Unrealistic Women

Media have played a big part in reinforcing negative stereotype towards women. It has presented an unrealistic picture of what a real woman should be, which have led to the majority of young women confused what their gender roles should be. Unlike the normal woman, a woman character in a movie has to be ignorant, helpless, always complaining, typical pink women, petite, superficial, into pampering themselves, with bodies that are thin and curvy, and their top priorities are boys. Men, however, are masculine, strong and tall who belong in a workforce. Instead of the media trying to portray a positive idea about women on television in a realistic way, they are continuing in reinforcing negative views that women as a sex object, submissive to …show more content…
According to (Bandura, 1977, 2010) suggests that most human behavior is learned through the observation of behavior modeled by others. The individual observes events and then personal agency and social input are used to form an idea of how new behaviors are performed, including behaviors modeled by characters on television. Hence, whatever a young woman is watching she want to become that character, she thinks she will be accepted if she dressed and looked a certain way. Watching the same message on television repeatedly plays a large part on how young women developed their beliefs and values of what a young woman should be and look like. According to Ruth A, the teaching of gender role do not only happen through verbal teaching from the society, it can also occur through watching around. This what is affecting us today; the view on gender roles by the society is being affected by what is seen in the …show more content…
For example, the reality shows, the majority are women and few includes man. The media present an image how women are hateful and jealousy towards each other and women cannot sit in the same room and hold a conversation. All these shows are scripted and they are all given a different character to act, what the media does not show is how successful these women are, some own businesses and others are actors. The media consider a successful woman to be boring and so they want to show her sexuality, flaws, and weakness for more views and rating which make them more money. There are all types of gender stereotypes in movies, on television, and on the internet. Men are strong and nothing can hinder them from getting what they want while women they are a weak link that hinders men from reaching to their success. Most shows and news that aired on the television, the greatest were the male characters. A man is smart and have their life in order, and have a great