Gender Bias and Media Literacy
Society has always had a way of influencing the dos and don’ts and the rights from wrongs in our daily lives and therefore, people tend to tag along with what the media defines as popular as well as defining what specific genders should or shouldn’t do. Because of this influence, researchers are still debating on how the community lets the ‘specific’ part of society which is in majority known as the media, control their decisions and influence their actions. This mainly affects the young generation especially that know most of teenagers and children get their information from social media. Thus researchers answer the questions of how and why social media has had (and still does), the authority to determine the …show more content…
Studies over the past decade have shown certain ways the media has demonstrated the certain character traits or body features a male or female is supposed to have in order to be ordained or referred to as an average female or male. Soraya Chemaly discusses and relates to ways that have exposed how a boy is supposed to grow up into a man.( Soraya, Chemaly. "The Real Boy Crisis: 5 Ways America Tells Boys Not to Be “girly”." Saloncom RSS.) Her research addresses the stereotypes males are faced with when it comes to being a man. There are certain rules and regulations they are entitled to follow in order to properly be categorized as a man. If one strays away from these guidelines they are ridiculed and bullied. She also talks about how boys are trained at a young age to put of all emotions and become empathetic. Males are often put in this “man box” that prohibits them from any kind of emotion and also states how derogative terms are used to make women look inferior to men such as referring women as weaklings …show more content…
"A Woman’s Beauty: Put- Down or Power Source?" Fifty Great Essays. By Robert DiYanni. New York: Pearson Longman, 2008. 237-40. Print.) She demonstrates how over the years she’s tried to distinguish inner and outer beauty and the importance of inner beauty. To be beautiful is thought to be essential to women she writes and states that the media has defined being feminine as caring about how and what you look like. Since the early 1920s, women were expected to dress a certain way, have a certain shape and portray certain characteristics. What they wear defines what social class they came from, the debate on whether or not a woman should embrace their natural beauty or feel comfortable wearing makeup. She explains the importance of the dangers of splitting oneself into what is inside and what is outside. Society’s demand to look beautiful makes it easy for men to objectify women as an object of beauty and a tool at use rather than the same human being as the male they are themselves. In our society when one is beautiful we often find it surprising when they are intellectual as well. Because in lots of cinema medias women are seen objects that seek love (Media and Girls." N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016). Young girls are exposed to stereotypical media at an early age demonstrating how women are identified as weak individuals that are mainly motivated to find love and romance.
Society has always had a way of influencing the dos and don’ts and the rights from wrongs in our daily lives and therefore, people tend to tag along with what the media defines as popular as well as defining what specific genders should or shouldn’t do. Because of this influence, researchers are still debating on how the community lets the ‘specific’ part of society which is in majority known as the media, control their decisions and influence their actions. This mainly affects the young generation especially that know most of teenagers and children get their information from social media. Thus researchers answer the questions of how and why social media has had (and still does), the authority to determine the …show more content…
Studies over the past decade have shown certain ways the media has demonstrated the certain character traits or body features a male or female is supposed to have in order to be ordained or referred to as an average female or male. Soraya Chemaly discusses and relates to ways that have exposed how a boy is supposed to grow up into a man.( Soraya, Chemaly. "The Real Boy Crisis: 5 Ways America Tells Boys Not to Be “girly”." Saloncom RSS.) Her research addresses the stereotypes males are faced with when it comes to being a man. There are certain rules and regulations they are entitled to follow in order to properly be categorized as a man. If one strays away from these guidelines they are ridiculed and bullied. She also talks about how boys are trained at a young age to put of all emotions and become empathetic. Males are often put in this “man box” that prohibits them from any kind of emotion and also states how derogative terms are used to make women look inferior to men such as referring women as weaklings …show more content…
"A Woman’s Beauty: Put- Down or Power Source?" Fifty Great Essays. By Robert DiYanni. New York: Pearson Longman, 2008. 237-40. Print.) She demonstrates how over the years she’s tried to distinguish inner and outer beauty and the importance of inner beauty. To be beautiful is thought to be essential to women she writes and states that the media has defined being feminine as caring about how and what you look like. Since the early 1920s, women were expected to dress a certain way, have a certain shape and portray certain characteristics. What they wear defines what social class they came from, the debate on whether or not a woman should embrace their natural beauty or feel comfortable wearing makeup. She explains the importance of the dangers of splitting oneself into what is inside and what is outside. Society’s demand to look beautiful makes it easy for men to objectify women as an object of beauty and a tool at use rather than the same human being as the male they are themselves. In our society when one is beautiful we often find it surprising when they are intellectual as well. Because in lots of cinema medias women are seen objects that seek love (Media and Girls." N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016). Young girls are exposed to stereotypical media at an early age demonstrating how women are identified as weak individuals that are mainly motivated to find love and romance.