Gender & Identity Flashcards
1
Q
How are all identities constructed?
A
- Socially and culturally.
- Discursively constructed, reiterated and reproduced.
Sex as well as gender.
2
Q
What did media audience become?
Due to social media.
A
- More complex.
- Interactive.
3
Q
What does modern media tell how should be the women and men?
A
- Women: Assertive, independent.
- Men: Macho, modern reality, understand women.
Women leaders have increased.
4
Q
Is macho culture still relevant?
A
Not anymore.
5
Q
Why are many of the academic books on ‘masculinity’ are disappointing?
A
Past archetypes.
Top selling media is about being a men here and now.
6
Q
How do women feel according to Skeggs?
A
- Feminity (not passivity).
- Respectability.
- They feel they have to invest in the family by getting a job.
- Cultural Capital
- Brought leasures and problems.
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