A stereotype is a commonly held public belief about specific social groups, or types of individuals.(wikipedia) Stereotype that presented in all of the movies was the dependency of women upon men. Male characters always participated in helping a female-character to reach the success. In the movie A League Of Their Own most of the women lived with the thoughts about their husbands who were fighting in the war. What makes this example even more interesting is that one can develop a counter-argument, saying that the fact that in these movies men were helping women to achieve the success was instead a break of stereotype, which represents men as those who achieve high goals, and women as those who help to achieve these goals. If we compare the different ways, in which media depicts helping male and helping female characters, we will see that if men help with a wise advice and with their knowledge, then female helps by cooking and taking care of children. This is yet another stereotype in mass media.
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