Gender Roles in Popular Culture

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Gender Roles in Popular Culture Their Effect on
Our Perceptions of Leadership

• Tony Andenoro, PhD
• Department of Leadership Studies
• Fort Hays State University

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Foundation for Presentation

• Class Discussion
• Hillary Clinton v. Barack Obama and their
  policies on Cuba
• Susan Faludi NYT Interview (Cohen, September, 27,
  2007)

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Myth Popular Culture

• Popular Culture follows a pattern
• Campbell, J. (1949). A hero with a thousand
  faces. New York, NY Bollingen Foundation.
• The Adventure of the Hero
• Departure
• Initiation
• Return

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Examples of Campbells Idea of Myth in Movies
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Examples of Campbells Idea of Myth in Television
Changing Times?
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Who Cares?!

• CNN Report (1998)
• 29 of American Teens use popular media as their
  primary means for information on sex,
  relationships, and cross-gender interactions
• 80 of roles in Popular Culture are filled by men
• Stereotyping leading our societal perspectives
• So what?!

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Its Only in Movies and TV!

• What do you think?
• Where else do you see these stereotypes
  portrayed?

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Leading our perceptions

• How does this affect our perception of
  leadership?
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Gaining Perspective

• So what should we do?
• How do we do it?

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Parting Thoughts
After this, there is no turning back. You take
the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in
your bed and believe whatever you want to
believe. You take the red pill - you stay in
Wonderland and I show you how deep the
rabbit-hole goes.