Media 4 Teens
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Magazines and implicit values
Boys vs. Girls stereotypes
Boys Girls
Manly
Can do things better
Smarter
Perverted
Immature
Handy with tools
Enjoy sports and cars
Can fix anything
Like to party
All boys are the same
Messy
Sweet, innocent
Love clothes and shopping
Don't understand sports
Not good at math
Love to cook, clean
Bad drivers
Weak and fragile
Indecisive
Dependent
Crave male attention
Emotional and dramatic
Magazine editors use these stereotypes to create magazines that will appeal to specific male and female audiences. Although most of these stereotypes do not fit every personality, they still succeed by profit from consumers.