#29

My paper is about the gender stereotyping in our society. My primary source is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I will start off by describing her in terms of appearance and her normal life. I will then precede to tell who Buffy actually is and her powers, skills, beliefs, and how people think of her. My next main point will be the problems women face because of gender stereotyping and the low expectations people have for them. I will use scholarly articles and the studies and experiments presented in them to prove the discrimination and problems they face in the workplace, in politics, and in everyday life. I will then explain specific examples of this happening such as Hilary Clinton running for president of the United States and the obstacles she had to face because of her sex that male candidates don't even have to consider. I will also reference the "Equality Now" speech in which the writer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Whedon, describes his inspiration for Buffy and how his point was to make the power in a females hand because the fact that people think that unordinary is a reason to do it. It proves we don't think of women equal to men yet if we find it weird for a women to have so much power. The paper will relate women power and stereotypically views from both the Buffy the Vampire episodes and the real world. Gender equality needs to be established in this world. Girl Power!