gender representation in media texts
gender representation in media texts Introduction The media is one of the most powerful forms of manipulation towards social control. Gender in the media has always been the biggest influence towards media advertising, viewing and many more. Over times, the presentation of gender in the media has improved, however a majority of women are still often portrayed in different ways to men in certain medias. In around the 1900s, the portayal of women was still very stereotypical, meaning women was often shown to be weaker than men and that men were always the most powerful in the household and workplaces. When television was first invented, the media began to produce television shows to entertain people from the comfort of their own homes. In some of these early shows, women are often shown as sex symbols, weak housewives and sometimes gold diggers too. The women were usually put in this position to give pleasure to the male eye, which could also be known as Laura M...