Women are being portrayed as objects in the media. If women are seen trying to attempt to get powerful jobs in politics for example, like congress or running for presidency they will get critized over and over again for all their actions because they are seen as incapable for taking on a role that is valuable as extremely important. They are portrayed as these sex symbols on TV. Women are also portrayed as weak, physically and emotionally. Women are also being treated as objects, 1 in 4 woman are abused by a partner once in their lifetime and 1 in 6 survived or escaped an attempt of rape. Overall, the media are always trying to degrade woman.
Woman is general are portrayed the same on every media platform from a news anchor to roles in a movie. In the movies and as news anchors they are seen as objects which supports van Zoonen's notion that woman are looked at as objects. It's rare to see woman take on a protagonist role in a movie because in the media they are seen as weak and incapable of taking on an important role. they are shown wearing short skirts with their hair down and messy and overall all over the place. "They look like they should be serving me a drink in the bar, not reporting the news." (quote from the documentary)In reality TV, woman are seen as bitchy, catty and jealous of each other.
Men are represented as powerful and dominate in general especially over women. This is evident as men are shown as having the 'bigger', more important jobs and roles in today's society and even in the past. When running for leadership roles, men dominate that sector, which is evident in the political sector. This is because unlike woman they are portrayed as being powerful and strong, mentally and physically. We also see men taking on the role of being a protagonist in major blockbuster films. We see the same stereotypes that the 'strong' man saves the day and ends up falling in love with the girl or saves the girl from the antagonist.
The media has attempted to degrade or diminish the feminism waves mainly by listing as many disadvantages and problems about woman gaining control or becoming more powerful/important in society. Even on news networks, men would make sexist remarks about women to lead people away from believing women could lead a country or could be trusted in high classed jobs.
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