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(9 pp) The stereotype mindset may show women as
junkies, stick figures, mannequins, bimbos and
inanimate objects. In the past, even the physical
size of a woman has been open to stereotypes:
large women, even an Aunt Jemima is typically
depicted as a selfless nurturer, a glutton or a
buffoon, and that females in general, at least
through the media are often shown observing rather
than doing, if they are seen as "doers" they are
often shown bumbling through, rather than as a
competent professional. Bibliography lists 9
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been open to stereotypes: large women, even an Aunt Jemima (http://www.sistahspace.com/ back door/backdoor.html) is typically depicted as a selfless nurturer, a glutton or a buffoon, and that females in
general, at least through the media are often shown observing rather than doing, if they are seen as "doers" they are often shown bumbling through, rather than as a competent
professional. Some may even be seen purely as accessories to men. Research supports that there is a powerful connection between exposure to images of an idealized female
ideal and the reported incidences of eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression among women and girls (http://www.about-face.org/who /index.html).
Media catfights magnify negative self image Besides highlighting the extremists, the media typically portray the diversity of womens views and philosophical disagreements between feminists as nothing more than
trivial "catfights" (Douglas 222 ) The catfight is a staple of American pop culture, and by the 1970s it had evolved into various forms of especially sloppy combat
between women, like female mud wrestling or Jell-O wrestling. In its purest form, it features two women, one usually a traditional wife (blond), the other a grasping,
careerist (brunette), who slug it out on a veranda, in a lily pond, or during a mud slide .... A metaphor for the struggle between feminism and anti-feminism, the
catfight provided a symbolic cleansing of womens internal conflict between the desire for liberation and the longing for security ....Both women were sullied; no one won." Media reflects
nations legal history of female stereotype. It has often been thought that minorities and women are overly sensitive to acts of discrimination leading them to blame discrimination for their lack
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