"Like A Girl"

This is an add from Always titled "Like A Girl". This video has a group of people that are mostly above the age of 15 do things "like a girl". All of these people throw, run, fight etc. "like a girl" in almost the same way. They all portray the actions badly and in a weak way "like a girl would do". Then they ask a group of girls under the age of 10 to do the same thing. However, this time the girls portray these actions in a serious and determine way. They ran like they would run to win a race. The difference in how these two groups portrayed how to do things "like a girl" definitely says something. I think that this shows that as kids grow older and become teenagers they are taught that it if you do something "like a girl" than it was done poorly and in a weak way. So eventually, people start to believe it and the stereotype starts about how girls do things. This not only lowers girls self esteem but also creates the idea that it is okay to make fun of the way a person does something simply because of their gender. The way to stop this, in my opinion, is to not prove people wrong but show that everyone is different. Yes, some girls might throw like that, and that's okay. but not all girls do. The whole idea of this is to stop the stereotype of genders, because just like girls, boys all do things differently.