The television shows of teenagers nowadays is such a broad spectrum ranging from anime to reality tv. Some shows are usually watched by both genders, like The Walking Dead and American Horror Story. Since I am a girl and enjoy watching drama I would assume that not that many guys watch drama. In these shows the most obvious example I can think about playing into gender roles would be anime. There are some animes that express all of the girls as having big boobs and long hair who are very skinny. In teenage shows it expresses the fact that once girls become teenagers, they will be obsessed with boys and with love and falling in love. Although it shows this through the hot cheerleader falling in love with the fit and muscular football player. The main guy characters were usually sporty and got the girls If there was a main guy that didn’t play sports he served as an example of what would end up happening. No girlfriend but definitely in a lot of friendzones, not a lot of friends, and a virgin for way longer than his sporty friends.
Some things that actually went against traditional gender roles were that the guy anime …show more content…
This was because pink was associated with girls. Boys learn that to be accepted into society they have to have a certain percent of muscle mass. Boys also get the idea from the exploitation of women that girls are supposed to have big boobs, and if they don't, then they aren't attractive. Boys are taught to think that they aren’t attractive unless they are fit, or they aren’t cool unless girls think that they are hot. Boys are taught that if another guy isn’t good at a sport then he’s not good enough to hang out with. Just watch most sport related TV show to see the unlucky and unathletic guy getting ridiculed for something that isn’t his
Some things that actually went against traditional gender roles were that the guy anime …show more content…
This was because pink was associated with girls. Boys learn that to be accepted into society they have to have a certain percent of muscle mass. Boys also get the idea from the exploitation of women that girls are supposed to have big boobs, and if they don't, then they aren't attractive. Boys are taught to think that they aren’t attractive unless they are fit, or they aren’t cool unless girls think that they are hot. Boys are taught that if another guy isn’t good at a sport then he’s not good enough to hang out with. Just watch most sport related TV show to see the unlucky and unathletic guy getting ridiculed for something that isn’t his