Gender representation

Gender representation in the media is different for males and females. Male representation in the media is all about being hard, tough and respected. This could be compared to the animal kingdom is some aspects that some wild animals such as lions in the wild act in a similar fashion. For example lions are seen as dominant and as the leader. The ideology of a dominant person or leader is that that person/leader is hard, tough and respected. A lion would show this by doing things like pointing out his chest and holding his head up high so that other lions respect him. Black people who sing pop and rap have recently became respected in the music industry because of showing aspects of being a dominant person through body language and create music videos which everyone sees.

   On the other hand women are represented different to this, for example a ‘real woman’ has to look good, have the ideal body and basically be a good sex symbol with little power over anything. This is seen in industry and not just the media because of things with men always running the organisations and having the most power. This could be because men run the majority of the media and most organisations so they decide how situations are portrayed and how gender is shown to the public.