Representations of Sexuality

Question 1

what did Batchelor argue about young peoples media and representation for sexuality (5)

Answer 1

-positive representation of publicising sexual health info and girls right to say no
-contraception presented as female responsibility
-did not offer info on safe sex
-women and men portrayed/talked about it differently
-lack of positive LGBT rep

Question 2

what does Batchelor argue about homosexuality representations

Answer 2

-being gay represented as a source of embarrassment and bullying and lesbianism was invisible

Question 3

what does Dyer argue about representations of homosexuality

Answer 3

-media constructs signs of gayness eg vocal tics facial expressions standing and clothing which causes them to be labelled gay and experience prejudice

Question 4

what does Gerbner argue about representations of homosexuality

Answer 4

-media participated in symbolic annihilation of gays and lesbians via negative stereotypes of rare and unrealistic portrayals

Question 5

what are the five main representations of homosexuals in media

Answer 5

-camp
-HIV/AIDS
-temporary
-deviant
-macho

Question 6

explain the camp stereotype of homosexuals and it’s theorists and give examples

Answer 6

-extremely colourful and flamboyant figures of fun; not threatening to hetero audiences (Dyer)
-RuPaul, Elton John, Glee gays

Question 7

explain the HIV/AIDS stereotypes of homosexuals and give examples

Answer 7

-seen as gay plague and condemns promiscuous gay men but ignored straight people with aids and the dangers of sharing needles
-a stigmatised identity /folk devils/ scapegoating
-eg Freddie Mercury, Dallas Buyers Club, Sex Education , It’s a Sin

Question 8

explain the temporary stereotype of homosexuals and give examples

Answer 8

-homosexuality is temporary straying from heterosexuality
eg New girl Schmidts mams and Cece and Megan

Question 9

explain the deviant stereotype for homosexuals

Answer 9

-view of homosexuals as feeling guilty about sexuality and requiring heterosexuals acceptance
-defined by their morally wrong ‘problem’

Question 10

explain the macho stereotype for homosexuals and give examples

Answer 10

-exaggerated masculinity
- seen as threatening since it challenges traditional masculinity
-eg the Village People and Tom Daley

Question 11

what did Stonewall conclude about the LGBT community

Answer 11

like women they were undergoing symbolic annihilation

Question 12

what did Glaad find in 2015

Answer 12

out of 100 major films in 2014 only 7/17 films including LGBT had characters who were not predominantly defined by their sexuality and if removed would significantly affect the plot

Question 13

give 3 improvements about media rep of homosexuality

Answer 13

-more media rep than ever before
-support garnered in social media
-power of pink economy

Question 14

what did the University of Alberta Research

Answer 14

tweets including negative germs about LGBT community in 2012-2015 and recorded 56.5 million homophobic comments

Question 15

why were BT criticised in 2015

Answer 15

giving parents the option to filter out LGBT media content and safe sex info