The document discusses societal views of femininity and women's images in media. It asks readers to consider pictures that make them uncomfortable or seem unfeminine, and which aspects of femininity these emphasize. It prompts analyzing where ideas of acceptable femininity come from in Western cultures. Readers are asked to consider their female role models, bad role models, images of women presented in media, images missing from media, and the overall impression of women given by mass media.

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L o o k a t t h e f o llo w in g p ic t u r e s :
W h ic h m a k e y o u f e e l
u n c o m f o r t a b le
W h ic h s e e m t o y o u t o b e
‘ u n f e m in in e ’
Wha t d o the y s ug g e s t a b o ut
w ome n?
W h a t a s p e c t s o f ‘ f e m in in it y ’ d o
t h e y e m p h a s is e ?

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12. Where do our ideas about what
constitutes acceptable femininity in
the West/ Britain come from?
 Who are your female role models? Explain what
you find admirable about them.
 Who do you think are bad role models? Explain
why.
 Do some research to find out what images of
women are available in the press, on TV and
films – categorise them in your own groups
 What images of women are missing from the
media?
 What impression do we get of women from the
mass media?