media analysis
We live in a world where women slightly outnumber men. Women no longer are solely housewives. They hold prominent positions in business, yet television and film still portray them as young, dumb, and beautiful, these being there only qualities. Most people would think that since we live in a time where most households bring home two incomes from both husband and wife, that the media would portray these realistic views. Instead they continue to feed us false illusions of what women once were but are no longer. The average American spends more than half their awakened hours a week in front of a television set. Since we are so close to our TV screens we often trust them too much. People forget that TV is simply, TV. They trust that what they are shown in the media is truthful or at least somewhat accurate. The problem is that most women today work nine to five jobs and take on just as many activities and chores as men do. Yet, they are still shown on television and in film as submissive wives who only take care of the home and children. If they are shown in any other positions it is usually as an over sexed business woman who will sleep with any man that can advance her career. She is not seen as having enough intellig
Certain facts have become quite clear as far as the media is concerned, "Figures show that in television drama women are outnumbered by men 3:1 or 4:1. " Soap Operas, as an example, lean towards a more fictional approach. Women are often portrayed on television in "traditional" roles, as housewives, mothers, secretaries, and nurses; men are shown as husbands, fathers, athletes, celebrities, and heroes. "The image of women in the media is, as far as I can tell, harmless at best and deadly at worst" Unfortunately men are more dominating in this field. You never see Barbie commercials with young boys playing with the dolls. This is when women become seen more as a sex object rather than a human individual. There only concerns are with what will bring i!n ratings so that they can make the most amount of money possible. More and more, in today's television world, young beautiful women are the only successful females. In past years there has been a rise in divorce which means that there are more single family homes than before. There was a point in time when women were strictly stay at home mothers. So !the question is, Why are there more men with successful leading roles rather than women? Television does not reflect observable realities although it may well reflect the current distribution of power, and the values of those who hold it. Men in television are more often portrayed employed and holding a high business status and are less likely to be seen in the home. In cartoons women are outnumbered 10:1, and in Soap operas women are outnumbered by as much as 7:3, which is quite surprising when one considers that this generation of television viewing has a very high population of female audience. In commercials women are shown mostly to sell household products. Unfortunately sex sells, as well as, young beautiful women.
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