Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Like, totally, for sure

I've been thinking a lot about gender stereotypes and how we assume each gender will speak. I know I personally have different views on what I think girls and guys say. I notice guys say "dude" and "man" more, and from what I've seen, they also swear more. I also think most people think that girls say "oh my god" , "like" "totally" and things like that more. I know I don't say it, and a lot of my friends don't, but it's definitely a stereoptype. I don't like that stereotype, because I get teased by a lot of my guy friends who think all girls talk like that. I can't get excited about anything without them saying "Like, Oh my God!". Since I get so offended when they use phrases like that, I guess I shouldn't assume guys use certain phrases either. I never realized that gender stereotyping came into every day life so much, but it really is a significant part of our language. So, to all the guys out there, if you don't assume I speak (and therefore, think) like a character off of Clueless, I won't make any stereotyped judgements either.

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