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Television shows and the perpetuation of gender inequality
The television and media in general plays a key role in shaping the mentality of the viewers and in effect creating a culture for a nation. The American TV has continuously portrayed the white males as the main subject and players in their programming. Indeed they account for two thirds of the characters on TV with women diminished in number and role. The women, when brought into the scene are often portrayed as obsessed with their beauty, they are thin, passive, young and predominantly concerned with their relationships. These are depictions that place the female gender way below the males since the females are seen to be playing a very remote and insignificant roles as compared to the men in those TV programs, this translates to how women are seen in the real life situation.
On the other hand, men are depicted as more active than women, they are adventurous, powerful, involved in human relationships and generally sexually aggressive. To the contrary, the female gender is largely depicted as sex objects who are often young, naïve, dependent, incompetent and dumb. The female characters are often seen to devote their time making their physical appearance attractive to the men, they are subjects to the men. They are also seen to devote time and energy in taking care of the home and caring after people. On the contrary, men are depicted as having larger life goals, competently providing for the family and not overly concerned about their physical appearance and are financially stable and independent.
Bearing that TV and media in general pervades our daily lives, taking into account the highly docile lifestyle most Americans live, the ways that the TV channels and their programs misrepresent gender is bound to distort our perception which new may end up seeing as normal and pleasant for men and women.
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