It Ain T Easy Being Bisexual On Tv Summary

In the article “It Ain’t Easy Being Bisexual on TV”, author Amy Zimmerman discusses about the lack of correct representation of the bisexual man and woman in the media. Even though the LGBT community has been accepted in more movies and tv shows, there is a lack of bisexual characters being portrayed appropriately. The author writes this article as a way to let the media and anyone in charge such as producers, directors to see how important it is to correctly represent bisexuals in television and movies. Zimmerman supports her arguments by exposing various examples of the misrepresentation of bisexual characters, stating convincing facts and statistics, and leaving an underlying consequence to appeal to emotions of the readers. The author …show more content…
This is how she used substance, by compiling characters from not only television but in movies, the author criticized how the bisexual characters were sending the wrong messages pertaining to the concept of a person’s sexuality. These examples included Oberyn Martell from Game of Thrones, House of Card’s Frank Underwood and Kate Veatch from Dodgeball. These characters are described as bisexual, but each have a key component that furthers them from that truth. From Oberyn who rejects the idea that he was born loving both man and woman to simply saying he does not discriminate his sexual pleasure, Frank who also refutes the idea of being born with the sexual preferences but uses sex with both men and women as a way to feel powerful, to Kate who is not presented as a role model for female bisexuals but aimed towards the male fantasy of having your girlfriend kiss other girls while you watch yet she eventually will settle down with you. By using these examples, the author is letting her audience know the wrong ways bisexual women and men are being shown and telling them how to change …show more content…
She appealed to the pathos aspect in every person. Zimmerman argues that “Regardless of sexual orientation, everyone should have the right to envision a future for themselves; to engage with popular culture as an aspirational means of self-discovery.” This quote opens the reader’s minds to understand how much the media affects our lives. Most communication and receiving information happens through the media, which means new generations are depending more and more on this platform to understand society. Zimmerman lets the media know it has an obligation to represent correctly what being bisexual means because of how big an influence they have today. By having a lack of representation of any sexuality, you are isolating that crowd that only wants to fit in with everyone else and making them feel as though they have no place in their