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All-State TV Commercial

Here's a commercial by All-State, playing now while you watch tv:

 

"Behind these Hazel Eyes"

 

"Trying to Make Ends Meet"

 
As a lower middle class family living in the Southside of Chicago, the Evans family try's to make end meets while the father James supports his family striving to maintain 2 to 3 jobs and mama Florida maintain's her household and children but hardly has time for herself. 
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If I Were A Boy - Beyonce

Here's Beyonce music video of "If I Were A Boy". -- Made in October of 2009.

 

 

Disney Movie Gender Roles

 

Disney Princesses

 
A Cindrella actress reading at a little girl's birthday party.

 
A little girl at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique beauty salon at the World of Disney Store.

Women Stove Ad

This is another image from dickinsons.edu. This picture furthers the stereotype that American women do housework and cleaning all day long. It is an advertisement for a stove that cleans itself so that women don't have to do it themselves.

 

Women Stereotype

This picture was taken from dickonson.edu. In this image, the stereotype that only women can be nurses is being displayed by a man tryning to become a nurse but there is a line seperating the males and females. This is a great example of the American stereotype saying that women should be pretty and remain passive and men should be strong and take action.