Gender Representation In Media Products
In different forms of media products, gender is represented in many different ways, which is especially true depending on whether you're male or female. In print media, the representation of men and women is usually very contradicting, however recently the media has become fairer to regressing gender stereotypes and has started to treat men and women equally, compared to examples from the past (eg 1950s). Stereotypes usually play a huge role in the representation of men and women in media. Women are usually given the stereotype of the housewives, the ones who are kind, caring, emotional, and stay at home to care for the house and the children. Whereas on the other hand, men are given the opposite stereotype. Men have the stereotype of being the ones who go out to work and who are emotionless and are the ones who never help out with anything in life. These stereotypes have changed throughout the years, more for men than women, however, some of these stereotypes are still prominent i...