Media, Gender and Identity: An IntroductionPopular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities? The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated, including new case studies and a new chapter, it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the media’s influence on gender and sexuality. David Gauntlett discusses movies such as Knocked Up and Spiderman 3, men’s and women’s magazines, TV shows, self-help books, YouTube videos, and more, to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities. The book includes:
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... that they still tend to be pushed by their teachers and careers advisors towards 'thefive “C”s – cleaning, catering, caring,cashiering andclerical' (EOC, 2006). Masculine stereotypes meanwhile mean that young men stilltend to avoid ...
... that they can be–andoften are – depressed, dependent, in needof help.(2001:3) Men usedto know their place,as providerfor theirfamily, says Clare,andthis wasaroletobe proud of.Buttoday, aswomen show that theycan do everything that men ...
... this wasfar removed frombeing feminine. They usually “did” femininity whenthey thoughtitwas necessary' (1997: 116).The women found thatthey were compelled toinvestin femininity in order to succeed economically – such as when.
... that they felt'less positive' towardslesbians andgays, andthree quarters ofpeople with children intheir household saidthat they would be comfortable ifthe childhad a gayor lesbian teacher (MORI, 2001). In the USA, however, surveys ...
... thatthey cannothelpit–they were born that way. Social constructionism – The view that people's personality and behaviour are not predetermined by biology, butare shapedby societyandculture. Peoplearenot fixedfrom birth, andcan adapt and ...
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