Portrayal of Female Harassment Issues in Tv Dramas; a Pakistani Media Perspective

Throughout today’s society, media contributes to almost everyone’s daily life. From informative news channels to comical television shows, media proves to be effective in advertisement, releasing messages and informing the audience. Although media proves to be wildly effective in advertising, releasing messages and informing the audience, periodically destructive and misleading messages are provided to the audience and directly influencing women. Cultural critics widely agree that media tends to negatively influence women and all the critics point to research which supports the belief that women are portrayed as subordinate to men, having no

Nearly half the population is female yet when observing Hollywood and media there is not a fair and accurate representation. From the ratio of actresses and actors to those behind the scene, it seems that the industry if very male-oriented. The commonly used idiom “Life imitates art” accurate describes the cultural context of how being surrounded by mass media has consciously and unconsciously affected society as a whole. Films especially have shaped how we understand the world and interact with each other. The roles we associate with gender have become a prominent issue in media studies. Women often face more difficulties trying to gain the success their male counterparts have in every aspect and position within the industry. This is due to multiple factors that will be discussed in depth in the following paragraphs. With the imbalance of the sexes and often skewed portrayals of women, an argument is to be made that, while Hollywood has improved on gender equality, there are still harmful depictions caused by lack of females in the industry and typecasting women which has led to misogynistic undertones in films.

Women have never been treated fairly in society, and the media, which is meant to give a voice to the population, reflects that. You’d think that today women would have a better representation in the media, yes? Unfortunately you’re wrong. How women are represented in media is very harmful to the population, and I’ll tell you why.

media in today’s society and culture. The documentary is arguing that women in the media are not

Theme on media of many influences on how we view men and women, media are the

Injustices in this world infect people's lives like diseases. One in particular has not only developed over the years, but cases spring up in the most unthought of places. This injustice commonly known as sexual harassment affects women, children, and occasionally men all across the globe. There are many aspects when it comes to sexual harassment including its background, opposing viewpoints on the popular belief, the popular viewing, sexual harassment in today's society, solutions to the problem, and what the future would be like without this injustice on the world's hands.

Media, one of the most influential reflections of culture, under represents women and displays them in stereotypical positions. Paula Lobo and Rosa Cabecinhas, Professors of Communication at University of Minho, highlight sex-discrimination within the media in

Gender and the Media by Rosalind Gill addresses gender stereotypes that are brought onto women and men through the media resulting in objectification and subjectification. Gill discusses how the representation of gender is altered as a result of the media in Western societies. Gender and the Media is aimed to address the rapid transmission of media and how those changes affect the construction of feminine and masculine gender roles in society. Gill uses her interest in the contradictions of gender construction by society, to analyze gender and the media. Using feminism as a backbone for her research, Gill and many commentators support the idea that feminist ideas are common and may even affect the media. Gender and the Media addresses multiple forms of media: postfeminism in advertising, gender in the news and journalism, and gender in magazines. Gild aims to address the construction of gender representations, elements for gender analysis, and feminist culture with Gender and the Media.

Media is one the most influential and powerful things we have today. Media is use a source of entertainment and even more important as a source of information. For most us media is a constant presence in our lives. Media power is so big that it can influence the way that we behave the way that we think, and that is when media can become extremely problematic. The way the media portrays women can be extremely damaging psychological and the physical well being of women.

The main problem when it comes to gender neutrality is that, “the media creates and maintains gender stereotypes, by displaying men and women in stereotypical gender roles and by promoting characters or media personalities that represent certain gender norms to new generations of viewers” (Issit). This is a negative cycle, that continually makes it more and more difficult for women to find equality on screen. In a study conducted by sociologist Stacy L. Smith, it was found that on primetime television, women were employed for 44.3% of the total roles while men possessed the other 54.5%. Only 38.9% of speaking roles on television were women as well (Bahadur). Off camera, women typically possess even fewer roles making up only 7% of media writers, 13% of directors and 20% of media producers (Issit).

The media was an important aspect in influencing women’s role and making it important because mass media was prominent during this time because of the rise of the consumer culture. Advertisements usually show women in the homes doing domestic tasked, looking cheerful and happy as they are talking to their husbands and children, serving dinner, cleaning, or looking at

In earlier chapter we talked about the role media play in constructing gender roles and

This essay will discuss women in the media in Kuwait. It is very important to define media to allow better understanding of the power and benefits women gained from the media. Women role was different in pre-oil period and after oil discovery. Education made significant differences in Kuwaiti women lives. They entered Media holding bachelors degrees and PhDs and insisted to fight until they won their social and political rights. In addition, in appreciation for their efforts I wrote the biographies of some powerful media women in Kuwait.

The key research question of ‘Gender Roles in Media’ is to analyze gender roles to determine how women are represented in an array of media and how they are portrayed in a sexualized manner. The study was published in 2010 and 2011 by Rudy et al in two issues of Sex Roles. The research suggests that an increase in representing women in media can be worthy provided they bear in mind that the way women are depicted is positive in order to alleviate negative connotations. The research queries if media can affect the mindset of viewers in a negative or positive manner.

In this paper we shall examine how language in media has influenced the perception of women in