On entertainment tonight last night they were talking about women and men in movies, and it reminded me of the discussion we had about certain privileges that men and women have. In this case, its the men that have the privilege, because the statistic they gave said that on average men in movies have 2/3 of the speaking roles. They went on to say that in movies 30% of women are shown partly naked, as opposed to 10% of men. Also that 40% of women are made to wear sexy clothing, as opposed to 7% of men. These statistics shows how the media tends to portray women, and it's not necessarily in the most positive light. I guess its just interesting to me to see concrete statistics as to how unbalanced the roles of men and women are in the media. This could apply to anything else we've discussed in class as well, like how the media portrays certain minorities. In the media is often where these stereotypes are formed, circulated, and amplified. It makes you wonder what kind of message kids get out of watching TV or movies or any other form of media. You never really think about this stuff because its not super obvious all the time, but more than likely it is always there.
Brigit, post 22
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