Gender Portrayal in the Media

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This paper examines how the depiction of males and females in popular media is in a constant change of flux, partly based on inaccurate stereotypes and partly through the very real diversity seen in both sexes. It looks at how, throughout childhood, many influences play on the developing child's opinion of how boys and girls and men and women, should act and, in particular, the paper looks at the influence of television and sport.

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"Babies, when born, have no inherent knowledge about how girls and boys, men and women, are "supposed to act." They learn their cultural roles from the culture around them -- their adult and older-child role models, and more and more, through the media. As one writer quoted Blum, "Nothing in biology labels behaviors as right or wrong, normal or abnormal. Any stereotypes we impose on children -- and by extension, adults -- are purely cultural, not biological" (Abels, 2002). Depiction of males and females in popular media is in a constant change of flux, partly based on inaccurate stereotype but partly reflecting the very real diversity seen in both sexes."

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