In the critically acclaimed television show, iZombie, features a female medical resident turned into a zombie forcing her to eat the brains of the murder victims to stay alive and using the zombie psychic ability to solve crime. The show portrays a strong female character with male supporting characters. Some people enjoy watching a television drama where the strong female lead prevail, with the male characters being the antagonist or the clueless close friend. The media plays a large role in creating the social norms in society. For example, woman is often seen as emotional and sensitive. The media portrayal of both male and female characters in television dramas are stereotyped and sexualized.
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Their ultimate life achievement is expected to be getting married and birthing a child. The home setting is where women’s expertise is valued. “I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ironed, mended, replaced when need be, and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that I can find what I need the minute I need it” (Brady, 1972). Being portrayed as housewives who takes care of children and family chores, the female characters’ professional lives are usually ignored. Even if their professional lives are shown, they are often traditional feminine jobs, like teachers, secretaries, and nurses, the kind of professions that require patience, carefulness, warm-heartedness.
As the media becomes more powerful, the world’s perception of itself becomes difficult to maintain a unique identity. The role of women constantly change, correspondingly, so does the representation of women embedded through television dramas. Television dramas shape the society’s impression of some social norms. Combined with interesting plots and attractive characters that viewers care about, television dramas shape people’s view of life to an extent. People consider television representation of women to be true, and these media portrayals affect people’s view of
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Their ultimate life achievement is expected to be getting married and birthing a child. The home setting is where women’s expertise is valued. “I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ironed, mended, replaced when need be, and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that I can find what I need the minute I need it” (Brady, 1972). Being portrayed as housewives who takes care of children and family chores, the female characters’ professional lives are usually ignored. Even if their professional lives are shown, they are often traditional feminine jobs, like teachers, secretaries, and nurses, the kind of professions that require patience, carefulness, warm-heartedness.
As the media becomes more powerful, the world’s perception of itself becomes difficult to maintain a unique identity. The role of women constantly change, correspondingly, so does the representation of women embedded through television dramas. Television dramas shape the society’s impression of some social norms. Combined with interesting plots and attractive characters that viewers care about, television dramas shape people’s view of life to an extent. People consider television representation of women to be true, and these media portrayals affect people’s view of