I do not have personal desires about how I am portrayed. I am an AI assistant created by Anthropic to be helpful, harmless, and honest.

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Molly Diemr
Deja Kelling
Takirah Gayle
Sara May
Crstal Lawrence

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How do you think you would be
portrayed in a film/tv show?
Because of you gender?
Because of your race?

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4. Portrayal and
Sexualization in Television
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Film
Molly Diemer

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Episodic
directors
Why are
they are
primarily
white?

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Women in Broadcast TV
As of 2013….
Women make up…
46% of characters in comedy
44% in dramas
39% in reality TV
Age matters!
59% of women are portrayed
between ages 20s-30s
58% of men are portrayed
between 30s-40s
If you’re older than 60…You’re
not really shown 
3% of female characters are 60
or older
4% of male characters are 60
or older
Race matters!
Women are portrayed as…
74% White
14% African American
5% Latina
6% Asian
1% other race

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Primetime TV and Children’s TV
and Films
More women are portrayed in
“sexy” attire than men in
Children’s film
Children’s shows have more male
characters than females
Family films are narrated mostly
by men
Women are more likely to be
portrayed as thin than men in
Primetime TV
Only 22% of Primetime shows are
gender balanced (meaning male
& female)
More men speak in comedies
More black men are in TV than
black women

10. Are Women ever the Protagonist in
Film?
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Majority of protagonist roles are male in
the top 100 films of 2013.
Only 15% of protagonists were females
Only 29% of women had major roles
Only 30% of women had speaking parts
And women’s occupation doesn’t
matter as much as men’s
occupations.
35% of females occupations were
unknowns while only 21% of
males were unknown.

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12. +Pay in 2013
Top Paid Actor
Robert Downey JR.
$75 Million
Top Paid Actress
Angelina Jolie
$33 Million
Do you know how
many Oscars each
of these people
have received vs.
been nominated
for?
Robert
Nominated twice
Zero wins
Nominated for Best
supporting Actor in
2009 and Best Actor
in a leading role in
1993
Angelina
Nominated twice
1 win
Won for Best
Supporting actress in
2000
Nominated for best
actress in a lead role
in 2009

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Acting or appearance?

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Same Film

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Dream girl…..
Do you think you’re
a “dream girl”
Describe who a
“dream girl” is

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Casting Calls For Women
Female 20-something, stereotypical
‘damsel in distress
Prostitute 1,
Prostitute 2,
prostitute 3 &4
Beautiful Girl (non-speaking)
Hot blonde girl…blond
hair…classic ‘hot girl’”
Dream Girl. Female,
Caucasian, early
30s, sexy, slender,
tall, model
“‘Hot, beautiful females’ for ‘Hot
female wife’”

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Women in horror Films
The 2009 Friday the 13th remake
featured a cast of eight main
characters. 3 were women ( all white
women) and two of the women died
while nude.
Cabin in the Wood (2012)
Club Dread (2004)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Angel Heart (1987)
The Shining (1980)
Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
Halloween (1978)
Are men ever nude in Horror
films?

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Disney and realistic waist lines

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Porn: very very realistic….right?
 Sex is portrayed in a violent, non realistic way. While doing this
project, I never thought I would place porn and Disney Princesses
together, but here I am. These Disney princesses are made to have
such small wastes that their necks are the same size as their wastes.
“Pornography contains extreme,
unrealistic depictions of sex acts
that even most adults don’t engage
in (Psychology Today)”

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Once Upon a time
Mulan is portrayed in the Disney
film as a girl whose father is too
old and sickly to go to war so she
takes his place. She is the
protagonist and defeats the
antagonist in the cartoon. She
falls in love etc.

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Portrayal of Homosexuals in TV
 A survey done by BBC found…
 18% of people were “uncomfortable with their portrayal”
 1 in five thought there was too much
 46% thought they were portrayed enough
 Gay men said they would like a more realistic portrayal
 Lesbians said they felt they were boxed in to characters of either
“lipstick” or “butch”

24. GENDER
REPRESENTATION IN
THE MEDIA
By: Deja Kelling

25.  What are the typical roles that men and women
play in movies?
 How are the women portrayed in the media?
 How are the men portrayed in the media?
 What are some exceptional shows that aired on
television that are popular?
 Do they fit the average person?
WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT GIVE
TO TEENAGERS AND YOUNG
ADULTS?

