Bitches Bimbo Stereotypes

It was a pleasant surprise when I found myself enjoying the book, Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers. I thought that the content was presented in a relatable and non-aggressive way. They also kept the book humorous with their dry and well-placed sarcasm. What most surprised me was how little I knew about stereotypes, opposite of what I believed prior to reading the book. What really caught my attention was how much the meaning of a stereotype could change overtime. For example, in the nineteen-twenties a Bimbo meant a great person but in one decade it changed to mean the opposite. By the nineteen-sixties a Bimbo was a bodacious blonde with a plummeting intelligence. However by the nineteen-eighties the word Bimbo meant what it does today; an
In the book, Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers, the Guerrilla Girls defined a Gold Digger as “A women whose ambition is to find a rich husband” (73). Although few can disagree with the definition many can argue that an essential part of the stereotype’s history was left out. Author Jaquary Moton delved deeper into the history of the stereotype and found out it’s meaning held the opposite connotation it does today. The very first Gold “Diggers were men, yes men. In historical times when men controlled all their wives money and received huge dowries upon marriage, you had groups of men targeting wealthy women in hopes to woo her and to someday cash in on that huge lump sum of cash” (Moton). The original Gold Diggers were actually men seeking to marry financially endowed women completely opposite of what we are told today. Another essential part of the stereotype that was, unfortunately, left out of the book, , by the Guerrilla Girls was the current situation of the stereotype. Presently a fair amount of women are the “bread winners” of their family, which causes the questions; why are women still stereotyped as Gold Diggers? Journalists Heidi Stevens recently interviewed Bela Ghandi, leader of a Smart Dating Academy found in Chicago and found interesting results. “How often, I wondered, do women ask to be connected with wealthy men? ‘I've been in business for five years," Ghandi says. "And I've