#GirlsCan

In the first few weeks of class we talked about the stereotypes that go with each gender. Men usually assume positions of leadership and are placed higher up in companies. Men's salaries are still higher than women's salaries. Women can be in higher positions like men, but they need to work harder or need to prove themselves.

Everything that a woman does is judged differently than if a man did the same. For example, a man takes off his jacket and struts down the street. Our first thought may be that he is confident or depending on how he walks some may think he is gay. If a woman takes her jacket off and struts down the street, people will say that she is just trying to get attention. She is putting herself in a bad situation because she is taking off her clothes in public.

This commercial in particular talks about everything that #GirlsCan do. It is something that is empowering and is breaking the Pink Think and gender boundaries. Each of these women did not have a normal career path and are now A-list celebrities. How did they do it? I think they are able to be so successful due to the fact they did not stay within the stereotypes that society creates. They are implying that everything a man can do or everything that women are told they cannot do, they accomplished.