The Role Of Gender In The Media

Gender bias in the media is increasing significantly, because almost all countries share the belief that women are not meant to work in the media and also most media coverage are about men; no matter how economically developed a country is. Even in countries like England and Sweden there are fewer females in the media industry and in the media as compared to other less economically developed countries like Ghana, and Nigeria; and no matter how progressive a country may seem in terms of gender equality, gender is still biased towards women in the media and the media

Advertisements paint a picture of how individuals are supposed to act and how they can show that they are either masculine or feminine. The advertisements that were shown in The Codes of Gender: Identity

This study will look at the manner in which human male and female characters are portrayed in video games, specifically video game covers. I hypothesize that female characters are more likely to be depicted in a hyper-sexualized fashion than male characters. My interest in studying this topic stems from a strong belief that video games capture and sustain societal gender stereotypes and are responsible, in part, for the gender socialization of individuals (Dill and Thill, 2007). As such, I will discuss the consequences of sexualized gender portrayals

According to the research done by The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, Women are 11% more likely to be gifted or in higher classes then men are. Sexist is characterized by prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of gender. Women historically have been taught to be housewives, mothers, and to be quiet. While men are the breadwinners, inteligente ones, and the strong ones. Not til more recent times have these expectation changed letting women or men be anything they want to be.

How does gender construction function? Gender construction functions like a norm. For example, it tells you how you/a person should look and action in our society based on our gender roles. Since gender construction is a form of a social/culturally norm, our American culture

An individual’s gender is not something that is actively thought about during the day. But, it shapes who they are as a person. Gender influences how a person walks, talks, dresses, and it shapes a person’s personality, and effects how they are perceived by others. However, society has stamped an image into the minds of many people of how roles of each gender should be played out with two recognized gender types, a man and a woman. There are many types of gender roles a man or a woman may assume to be, and how they are placed into society.

Viewers who watch television more heavily cultivates a distorted social reality. In 2004 Stern conducted a study in which he investigated the cultivation effects of thoughts regarding beauty. In this study Stern interviewed 63 girls between the ages of 5 and 6 to determine what their attitudes or beauty towards beauty were. Stern concluded that heavier viewers and lighter viewers viewed beauty differently, where heavier viewers thoughts matched what they were shown in media. As well as that heavier viewers believed that physical attractiveness and beauty was more important in regards to women.

The social construction of gender is a theory that is based around the principle that when categorizing an individual in regards to their gender it is primarily determined by people because of factors from the society surrounding them. My definition of the social construction of gender is when sociological factors surrounding an individual are used by and within society to determine and judge their gender characteristics. To answer the question of whether or not gender is a socially constructed idea we need to understand that more research is needed to understand societies impacts on gender as a whole. Without more research the answer is simply yes and no. Society itself is not universal and therefore changes amongst different cultures, races,

The question about whether or not an individual’s identity is innate or acquired, has always been a debatable issue. Some people argue that gender identity is a result of the social context they live in, while others believe a person is born into it. Gender identity is a “person 's subjective sense of themselves as masculine or feminine and is exhibited by the degree to which they act upon their gender roles” (Whalen & Maurer-Starks, 2008). However, based on the current society people live in, it is more likely that an individual’s identity, such as their sexuality, education, and social status are acquired as a result of the social context they live in.

Gender roles in America can be described as a set of expectations between a typical men and women in society. Over the years women want to be involved more in broadcasting instead of just standing along the sidelines. Sport networks like ESPN over the years has been setting aside women during the games while men have the dominant role of commenting about the games since we in American culture view women in sports networks are there for sexualization. Therefore, ESPN has established gender characteristics in broadcasting between a man and women just like we do as people have established gender roles over centuries in America society.