Welcome back! This week I am going to talk about the stereotype that this cartoon deals with that refers to both men and women. According to this, men are not supposed to be nurses, women are.
What's wrong with a man being a nurse? Being a nurse has been labeled a "female" job. Why do jobs have gender labels? Anyone should be able to work any kind of job, no matter what their gender is. As long as they are qualified (are able to complete the tasks they are given,etc) then they should be able to have the job and not get joked because the job they have does not match their gender. Not only should anyone be able to have any kind of job they want, jobs should not be branded with a certain gender. What if a man dreamed of becoming a nurse but then found out it is a "female" job. He does not want to be made fun of for being a nurse so he settles for a less exciting career. This is not the only example I could give, but it makes my point clear. Not only is this stereotype of jobs stupid, but it could also be disheartening for some.
So with this, I say there are no laws that say if you are this gender, you have to have that job; forget about the stereotypes and do whatever you want!
Today I came across a show called "Two and a Half Men" while I was watching TV. I've seen this show many times and knew that this was exactly what I wanted to talk about this week. I found two clips of this show that I would like to talk about.
In this clip, Alan and Charlie are talking about fatherhood. Charlie believes he got a woman pregnant but he does not want to have to deal with raising the kid and "pretending to like soccer". If you have seen this show before, you would know that Charlie fits the male stereotype of getting with a lot of different women and not having to deal with the consequences, also if Charlie sees an attractive woman, he is sure to get her number. Charlie hopes that he and this woman and just move on with their lives separately. Charlie does want to know if he has a child, but he is really reluctant to have to care for it. Alan has a son named Jake. Alan tries to explain to Charlie just how fun fatherhood can be but is ironically distracted by Jake when he has to go help clean up after him.
In this clip, Jake, Alan, and Charlie and all eating together. A lady walks by that Charlie used to go out with. Like all the other relationships of Charlie's, this relationship did not end well so he doesn't want her to see him. Since Charlie likes to get with a lot of different women, while he was with this one, he was also with her best friend, yet again fulfilling the same stereotype as before. Charlie then goes on to try to make it seem like there was nothing wrong with what he did. The ironic thing is, there is an 8 or 9 year old boy with her that looks exactly like Charlie and this scares him.
Men like Charlie are why some people think men only have bad intentions. He shows this in both of these clips. In the first one, Charlie is hoping to avoid fatherhood and in the second one, he is talking about cheating on his ex girlfriend with her best friend, and he thinks it was okay. Not every guy out there is like Charlie. Alan proves that in these clips. He talks about how wonderful fatherhood is and also tells how he feels about what Charlie has done and still does.
Welcome back! This week I am going to talk about the stereotype that this cartoon deals with that refers to both men and women. According to this, men are not supposed to be nurses, women are.
