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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Stereotypes of the Ideal American Man Research Compiled for
, Inc. by K. Von Huben 6/2010 Please Introduction Stereotypes are generalizations we make about other people, and they
are very often unpleasant: all Mexicans are lazy; all black women are welfare queens; all whites are unaware of white privilege; all women are manipulative; all men are insensitive bullies
and so on. Of course, stereotypes are not true, but they are pervasive and unfortunately, we tend to react to them before we think. It is the fear of the
"angry young black man," who may or may not exist, that makes whites fearful of walking in the city, for example. This paper considers another stereotype, that of the "ideal
American male," and how our society reinforces this stereotype and why perpetuating this stereotype is harmful to society as a whole. Discussion The stereotypes of the ideal American man: In
order to find out the type that is considered to be the "ideal American man," its only necessary to look at popular films and advertisements. The ideal man is handsome,
strong, tall (unless hes Tom Cruise), action-oriented, sexually confident, successful and able to make decent money. Stereotyping begins at birth because its been found that parents treat infants differently depending
on their gender, and this practice of treating infants differently because of their gender crosses cultural lines (Beggan and Allison). As they grow and mature, children are "encouraged to
adopt identities consistent with their physical sex"; they are also expected to "develop skills, attributes, and characteristics traditionally associated with their gender" (Beggan and Allison 1). In other words, they
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