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    gives us the information what the teenagers are doing every day. They are showing how the media has an influential to their young age people. There are many screens cut from movies‚ video games‚ television shows‚ or music videos showing in the trailer. The common point of those of is giving the images of women with their beauty and sexy looks. Next‚ they are giving us the pictures of famous and powerful women from sport players‚ actress‚ and television host to political activists. ’How

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    history writes‚ women have always played the domestic role‚ while men took on the provider and overpowering role. Men have always been viewed as the dominating sex‚ and women the less capable and less successful. A woman’s role is supposedly to answer to any male figure‚ especially her husband. Her ambition is to fully care for her family; not to provide and income by working forty hours a week‚ because that is what the man is supposed to do. The notion for so many years was that women did not need

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    Independent women in the media Movies Fatal Attraction (1987) and Devil Wears Prada (2006) are two classical movies that talks about the story of independent women who is in the working force. Even though these movies are released almost 20 years apart‚ they share a lot of similarities with how independent women are being portrayed in the media. Fatal Attraction was released in the 1980s when the third wave feminism movement began. It became an instant classic in the 80s and was nominated

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    REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN MEDIA Table Of Contents ⦁ Introduction ⦁ Role of Media ⦁ Representation of Women in Popular Media ⦁ Representation of Women in Movies ⦁ Representation of Women in Indian Cinema ⦁ The case of Songs and Music videos ⦁ Representation of Women in Advertisement ⦁ The Case of Video Games ⦁ Representation of Women in Daily soaps ⦁ Conclusion INTRODUCTION Historically‚ gender has been categorized into two major

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    The number one wish of most women and girls is to loose weight. Media presents images that tell woman and girls that acceptance means being unnaturally thin. The average fashion model‚ whose image we are bombarded with‚ weighs twenty-three percent less than the average American woman. Twenty years ago‚ the average fashion model weighed only eight percent less. Only five percent of all women are born with the ideal fashion model body‚ which of course leaves

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    every four college-aged women use unhealthy methods of weight and diet control – including fasting‚ skipping meals‚ and laxative abuse. The pressure to be thin is also affecting young girls; the Canadian Women’s Health Network warns that weight control measures are now being taken by girls as young as 5 and 6. In 2003‚ Teen Magazine reported that 35% of girls 6 to 12 years of age have already been on at least one diet. It is estimated that up to 450‚000 young girls and women were/are affected by an

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    "Mirror‚ Mirror on the wall‚ who’s the fairest of them all?" At a young age‚ every kid has been taught that image plays an immense role in how we perceive ourselves. In today’s society‚ we are bombarded with many expectations infused in the media like advertisements‚ movies‚ and the internet that have negative influences on the youth. Girls receive Barbies and Polly pockets‚ while boys receive WWE wrestling action figures that‚ as a result‚ epitomize how the ideal body is supposed to look. Many agencies

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    Black Women in the Media By: Rachel Gullatte First Black Women in Television Star Trek The critically acclaimed series featured one of the first non stereotypical roles of a black woman. Nichelle Nichols played Lieutenant Uhura from 1966-1969 Julia Julia was an American sitcom that ran from 1968-1971. Diahann Caroll played the leading role. Black Women in Sitcoms Good Times Esther Rolle who played the role of Florida Evans in this American sitcom that originally aired from February 8‚ 1974‚ until

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    When the media portray men and women in a stereotypical way‚ they produce some positive examples overturning the cultural practice of sexualization and encouraging me to have confidence in myself. More precisely‚ after the likes of oversexualized female superstars had become the new definition of pop music‚ Adele Laurie Blue Adkins‚ my idol‚ makes her become a body positive icon of not selling sexuality in an industry exploiting the female body and beauty. She has changed my attitude toward women’s

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    Stacey Bugg Ms. McIntosh ENG 105 4/30/2014 Sexualization of Women in the Media Although many believe the media ’s portrayal of women is healthy and perfectly normal‚ this could not be farther from the truth. Pictures with scantily clad‚ airbrushed‚ "perfect" bodies are being displayed on magazines‚ billboards‚ and on television leaving little to the imagination. What happened to the phrase "modest is hottest"? What happened to good‚ wholesome television commercials that you could watch

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