Gender Diferences in the Media
The mass media, which includes films, television, videos, newspapers, and comics is a vital part of creating and reinforcing gender stereotypes. This is done in anumber of ways. Children's comics,for example, often present women as being pretty, helpless, and dependant on men. They are also usually shown in stereotypical roles, such as nurses and mothers. A similar pattern is also shown in children's television. Fairytales often either portray women as being either evil or fairly stupid. The hero is almost exclusively male. In magazines, there are often very different stories aimed at men and women. Romantic fiction, for example, is almost always aimed at women 'Women's Interests' sections in newsagents include magazines on cooking, health and slimming, childcare, fashion, and weddings. This proves that the media encourages women to follows particular role. It is not very often
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