ads have something in common and that’s the disrespect they show women.

The Office’s “overt meaning of the show is that hegemonic corporate structures are inherently ridiculous, and the only way of surviving is ironic opposition and the fellowship of one’s coworkers: an oppositional retotalization of corporate America’s message” (qtd. in E. Detweiler 740). The Office uses irony as well as the characters ability to adapt to their less than ideal work situation in the end to create a happy and stable life. The Office, due to its lack of glamour, use of comedic relief, and the emphasis on each individual character creates a TV show in which the middle class American with their traditional aspirations in the U.S workplace is someone to be envied. I get a feeling of envy when I watch this show due to the fact that the characters are able to find such happiness and fulfillment in their mundane

Discrimination is still rampant in the world which exists between the majority and minority groups. Minority group is subjected to the discrimination and majority group discriminates. Due to the presence of this discrimination, the quality of life of construction workers has also been significantly lower. Many economists often relate this form of discrimination to a situation in which equally capable persons are treated unequally on the basis of certain irrelevant factors. Also, some notable differences are also seen between different agents of the labor market. These differences are often seen in the outcomes of men, women, whites, blacks and Hispanics.

Sexism is prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, based on sex. Sexism has been in occurrence since the beginning of time. There are multiple ways that sexism against women is thrust upon society today. Some effects of sexism are inequalities in the workplace, social out casting, and standardization.