Tv Shows Sexism Research Paper

There are many forms of sexism in our culture that are represented through movies and television shows. Movies and television shows are outstanding outlets for expressing the creative process because they can be shared with an audience and information can be taught and delivered throughout all of time from the past to the present day. They can provide ideas and relatable feelings that can help people cope and learn from situations that occur in everyday life, or they can give an emotional release and provide entertainment through fiction. These concepts are true for both male and female viewers. However, the movies and shows that are created typically infer that women are incapable of performing activities and tasks that seem too “masculine” …show more content…
However, when men are leaders or bosses in movies, they have families and social lives and that is considered to be normal (Miss Representation). It is a sexist double standard that movies of our time and in our past have encouraged viewers to believe as “normal”. Males are also under the impression, due to movies and television shows, that they must be superior to women and other men. This creates a standard for young men to constantly strive to be on top and in charge, disregarding emotions and humanity, in order to achieve what they think it is “to be a man”. For example, in movies men must constantly compete to have the perfect lives with more money than the man next to him and a perfect wife who is always by his side. He must never show emotion to anyone outside of his own home, or else he is weak and will not be taken seriously. In order to be a man they should “...get a good job, get a lot of women and then you’re a man”(The Mask You Live In). This is a standard that is presented in movies that is unrealistic and