Men - 8%
Women - 28.3%
- Smaller percentage - get away with it easier
- Considered normal
Characters with thin bodies in Prime-time shows:
Men - 13.6%
Women - 37.5%
- Modern family stereotypes:
- Cam - typical gay guy - the arts, dramatic
- Stereotype homosexuals
- Gloria & Jay - young vs old
- Phil & Claire - good cop vs bad cop
- Phil - fun dad
- Claire - strict, uptight mum
Percentage of speaking characters in prime-time comedians by gender:
Men - 68.5%
Women - 31.5%
- Dominance of males in today's society
- Women should be seen and not heard
22% of prime-time shows with gender-balanced casts:
- Phoebe - Stupid, blonde, vegetarian
- Rachel - Dumb, rich, spoilt
- Chandler- awkward
- Monica - chef, fat growing up - she lost all the weight because someone bullied her.
- Ross- Nerd, obsessed with dinosaurs, failed relationships
- Joey - dumb actor, player - "How you doin'?"
Ratio of male to female characters in children TV shows:
2.25:1
- Grow up with a false representation of the world
- Men are superior
- Females are not relevant
- Men are shown as the hero, women need to rescued - main purpose of them in tv shows
- Tv shows follow the heroes journey
Percentage of family films with a male narrator:
73.5%
- Men know everything
- strong, easy to listen to voice
- Morgan Freeman
- Authoritative
The percentage of black characters in prime-time shows that are male or females
Men - 54.7%
Women - 45.3%
- Men are more dominant than men
The statistics tells us that women are:
- Insignificant to the media
- Easy to sexualise
- Less authoritative than men
- Dumb, spoilt
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