Media representations of gender, sexuality and disability

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What is the definition of symbolic annihilation?

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Complete destruction of self

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The way that women are represented by the media

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The presentation of women in media is biased because it presents women as housewives and mothers

Answer 4

Women are only sexually objectified

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Media presents women as tall 'mannequin' like figures

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Few media studies about women's abilities

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Negative things were said about women

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Women's issues were often covered in a very narrow and stereotyped way

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Men who take care of their appearance in consumption of toiletries and fashion products

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Men who love themselves too much

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Men who are portrayed as fundamentally caring and generous

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Males are violent

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Males earn the most money and run the household

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Men are funny, confident and successful

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Men are strong and rarely cry or show vulnerability

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It presents them to be violent and irresponsible

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It disregards men's successes and acomplishments

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It failed to show the reality of masculine life

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Magazines create a stereotypical idea of how women should look, making them feel bad about themselves

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Magazines for young women emphasise women must do their own thing and be themselves

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Green and Singleton

Answer 22

Negative - the differing representations between men and women and the stereotypical views take us back steps and creates inequality.

Answer 23

Positive - he focuses on the relationship between the mass media and identity and argues that in contrast with the past, there is no straightforward idea of the representation of femininity or masculinity

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Mass media today actually challenges traditional definitions of gender and is a force for change

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Women who do not fit the traditional views,

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Contraception was only presented as a woman's responsibility

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There was a lack of positive images of lesbian and gay teenagers and a failure to represent sexual diversity

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As the most important subject of the episode, as it needs more light brought into it

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As embarrassment or target for bullying

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Negatively

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Overly masculine

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Oversexualised

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5 hours and 43 minutes out of 126 hours

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3 hours and 21 minutes out of 126 hours

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Narrow representation, either represented as butch or 'lipstick lesbians'

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Homophobia was emphasised towards them

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They were often portrayed for the benefit of male viewers

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Large proportion of gay characters

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Media representations of transgender characters

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Extreme Buddhism

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3.9 million

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2.4 million

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10.3 million

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3.6 million

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Physical/Mental impairments and the view that the disabled are disabled by society

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They're represented as super-human, or weak

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Media represents the disabled as weak

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Media represents the disabled as evil

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Disabled are disabled by society

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Pitiable and pathetic

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Sexually abnormal

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Incapable of participating in anything 'normal'

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Unintelligent

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Super cripples

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