Gender Stereotypes In The Media Analysis

When designing this cover for Esquire, George Lois used a plain black background that allowed the reader to focus on the message that was being portrayed, which in this case was the masculinisation of women. If he chose to use a background, which was very

With that there has been an increasingly large demand for more women oriented culture, a place where they can express themselves and learn about their gender culture, and not that of men. “That is to say, if women share something in common, it is not the result of a universal bodily maturational process but of mutually experienced interpolations of race, class, and sexual

In this week’s lecture on culture and media, I learned to identify issues in our society that is usually overlooked. The TED talk, “Killing Us Softly,” by Jean Killbourne, taught us how advertisers began to change the public’s views as they began to overly sexualize women and objectify them in various advertisements. The difference in the way men and women were portrayed were extremely different and is now being continued into the present, while being accepted as a current norm.

The media plays a big role in how one gets and stays informed about all the local, national, and international events. Media can be local and national news channels, newspapers, social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Even though all media reports on the same event that does not mean that all the information is the same, the way it is reported, the same or the way people perceived the information. Most often the way media may report an event affects the way one looks at the event, how one remembers it and the way one creates, and justify any racial bias or stereotypes that one may have. Some prime example of this is the how media portrays Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin compared to White male shooters.

Advertisements, movies, TV shows, and other such things that consumers and viewers look at set a certain standard for society. They tell society to look a certain way and act a certain way. People don’t see a problem with messages that the media puts out, but it is a problem, especially when it affects people's self-esteems, labels people, and creates stereotypes about class and gender. Jean Kilbourne talks about one of these standards in her text “Two ways a woman can get hurt”: Advertising and Violence. Kilbourne focuses on gender norms in society, and how advertisements portray them. bell hooks a cultural critic, scholar, and prolific writer, author of Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor has similar views but she focuses on class, and how society represents the different classes in media, such as in movies and tv shows. These points can be seen in many tv shows and movies. Gossip Girl, for example, is a tv drama that attracts young adults, that shows the division between classes. Gossip Girl is about a group of teenagers who live in the upper East side of Manhattan, New York. The main characters Serena, Blair, Nate, and Chuck are all very rich. Then there is Dan who is also a main character and Jenny his little sister, that are considered to be poor. It is very obvious from the beginning how different they are from their classmates from the beginning of the show. It is seen in the way they dress, do their hair, their hobbies, where they live, and how they

The costumes in the movie reflect the character’s personality and developed a vision for the audience. For the most part the women wore brighter colors, such as red, orange, and animal print, while the men stuck to the basic

This photo depicts how they defy gender polarization. Ryle, Robbin describes gender polarization as “the way in which behaviours and attitudes that are viewed as appropriate for men are viewed as inappropriate for women and vice versa” (Ryle, 2014, p. 125). What is appropriate for men can only be appropriate for men and what is thought to be appropriate for women can only be so for women. This is seen as problematic once one deviates from the rigid “scripts” (Ryle, 2014, p. 125) of gender. Gender polarization is a system which consists of two categories male and female. Within each of those groups there are certain actions, behaviours and attitudes that are specific to those groups. A member of either group must comply to those actions or hobbies related to that group. Zimmerman explains how people feel the need to categorize sex or gender, “if people can be seen as members of relevant categories, then categorize them that way.” (Zimmerman,

interactions performed by people on a daily basis; gender is not merely a concept, but an

To be more specific, Times published in 1967 is more likely to utilizing men figure for the cover pages. There are some cover pages that have a women figure, but they always come with men figures. On the other hand, Times published in 2017 has more women figures on cover pages. The cover pages occasionally are decorated by only a woman figure. For instance, the cover page of magazine,

The women on the left has a white dress and what stands out is the red heart bleeding out and the red small flowers on the border of her dress. In comparison to the women on the left the dress on the right is full of primary colors and secondary colors. The top of the dress is a darkish blue with yellow strips and the bottom a greenish yellow, and the blood red heart out of her chest. The Frida in the right seems to be using more warm colors and cool colors than the one in the left. The Frida on the left is more neutral because of her all white dress, but it does have a pop of red being a warm tone. In the background there you can see grayish dark clouds created out of

Advertising in our media in todays world creates many stereotypes regarding gender that the public goes along with. Sex sells and these businesses hire people to create ads in order to draw in customers so they use this knowledge to their advantage. Women tend to be half naked with bigger chests and full lips to draw the attention of the opposite sex. Also, men tend to have wash board abs and are often shirtless in ads because they are trying to appeal to women. Sadly these false realities are also seen by many young people as shown in the link posted and can corrupt their minds into thinking they need to be thin or to look a certain way in order to be labeled as beautiful or wanted by a member of the opposite sex. A lot

Gender in the media has a way of hurting those in the real world. From the Barbie doll women to the muscle covered men there is always an image of the perfect person. On top of having the perfect person there is also a lot of objectifying. Women are supposed to be submissive, sexual beings. Men should always be in great shape, work to provide for a women, be in dominant roles in the workplace, and have a women tend to him at all times. Exactly how big of an impact does this have on society? How many young men and women look at these images, watch these movies, and listen to these songs and fully believe that this is how life should be? Unfortunately, a lot more than society would like everyone to believe.

As much as I hate to admit it, I do think media has an affect on how I interact with others. Media influences me to have a lot of presumptions regarding both males and females, but I found that I have more presumptions of males. The thought that all men should be strong is one example I have. Growing up, I watched a lot of Disney movies and in those movies there was always a Prince that would come and rescue the Princess. Those Disney movies made me believe that all men should be strong. Therefore, whenever I used to see a friend, who was a guy, look kind of weak, I would tell him that he should start working out, even though I should have realized and accepted that every man is different. Like the video “Codes of Gender” said, men are portrayed as emotionless in the media. The media also made me assume that it was weird if a man showed sadness. When I did see a guy show that he was sad, to the point where he might have even cried, I became slightly uncomfortable. I have only recently accepted that it is okay for a man to cry. Media, especially in movies, tend to portray men as dominant over women, and

The judgments we make about people, events or places are based on our own direct impressions. But for most of the knowledge, we rely on media. The media actually re-present the world to us. However, the media only shows us some aspects of the world, ignoring the rest. So basically, the media chooses what is to be shown and what is to be discarded (Andrew Pilkington and Alan Yeo (2009)). . In this essay, I will explain what stereotypes are and primarily give an example of a famous men’s magazine called ‘nuts’ and explain how these stereotypes are created by print and the digital media and what are their impacts on people.

Stereotypes have become a prevalent issue in our media. They, without our knowledge, prevent us from moving forward as human. In this essay, I will discuss the effects of stereotypes in media on gender roles, religion, and race.