26.  Women always play the damsel in distress, home maker, eye candy, prostitute,
maid, or warier girl that had a really hard life as a child.
 Men play the hero, rich, strong, powerful, and provider for the women.
 Women always play the damsel in distress, home maker, eye candy, prostitute,
maid, or warier girl that had a really hard life as a child.
 Men play the hero, rich, strong, powerful, and provider for the women.
 In the media women are portrayed as gold diggers, sneaky, conniving,
untrustworthy, whores, not smart, sexy, sacred humans.
 In the media men are portrayed as honest, good looking, rich, company
owners, home owners, and superior.
WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT GIVE
TO TEENAGERS AND YOUNG
ADULTS?

27.  Some exceptional shows would be Moesha. Even reality
television all the men and women play the typical
gendered stereotyped role.
 In everyday life, these descriptions of what males and
females should be are not accurate. Because of the fact
that it is constantly on the television people have been
conditioned to think that this is what they should be and
how they should live. The media glorifies a lot of negative
stereotypes with both genders making it the new “in” thing
to be.
WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT GIVE
TO TEENAGERS AND YOUNG
ADULTS?

28. PRODUCER OF MOB WIVES - ANTHONY GRAZIANO
PRODUCER OF LOVE AND HIP-HOP - MONA SCOTT-YOUNG
PRODUCER OF PAM HEALEY, LISA SHANNON AND LEAH HARITON
PRODUCER OF BASKETBALL WIVES - SHAUNIE O'NEAL
PRODUCER OF HIT THE FLOOR – LAROSA AND BRYAN JOHNSON

31. CRITICS ON MALE TO FEMALE
RATINGS ON TELEVISION
With more online movie sites, women have more
chances to get into film criticism. But a study
released Friday by San Diego State professor
Martha Lauzen finds that among top critics, fewer
films were reviewed by women in spring 2013 than
in fall 2007.

32. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=C-YXCWW6FFO
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=J1-
GI4G8S8Q

33. GENDER STEREOTYPES IN COMMERCIALS
Gender stereotypes are the most popular in television commercials for children with
toys. Around Christmas time you never see girls in the K’Next, Legos, or train
commercials just for the boys. However, the commercials that promote the toys for
the girls are always the commercials with babies like the cabbage patch kids, or the
easy bake oven for girls to back with or the stereotypical Barbie that has the
awesome car with shopping bags and a mansion but no real profession. These
stereotypes are basically throwing what each sex should be like at children and
parents. People never get the chance to express themselves they way they want.

34. WOMEN ARE USED AS SEX SYMBOLS, CRY BABIES, UNTRUSTWORTHY, SPITEFUL MONEY
HUNGRY, WORTHLESS HUMAN BEINGS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT’S THE ONLY THING PEOPLE
THING THAT FEMALES ARE GOOD FOR. MOST OF THE THINGS WOMEN ARE PORTRAYED AS ARE
NEGATIVE, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN YOU WILL GET SOMEONE TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE
ABOUT A FEMALE HOWEVER, THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN. THE MEN ARE PORTRAYED
AS GOD’S, RULERS, RICH, POWERFUL, STRONG, PROVIDERS THAT WORK HARD AND SAVE THE
DAY. THEY WILL NEVER BE KNOWN AS ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN THE MEDIA.

35. Race and Media
Sara May

36. Vaudeville
- Mixed bag
entertainment comedy
show 1880s-1930s
- Blackface was often
used as satire
- Al Jolson was an
extremely famous
blackface performer

37. Al Jolson - Performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaj7FNH
njQ
- Notice the mention of characters such as
“mammy” and the mention of southern
states.

