In today's society, women and male gender roles reflect on more that only just what people think about sex roles. In this research, I will inform the reader about stereotypes that society accepts when dealing with gender roles. In addition, this paper will explain the reasons gender roles are labeled the way they are: feminine, masculine, dominant, submissive and sexual, which are portrayed by individuals in the mass media. The behavior of sex roles in …showed first 75 words of 1126 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1126 total…research, I learned how to make explanations about gender stereotypes with simply observing references that were presented. I learned that men and women are portrayed in negative and positive ways with the intentions to make society develop certain stereotypes to what they observe in magazines, as well as in our surroundings. All in all, gender stereotypes whether being dominant or submissive, give rise to the conclusion that one sex is always dominant over the other.