The Ugly Truth, a film released in 2009, presents many particular stereotypes and gender issues found in American society. Gender is socially constructed and socially reinforced ideas about what it means to be masculine or feminine. We first learn the gender of our parents; but they too had to first learn it from their family and society. Within American society, the media plays an important role in creating gender norms. Media consists of films, magazines, television programs and newspapers. The Ugly Truth, although a funny film, perpetuates these gender stereotypes and ideas provided by our society. Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl are two very famous stars who represent the American theater industry as two of the most loved female and male actors. Both are believed to represent femininity and masculinity and very well. It's no surprise that these two characters were cast as Abby and Michael in The Ugly Truth. The Ugly Truth displays many stereotypes about men and women or what is supposed to be masculine and feminine. According to Gendered Live: Communication, Gender, and Culture by Julia Wood, “a stereotype is a generalization about an entire class of phenomena based on some knowledge of certain members of the class” (Wood, 2011, 122). Stereotypes can cause many problems in society if individuals do not fit the mold or particular idea of ​​what it means to be feminine or masculine. In The Ugly Truth, the first stereotype that appears is that women in powerful roles cannot maintain relationships (Luketic, 2009). As an example, this particular stereotype causes Abby a lot of trouble when she gets in the middle of a paper. Communication Research Reports, 26(4), 271-284. doi:10.1080/08824090903293551Emmers-Sommer, T.M., Farrell, J., Gentry, A., Stevens, S., Eckstein, J., Battocletti, J., & Gardener, C. (2010). Sexual expectations on the first date: The effects of who asked, who paid, date location, and gender. Communication Studies, 61(3), 339-355. doi:10.1080/1051097100375267Lester, PM & Ross, SD (2003). Images that hurt, pictorial stereotypes in the media. (2nd ed., pp. 1-336). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. Luketic, R. (Director) (2009). The ugly truth [DVD]. Tragros, P. (2009). Monster Masculinity: Honey, I'll be in the garage reaffirming my manhood. Journal of Popular Culture, 42(3), 541-553. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2009.00695.xWood, J.T. (2011). Gender lives: communication, gender and culture. (9th ed., pp. 1-227). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.