Social Structure In TV Commercials

The social structure of our world may be different from person to person. One person may believe something completely different about our social structure compared to what another person believes. Social structure is "the framework of society that surrounds us; consists of the ways that people and groups are related to one another; this framework gives direction to and sets limits on our behavior" (Henslin, 2011). In simpler terms, social structure is the social organization of society. In each society, there are different roles for each person. Whether it is based off of gender, race or culture, there is a role for everyone in society. After searching for many TV commercials illustrating different gender, social roles and social structure's, I found one that illustrates all those traits and even more tremendously.

Many different people were interviewed by the producers of the commercial. The interviewees varied in age, gender and race. The producer asked them a series of questions like "show me what it's like to run like a girl" and "show me what it's like to fight like a girl." Most of the older men and women answered with the typical answer most of society would think. When the producers asked the younger little girls, they responded with a normal answer on how a normal runner would run and fight. The reason the older men and women responded with the more typical answer is because of societies social roles of men and and women. Women are seen as weaker and slower compared to men. In the video, there were not many minorities presented. Even with the few presented, there was no direct effect on it in the