Stereotypes Of Women

Throughout history, women have been ‘declared’ as crazy in various ways. Although the degree of stereotyping has changed drastically since its origin, it is still quite prominent in today’s society. Television shows are one of the biggest offenders today in keeping this stereotype alive. The television industry should stop feeding off the female stereotype and represent women how they actually are instead of portraying them, collectively, as crazy. If they do represent women as crazy, they should do it in a way where it pokes fun of it, but does not portray it as normal. Dating back to 1900 BCE, philosophers, such as Plato, described the uterus as an “animal”. Hysteria comes from the ancient Greek term for “uterus”. (Science Museum). In ancient
In a blog article written by Amber Madison, she mentions the existence of a YouTube video that is basically a guide for men about what kind of women to watch out for and what kind of women are cleared to date. The video is called, “Hot Crazy Matrix - A Man's Guide to Women”. On a scale, he rates women on their level of hotness from 1-10, and rates women on their level of crazy form 4-10. He starts the "crazy" rating at four because “there is no such thing as a woman who’s not at least a ‘four’ crazy”, said by Dana Mclendon in the video. He also mentions in the video that if a woman is under a 4 on the crazy scale, and above a 9 on the hotness scale, she’s probably a “tranny” which means transgender. The fact that this guy thinks all women are truly crazy in some shape or form, is kind of sad. He actually believes, that looks and craziness are what determine whether or not a women is in the “No-go Zone, Danger Zone, Fun Zone, Wife Zone, Unicorn Zone, or is a Tranny.” He is convinced that a woman that is “hot” and only a little crazy is in the Unicorn Zone, because apparently they do not exist. The video itself takes sexism to a whole new level. It is a perfect example of how today’s society believes women are all crazy and that it is perfectly normal, well, depending on how crazy they
They start to believe that their actions must be irrational if everyone thinks their crazy for it. If a woman is being ‘crazy’ or ‘irrational’ she is asked if she’s on her period. When in fact, according to Leslie Brody, a pshycologogist who studies gender and emotion, "There are very inconsistent findings in the literature on relationships between women's menstrual cycles and mood. What we do know is that biological and social factors are continually interacting. So, just like hormones have an impact on mood, social processes...in turn affect hormonal levels. In other words, hormones and moods have bi-directional effects on each other for both men and women."(Madison). Men use this against women to discredit them, as an excuse not to listen to them. Men do this all the time. The simple principle that if a man does not want to pay attention to a woman or is concerned of her behavior, is what lead people to diagnosing women with hysteria for illogical