In the Miss Representation film, men and women are portrayed in different lights that affect them in different ways. The women shown in the video are portrayed in a negative light, and the men are portrayed to be superior over the woman. Other men may see this as positive, but to us women we see it as being very negative. Back in the day, women were to be seen as the normative housewife, as in they would basically take care of the house and all of the responsibilities that came along with it. The men were always the bread winners and still are today; men believed and some still believe that a woman 's place is in the house. In the film, it basically talks about how women are portrayed in the media and how it can affect us personally and as
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The media portrays the typical idea that a woman is only sexy if she has skimpy clothes on and a flat stomach. Kimmel states, “Back then, male characters were more courageous and active, fighting crime and solving mysteries. Female characters were caring but befuddled housewives who occasionally ventured outside the home only to realize that they really loved baking cookies” (324). This quote explains gender roles perfectly because women and men are seen like this everyday by their peers and in the media. The more we see this stereotypical view of men and women, the more we think and start to “do our gender”. When you “do gender”, a person performs their stereotypical role of their specific gender; he or she is taught how to act and appear as either …show more content…
In 1972, Leonore Wieitzman and her colleagues surveyed winners of the Caldecott Award for the best children 's books for the years 1967 to 1971. Since then, the research has been updated several times, most recently in 2011, and the researchers now find that though females are more visible in the books, their portrayal still reveals gender biases. Females are still depicted in passive and submissive positions, whereas males are shown as active and independent. ( Kimmel 196)
When reading a children book, you either see a girl taking care of the house and the responsibilities that go along with it or you will see a girl chasing her destiny, which is usually done by a man, wearing little to no clothing at all. In male centered stories, men are always the one 's who are running away to fight in a war or in general, running away from their home.
The media portrays the typical idea that a woman is only sexy if she has skimpy clothes on and a flat stomach. Kimmel states, “Back then, male characters were more courageous and active, fighting crime and solving mysteries. Female characters were caring but befuddled housewives who occasionally ventured outside the home only to realize that they really loved baking cookies” (324). This quote explains gender roles perfectly because women and men are seen like this everyday by their peers and in the media. The more we see this stereotypical view of men and women, the more we think and start to “do our gender”. When you “do gender”, a person performs their stereotypical role of their specific gender; he or she is taught how to act and appear as either …show more content…
In 1972, Leonore Wieitzman and her colleagues surveyed winners of the Caldecott Award for the best children 's books for the years 1967 to 1971. Since then, the research has been updated several times, most recently in 2011, and the researchers now find that though females are more visible in the books, their portrayal still reveals gender biases. Females are still depicted in passive and submissive positions, whereas males are shown as active and independent. ( Kimmel 196)
When reading a children book, you either see a girl taking care of the house and the responsibilities that go along with it or you will see a girl chasing her destiny, which is usually done by a man, wearing little to no clothing at all. In male centered stories, men are always the one 's who are running away to fight in a war or in general, running away from their home.