Gender Stereotypes Of Women In The Media

Languages all have words that essentially have different meanings throughout their culture and society. The various words that are in a language all has unique connotations associated with it. The word feminine has created certain characteristics that can be associated with the people who identify with it. Some of these characteristics limits how far women can go in this society. It has a basic understanding of what exactly makes a women, and says how women fit into this society. The term has been used to categorize and determine the stature of women, by claiming women have to be loving and nurturing towards everyone they encounter they automatically are caretakers. The other characteristics that are associated with the term also greatly limit the accomplishments and prospects that could help to establish an independent and more …show more content…
The idea of being ladylike has limited what it means to be feminine. In the media you can tell what society expects from women. They have to be small and dainty in comparison with the men. This not only limits women, most of the time the media doesn 't do very good with representing both men and women and because of this the idea of what a feminine woman should look like. These aren 't realistic representations of women in the media, it has created this expectation of women that can 't be met. Since the women are seen as small, most of the time it 's because they are there just for the interest of the men. Which helps to perpetuate the fact that women are here for the use of men. Even though there have been major steps to combat this way of thinking in our society. The media which represents the society, still hasn 't made any drastic changes in their ideas. When there are women who don’t fit into any of these expectations they are looked at as being less than a women who does. Which doesn’t take into account the amount of diversity that are among