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The Social Network (2010): Stereotyping and my own experience.

Introduction

This involves the society network which has Dave Fincher for 2010 towards mark

zuckerberg’s inventing and setting up Facebook. It also opens up interesting avenues for studying

sexual, gender and class-based stereotypes. This will also involve giving some of my personal

experience on how the stereotypes affect daily situations.

Gender Stereotypes: Women in Tech

World of Business Startups and Tech, being one of the most masculine environments where

very few women exist, exhibits this. Sexism starts the movie, where the male gender is centered

in the evolution of Facebook. For instance, portraying the Winklevoss brothers rowing team as

traditional masculinity, physique, sport’s attitude and elite qualities. Nevertheless, there lies a

scenario where men get center stages with minimal impacts of women to such crucial moment

they are relegated to the peripherals.

Men have also been dominants of tech and other sectors like nowadays. Is it true fact-based

film? Most women’s think that they should narrate a sexist tale in working environments

(Poulsen et al., 2021). It, however, leads to additional inequality and a failing system that does

not value nor appreciate women labor, contributions, and participation as far as this subsection is

concerned.

Such stereotypes play very great roles in causing people around the workplace to consider

there are some areas of work which should be left for male workers. Hence, there should be

massive activities designed to overthrow such antique ideas based on genders and cross-dressing

where an individual should be referred to by his/her right instead of sexes. The movie “social
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network”, that David Fincher directed in 2010, portrayed an agonizing account of an underdog

who precipitated a chain of litigation cases. Nevertheless, the account revolves around Mark

Zuckerberg and his company, whereby sexism is hinted at through the use of female characters

as sex objects. human written.

Nevertheless, some women are represented only in the background of the story around its

men-oriented plot such as for example Erica Albright and Christy Lee. It appears as if it is one of

those sexist jokes against sectarian hiring that there are too many so-called ‘techno-women’ in

this world.

Instead of being pioneers or leaders, they usually settle for playing supportive roles (Ding &

Yilmaz, 2010). Mirroring the present challenges, females undergo stereotype on the strength of

their technician skills as a gender minority to males.

It reminds me of how it was with me and society. A normal day in the women fight against

technology gender-stereotype is depicted by the movie. It therefore contributes to assumptions of

bias affecting promotion and recognition of women’s talents as professional female workers in a

male-dominated area.

Such stereotypes could determine my implicit attitude towards female professionals in tech

that would be demonstrated in my everyday life. Such influence needs to be recognized, though

it is not easy to dismantle such discriminatory thoughts on how most companies view their

employees. As symbolic of a step that will bring a more equitable society for everyone against

the gender stereotype, The Social Network may point towards a new direction.

Identity Stereotypes: Social Awkwardness and Exclusivity

Mark Zuckerberg, who is portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg in his appearance is eccentric

intelligent and has passion for being exclusive. He is the embodiment of a typical tech

entrepreneur stereotype, just one such single minded passion in the form of a reserved

gentleman. Zuckerberg presents an archetypical profile of an innovative and friendly fellow

whose thoughts remain loyal to what he wants to achieve.

For instance, many times it happened in my life when I was a quiet person near the restless

people around me (Luan et al., 2018). Some people think it is necessary to remain at least

somehow apart from society, if you want to be successful or even survive. People must

appreciate, disregard and even note that various personalities may lead to inventive and efficient

outcomes.

In addition, the film makes you feel like some Ivy league institutions including “the

Winklevoss twins’ kind” are elitist entities that allow only a select few (as opposed to all)

students to engage in their own personal social networking platform. This form of exclusiveness

enhances the stereotyped notion of technology success being the province of people who went to

particular elite Universities, and belonged to a handful of well-known social clubs.

A person may also break away from a model personality or the assumed origin of certain

types of characters and therefore addressing stereotypes related to identity (Mas-Bleda et al.,

2021). It is futile to talk about differences of race, color, creed and gender diversity, among

others, as it assumes that a conducive milieu has been created for people with varied opinions.

Class Stereotypes: Wealth and Entitlement

Class stereotype is indicated by depiction of the entangled webs comprising social

networks on privilege, wealth, and privilege (Olsson & Bernhard, 2021). Through this, the author
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reveals that although Zuckerberg was as intelligent as Winklevoss’s twins, he did not have social

courage.

According to this movie, one side posited that Zuckerberg created a way into these elite

students at Harvard partly by designing this particular film. This story is built around the idea of

myth that technological advancement does not depend on the intelligence itself but the social

status.

However, this is a true statement concerning the disadvantaged people in society who do not

enter into the technophile world with ease. Many a times, I have encountered people who are

poor not by choice but because they are too desperate to make do in this technology arena.

Demolishing myths about success in a closed society. Programs designed for promoting

fairness during the acquisition of high-quality tutoring and within society in general should be

advocated upon.

Conclusion

“The social network”, which becomes an efficient tool for problems of representation, gender

identity and class relations. Almost everyone in stereotype roles depicted in the film seems to

display a behavior common for those prejudice and this only contributes to the existing

stereotypes’ strengthening. However, stereotypes are not only written on a piece of paper or

screen but also shape people’s perceptions and behavior when interacting with each other

(Moskowitz & Zeidner).

These stereotypes need shifting cultural issues, educational systems, as well as social

awareness levels. People with this description should be part of the population of our
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environment because such people are treated equally without any bias or prejudice whatsoever.

“The Social Network” reminds of past, and suggests diverse and accepting tomorrow.

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