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and “Desperate Housewives”. Latina women have adopted the titles of “sizziling” and smoldering” adjectives to describe themselves because of television shows that portray the Hispanic characters as “hot tamales.” Modern Family is an example of a latina woman being a sexual firebrand since the character Gloria Delgado-Pritchett played by Sofia Vergara is known for being a trophy wife with a limited english vocabulary. The “smoldering” Hispanic women character could be found in “Desperate…

The Real Housewives: Postfeminist Symbol or Patriarchal Stereotype? Over the past decade, representations of women on television have evolved dramatically. Roles for women are no longer limited to the secretary or office assistant, the stay-at-home housewife, or the damsel in distress waiting to be saved by the manly hero. Women are now represented in both film and television as complex, multi-faceted characters who exist independently of their romantic relationships and home lives. In an age…

In Representations of Women in World Media, the discussion about the Disney Corporation caught my eye. Ever since I was little, I have always been obsessed with everything Disney, especially Disney princesses. However, as I got old enough to understand the implications behind how Disney movies have been designed, I have realized that even though Disney is a widely known franchise, they don’t exactly represent the right things to their audience. For example, before a couple of years ago, Disney…

YouTube is also another popular social media where, ironically, Hispanic males like “SUPEReeeGO” have become famous for their over exaggerated portrayal of big breasted Hispanic women as bimbo mothers, crazy maids, and simple housewives. In their article, “User-Generated Racism: An Analysis of Stereotypes of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians in YouTube Videos,” Guo and Summer Harlow describe YouTube as a form of alternative media that groups like African Americans, women…

good beats evil and problems are always resolved by the end of the episode. As technology advanced and we became more dependent on it, we developed shorter attention spans and needed shows to constantly catch our attention and draw us in. “Desperate Housewives” has a fast-paced, complex plot. Scenes shift from Bree going out with her pharmacist while her husband is back at home to Susan’s ex-husband showing up to the search for Mrs. Huber to the nanny situation involving Tom. It constantly…

For example in ‘Desperate Housewives’, the whole TV show is based around several women who stay at home while their husbands earn money. It focuses on their lives at home and what they get up to whilst their husbands are at work. Although this is a fairly modern TV show, it represents very traditional, perhaps even old fashioned, values. As well as this, although all of the housewives in the show are represented as strong and able to take care of themselves…

Similar to the independent single ladies, television has shown both the traditional and modern version of both particular women. Traditional mother/housewives are more domestic and nurturing caretakers that run the household. Modern moms are more about their work profession but are also very involved in discipling the kids. They are usually always stressing out, being the super mom and disciplining the…

That Teresa Giudice was released from the Danbury Federal Correctional Institute in late December after spending almost a year behind bars. In Touch Magazine reports, the couple is making up for lost time and Teresa is desperate to have another baby before Joe begins his prison sentence of 41 months. “They are definitely trying to have a baby.” At one time, Teresa publically declared that she did not want any more children, but her decision changed after she came out of jail. Or maybe even…

Jasmine Brown Prof. Weekly 12/1/14 WGS 200 Annotated Bibliography • Larmour, Constance. "Women's Wages and the WEB." Labour History No. 29.Women at Work (1975): 47-58. Web. The Intel article was about how women in third world countries do not have gender equality because of their lack of Internet access. According to the Intel, "women in third world countries tend to be less aware of the internet than men, have less facility online, and are often restricted by cultural norms from using…

The play “Hamlet” was written in the late 16th Century, where women were mainly housewives. In the play, Shakespeare writes about Hamlet who loves Ophelia but with the situation that he is in, his perspective on everything and everyone changes, especially his thoughts on women. He believes that the only thing women want is not love, but sexual interaction. There are many things that cause his behavior: his mother 's marriage, Ophelia rejecting him, and his father’s murder. Although Hamlet loved…