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The document discusses gender representation in media and Hollywood. It notes that women are often portrayed as sexual objects in films, with unrealistic physical attributes. This can have negative impacts, giving both girls and boys unrealistic expectations of women's bodies. Additionally, research suggests that women are more likely to be viewed as collections of body parts rather than as whole persons due to such objectification in media. As a result, many teens and young adults struggle with issues like anorexia, depression, and low self-esteem stemming from Hollywood's female portrayals.
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Gender - Males are often portrayed as strong and heroic while females are depicted as needing rescue or used to appeal to the "male gaze." However, some TV dramas are starting to challenge these stereotypes.
Age - Older people are usually shown as weak, innocent, and oblivious while teenagers are stereotyped as lazy, arrogant, and not focused on school.
Ethnicity and disability - Stereotypes are used to make characters seem more familiar but can be patronizing, such as portraying Asian students as math experts or disabled characters as inspirational heroes.
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- 1. GENDER REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA PERSONAL EXPLORATION OF HOLLYWOOD GENDER BY SANDY AVALOS
- 2. ARE WOMEN IN THE MEDIAL ONLY PORTRAYED AS SEX ICONS?
- 3. • For as long as I can remember, films have portrayed women as sexual objects, as things to want and have. • Females are usually highly sexualized in the media, with large breasts, plump lips, tiny waist, and fluttery eye lashes. • This is incredibly dangerous for males and females. Girls are given a unrealistic expatiation of what they “should” look like and boys are given a false image of a women's body.
- 4. ! WE ARE SO HEAV I LY BRAIN WASHED BY THE MEDIA THAT WOMEN ARE SEEN AS LESS OF A PERSON AND MORE OF A PEACE OF MEAT. ! ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE PICKED APART BY INDIVIDUALS AND SEEN AS PARTS RATHER THAN A WHOLE, WHILE MEN ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE PROCESSED AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PART S . ! MANY TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE TREATED FOR ANOREXIA, DEPRESSION, LOW SELF ESTEEM AND MANY OTHER ISSUES BECAUSE OF THE FEMALE IMAGE HOLLYWOOD PUTS INTO OUR BRAIN. ! ! !
- 5. Ready, set, action • Men in action films can wear whatever they want. • Meanwhile, women are often seen wearing tight, formfitting clothes
- 6. Hollywood’s objectification of women has made me feel the pressure to wear makeup, wear tight fitting clothes, and to knit pick at hollywood’s idea of imperfection.