Living in the technological era, student’s lives are sculpted by the influence of the media. While scrolling through news feeds, I notice the countless articles covering Trump, Putin, Bill Gates, and every other powerful male leader in the world. But then I ask myself, where are the women?
As I stride down the halls of North Toronto, I notice the staggering number of posters plastered with the words “Leadership” and “Opportunity”. This school is a community that promotes all its students to become developed role models. However, when the media portrays leaders unequally, how are students supposed to resist this bias? It is easy to succumb to stereotypes when your environment characterizes them as being the “normal”.
After surveying 20
As I stride down the halls of North Toronto, I notice the staggering number of posters plastered with the words “Leadership” and “Opportunity”. This school is a community that promotes all its students to become developed role models. However, when the media portrays leaders unequally, how are students supposed to resist this bias? It is easy to succumb to stereotypes when your environment characterizes them as being the “normal”.
After surveying 20