Traditional Representations Of Gender

Question 1

What does Tunstall argue?

Answer 1

• argues that media representations emphasise women’s domestic, sexual, consumer and marital activities
• men, on the other hand, are seldom, presented nude or defined by their marital or family status.

Question 2

What is a media example for Tunstall?

Answer 2

Margot Robbie’s character in Wolf of wall street- doesn’t add anything to plot of movie and used as accessory

Question 3

What did Tuchman argue?

Answer 3

• argued that the narrow range of role for women lead to their ‘symbolic annihilation’ in the media
• refers to the phenomenon where the mass media omit, trivialise, or condemn certain groups that are not socially valued (women)

Question 4

What is a media example for Tuchman?

Answer 4

Harley Quinn in suicide squad- relies on the Joker to save her

Question 5

What did Ferguson argue?

Answer 5

• cult of femininity
• achieve excellence through caring for others, family, marriage and appearance

Question 6

What is a media example for Ferguson?

Answer 6

Vogue magazine- based around appearance and promotion of beautifying products

Question 7

What did Glasscock argue?

Answer 7

• males were more physically aggressive, whereas females were more verbally aggressive, especially in comedies
• found that these differences were found behind the camera, where males predominate, which was found to relate to on-camera demographics

Question 8

What is a media example for Glasscock?

Answer 8

Mean girls- girls tear each other down with use of burn books and backstabbing

Question 9

What did Katz argue?

Answer 9

• argued that the “epidemic” of male violence is rooted in the media’s inability to move away from stereotypical versions of what it means to be a man
• argues that young men and boys receive constant messages, both subliminal and conscious, from sources of media such as television, video games, films, advertising and pornography that reinforce hegemonic masculine ideals of violence, sexism and homophobic ways of thinking

Question 10

What is media example for Katz?

Answer 10

Call of duty modern warfare- game based around committing acts of violence in a war environment full of men

Question 11

What does Easthorpe argue?

Answer 11

• argues that a variety of media, especially Hollywood films and computer games, transmit the view that masculinity based
  on strength, aggression, competition
• violence is biologically determined and, therefore, a natural goal for boys to
  achieve

Question 12

What is a media example for Easthorpe?

Answer 12

Deadpool- movie based around violence and competition

Question 13

What does Gauntlett argue?

Answer 13

• argues that despite a changing media landscape there are many magazines aimed at male audiences that continue to sexually objectify women and present images of traditionally masculine men
• these magazines represent retributive masculinity

Question 14

What is retributive masculinity?

Answer 14

A way to reaffirm masculine authority by glorifying what is conventionally male

Question 15

What is a media example for Gauntlett?

Answer 15

Andrew Tate- characteristics of retributive masculinity