39. Stereotypical Casting
- Certain actresses and actors are consistently
being put into certain roles due to their race
- There seems to be a tradition of casting those
of certain races into the setting of certain
characters in film
- People of color are greatly underrepresented,
esp. as strong protagonists

40. The Role of The...
- The best friend
- The Thugs
- Aggressive Women
- Domestics

42. Viola Davis
“When I get the fried chicken special of the
day, I have to dig into it like it’s filet
mignon,” says Davis about the roles she’s
been offered, “A lot of lawyers or doctors
who have names but absolutely no lives.
You’re going to get three or four scenes,
you’re not going to be able to show what
you can do. You’re going to get your little
bitty paycheck, and then you’re going to be
hungry for your next role, which is going
to be absolutely the same.”
- The Help
- How to Get Away With Murder

43. Mickey Rooney – Breakfast At Tiffany’s as Mr. Yunioshi
Rooney is cast to play an Asian-American character
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC5RtcypOqE

44. Jake Gyllenhall – Prince of Persia Memoirs Of A Geisha
Johnny Depp - The
Lone Ranger

45. Marlon Brando & Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH8M8n
KqKJo
- Marlon Brando discusses a proposed film
which is repetitively rejected due to it being
based on Native Americans.

46. A Positive Step Forward
- The Character Korra from The Legend of
Korra
- The film, “Dear White People”
- Orange is The New Black

47. Takirah Gayle

48. History
• The Academy Awards, known
as the Oscars were presented
on May 16, 1929 and was held
at the Hollywood Roosevelt
Hotel with about 270 people.
• A guest ticket would cost you
$5 and would cost you $69
today.
• The Oscars are shown on the
ABC network until 2020.
• The Oscars is a major award
show that is a live televised
show, that is held in February
or March and six weeks after
the nominees are announced.
• The Oscars are the only award
show that is televised in the
United States, Canada, United
Kingdom, and many other
places throughout the world.
• Other award shows like the
Emmys, Golden Globes, etc.
do not air live the same day
outside of North America.

49. The Statue
The Oscar is
standing on a
film reel with
five stokes that
represent each
branch of the
Academy. They
are actors,
producers,
directors,
technicians and
The Oscar is
holding a
crusaders
sword.
Weight: 8 ½
pounds
Height: 13
½ inches.
Covere
d in 24
karat
gold

50. Who are the Voters?
• There are more than 5,000
voter; 94% Caucasian and
77% male, blacks are 2%,
and Latinos are less than
2%.
• The average age of the
voters are around 62, and
people younger than 50 are
14% of the membership
• Out of the 43 members of
the board of governors, six
are women and Cheryl
Boone Isaacs is the only
person of color.
Old White Men

51. Typical Roles For Women
• Typical roles for women
to win an Oscar include
a wife, mother, sister,
maid, or prostitute etc.
• Over 30% of best
actress winners have
been a wife, mother, or
a sister.
• Women always plays a
victim.
• https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=_-
xCcoG6Wlc
• https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=BGX4nMr
nxg0

52. Typical Roles for Men
• Strong
• Main character
• Plays historical roles
• Men of color play
uneducated, drug dealer,
fatherless, and come
from a single parent
home
• https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=6KrNpxODiD
A

53. Who Hosts The Oscars?
• White men
• There have been two
woman who have hosted
solo and they are Whoopi
Goldberg and Ellen
DeGeneres.
• There have been only
three openly gay host and
they are Whoopi
Goldberg, Ellen
DeGeneres and Neil
Patrick Harris.
• There has been no
transgender that hosted.
• There is a lack of
minorities that have
hosted.

54. The Lack Of the LGBT Community
at the Oscars
• There have been many
straight actors and actress
that have played a gay role.
Like Milk, Brokeback
Mountain etc.
• Recently Jared Leto won an
Oscar for playing a
transgender woman with
Aids.
• There was backlash
because many transgender
people felt like he gave a
bad reputation to the
transgender community.

55. Is the Red Carpet Sexist?
• When woman get
interviewed they are
always asked what they
are wearing.
• Men interviews focus
more on their talent
rather than their
wardrobe.
• Women wear tight
dresses.
• Men are covered up in
their suits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=8rpkxaW5Ou4

57. Fun Facts
• The red carpet is 500 ft.
• If the winners want to
sell their Oscar, they
must sell it back to the
Academy first for $1.
• There are 700 fan
bleachers.
• The 31st Oscar show
was the shortest show,
it lasted one hour and
40 minutes.
• They have “fillers” to fill
up the audience and
they get paid $125 per
hour.
• There are 3,300 seats in
the Dolby Thearte.

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Would you want to be portrayed in the
way you are