Throughout history, men have been the main source of
information out of the confines of the home. There are the providers of food on
the tables in homes, so they asserted themselves to be more superior to women
in terms of knowledge and opportunities. Women’s places should be in the home
and looking after children and do household chores.
Therefore,
when men are employed in occupations predominantly male centered, they tend to
gossip about women both specifically and generally through gender stigma. Thus,
stereotyping women on many occasions. As in Journalism, men will normally place themselves to be more
important and play more prominent roles in newspaper. Women will be one of the
main topics of discussion and ridicule mainly on the front pages of tabloids.
According to (theukrc.org, 2012) the article states that journalists are more
likely to comment on appearance when writing about women; half the profiles of
female scientists mentioned clothing, physique or hairstyle whereas the
equivalent was true for only a fifth of the profiles of male scientists.
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| Source: examiner.com |
In addition, certain women in
decision-making positions are highlighted only in the front pages of tabloids. In
Britain, only the Royal family members especially The Duchess or their siblings
are in the main prints with few exceptions. The rest of the news in front pages
are dealing with politicians and celebrities of the male species. This is also
supported by Mudge in her article. The author stated that women were
disproportionately likely to be cited as either victims or celebrities. Hence, the
only women regularly be photographed on the front of newspapers in the period
were the Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa Middleton (2012).
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| Source: Guardian.com.uk |
As a conclusion, women in
general, are subjected to many stereotypes in our society today. There are not
only being stereotyped in newspaper but also in magazine, movies and television.
All the stereotyping and sexist feature that are portrayed by the media may
have an effect to the society in a long run.
References
Theukrc.org,
2012, ‘Gender, stereotypes and expertise
in the press: how newspapers represent male and female scientists’ [online]
available at: http://www.theukrc.org/files/useruploads/files/no_5_gender_stereotypes.pdf
Viewed: 7th November 2012
Mudge, H., 2012,
‘Research Finds Sexism Dominates British Media’ [online] available at: http://bitchbuzz.com/news/research-finds-sexism-dominates-british-media.html Viewed 7th November 2012
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