Sexuality representations Flashcards
What is sexuality?
Sexual feelings and behaviors of a person, including who they are attracted to and their sexual attitudes.
How is female sexuality represented in the media?
Women are demonized for sexual activity, held responsible for contraception and unplanned pregnancy, and often represented as either virgins or sluts.
How is male sexuality represented in the media?
Men gain status from sexual prowess.
How are young people portrayed in terms of sexuality?
They are hypersexualized in the media, seen as motivated by sex, and engaging in unprotected underage sex.
How are disabled people portrayed in relation to sexuality?
Rarely shown as sexual people; when depicted, it is often for comedy value.
What did Batchelor et al. find in their content analysis of media?
Media has made positive changes, with more discussion around sexual health, contraception, and consent.
How is attraction commonly shown in the media?
Through a heteronormative lens.
What did Dyer say about media representation of gayness?
The media uses stereotypical characterizations of “gayness” to make what is invisible visible.
How are LGBTQAI+ characters commonly represented in the media, according to Batchelor?
As a source of anxiety and a target of teasing and bullying.
What are the three signifiers of gayness in the media, according to Craig?
Camp, Macho, and Deviant.
What was the content analysis by LGBT.co.uk and Stonewall on?
Over 126 hours of TV and films.
What did the content analysis by LGBT.co.uk and Stonewall find?
Only 5 hours and 43 minutes focused on LGBT+ issues, with only 46 minutes providing a realistic portrayal. Lesbians and bisexuals were almost invisible.
What did GLAAD find in its study of the top 100 films of 2014?
17 films featured LGBT+ characters, but in only 7 films was their sexuality not the defining feature.
What is the pink economy?
The realization by advertisers of the spending power of the LGBT+ community.
How does the right-wing press often portray the LGBT+ community?
As sinful, wicked, and unnatural, often focusing on a person’s sexuality even when irrelevant to the story.
How has new media affected LGBT+ representation?
It has provided more positive representation, given LGBT+ people a voice, allowed for support sites, and advanced LGBT+ issues like same-sex marriage.
What was the university of the Alberta study?
content analysis of social media posts between 2012 and 2015
specifically tracking 4 particularly negative words
