LESSON 3

Question 1

The power of media plays a big role in our everyday life. People construct their knowledge about gender roles and identity by seeing and understanding activities in everyday life. In this regard, media is one of the determining factors aiding to shape the social perception about gender roles and identity.

Answer 1

GENDER AND MEDIA

Question 2

Over decades, print media like ____, _____, ______ and ______ has played a profound role to define gender identity by stereotyping and segregating gender roles.

Answer 2

books, magazines, advertisements, internet

Question 3

Men and Women are constantly being ______ on television, movies, book covers, advertisements and other forms of media.

Answer 3

sexualized

Question 4

Women are _____ and _______ to sell products and onlookers are lead to believe it is normal behavior and given unrealistic expectations to attempt to achieve.

Answer 4

objectified, degraded

Question 5

How gender is depicted in _____ is a problem that seems to only be getting worse, not better

Answer 5

media

Question 6

influences of media on people

Answer 6

media influences how people dress, what they eat, what they look like, the games they play, the music they listen to, and the entertainment they watch.

Question 7

Media convey these messages in two ways:

Answer 7

1. In the message content of the television shows, magazine articles, news items, music, and movies
2. In the advertising that surrounds these messages.

Question 8

Media create _____ _____, making people believe they exert control over what they view (and what they think about what they view) when in reality they have little or no control

Answer 8

false consciousness

Question 9

More often shown standing and moving

Answer 9

MALE - Whole-Body posture

Question 10

More often shown lying down

Answer 10

FEMALE - Whole-Body posture

Question 11

Straight and positioned directly at the camera

Answer 11

MALE - Head

Question 12

Titled at an angle or looking away from the camera

Answer 12

FEMALE - Head

Question 13

Focused and watching the world around them

Answer 13

MALE - Eyes

Question 14

Not paying attention, spaced out

Answer 14

FEMALE - Eyes

Question 15

Controlling and assertive; hands use the objects to do something; men touch others

Answer 15

MALE - Hands

Question 16

Passive and controlled by environment; objects rest in them; women touch themselves

Answer 16

FEMALE - Hands

Question 17

Legs are straight, in motion, or solidly planted

Answer 17

MALE - Legs

Question 18

Knees are bent so that the body is titled and off-center; legs are crossed or women hold one of their feet

Answer 18

FEMALE - Legs

Question 19

Maturity and manly

Answer 19

MALE - Performance of age

Question 20

Infantile, shown snuggling into men; women presented as looking like girls, and girls presented looking like women

Answer 20

FEMALE - Performance of Age

Question 21

HOW MEDIA WORKS?

Answer 21

1. Media
2. False need and consciousness
3. Shapes the knowledge and understanding of individuals about gender identity.
4. Stereotypes the role of men and women in society and segregates gender role.

Question 22

Media has defined how females and males should look and act. _____ play a huge role in this.

Answer 22

Stereotypes

Question 23

Though advertisements, performers, actors and actresses, the standard male should be _____, _____, ______, _____, _______ and so on

Answer 23

masculine, dominant, physically fit, has abs, handsome

Question 24

The standard women is _____, _____, _____, treated as _____, _____, should be _____, ____, have ______ and so on,

Answer 24

feminine, soft, pretty

property, objectified

submissive, thin

large breasts

Question 25

Because of the heavy usage of these types of individuals in media, what is actually a normal body type for either gender is ___ _____,

Answer 25

not acceptable

Question 26

so everyone who doesn’t process the unattainable image/ especially for women, doesn’t measure up and is deemed ______.

Answer 26

unworthy

Question 27

_____ are often represented negatively thereby promoting negative stereotypes about them

Answer 27

Women

Question 28

_____ are also prevalent in every day media.

Answer 28

Stereotypes

Question 29

_____ are often portrayed solely as homemakers and carers of the family, dependent on men, or as objects of male attention.

Answer 29

Women

Question 30

_____ are also subjected to stereotyping in the media. They are typically characterized as powerful and dominant and breadwinner.

Answer 30

Men

Question 31

occurs when people are viewed as objects existing solely for the pleasure of the viewer, rather than as agents capable of action.

Answer 31

Objectification

Question 32

The person being objectified often is reduced to body parts:

Answer 32

breasts, genitalia, muscles, curves, buttocks, and hair.

Question 33

The person is no longer human but _____—turned into a market commodity like other inanimate products, free to be bought and fondled

Answer 33

commodified

Question 34

Women = ______

Answer 34

Homemaker

Question 35

_____ ______ = Good Women

Answer 35

Good Homemaker

Question 36

SEXUALIZATION OCCURS WHEN 1. a person’s value comes only from his or her ____ ____ or _____,

Answer 36

sexual appeal, behavior

Question 37

SEXUALIZATION OCCURS WHEN 2. exclusion of other ______;

Answer 37

characteristics

Question 38

SEXUALIZATION OCCURS WHEN 3. a person is held to a standard that equates _____ ______ (narrowly defined) with being sexy;

Answer 38

physical attractiveness

Question 39

SEXUALIZATION OCCURS WHEN 4. a person is sexually objectified that is, made into a thing for others’ ____ ____, rather than seen as a person with the capacity for independent action and decision making.

Answer 39

sexual use

Question 40

SEXUALIZATION OCCURS WHEN 5. _____ is inappropriately imposed upon a person

Answer 40

sexuality

Question 41

I talk a lot about how badly women are represented in advertising, but men are ______ as well, whether it is in an advertisement, on a book cover, or other mediums.

Answer 41

sexualized

Question 42

The "Normal" Gap shows the modern man doesn't see himself represented in advertising, on TV or in the movies.

Answer 42

MEN IN MEDIA

Question 43

Men are more likely to be seen in the media as:

Answer 43

1. Metrosexual, pretty boy 18% 2. Ladies man, Skirt chaser 23% 3. Macho man, Action hero 32%

Question 44

Men are less likely to be seen in the media as:

Answer 44

1. Good hearted; tries to do the right thing -31% 2. Hard-working, self-sacrificing -30% 3. Protective, fatherly -17%

Question 45

A LOT OF MAGAZINES HAVE SEXUALIZED IMAGES ON THE COVER OF _______.

Answer 45

WOMEN

Question 46

IMAGES OF ______ WITH LITTLE CLOTHING, OR THAT FOCUS ON CLOTHING YOU MUST WEAR, OR THINGS YOU NEED AS WELL AS ARTICLES ABOUT BEST DRESSED STARS AND WHO WORE IT BETTER BECAUSE IT IS THE END OF THE WORLD IF TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE PUBLIC EYE WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT, ESPECIALLY TO THE SAME EVENT.

Answer 46

WOMAN

Question 47

______ AND ______ ARE TEACHING PEOPLE AND CHILDREN THAT THESE THINGS ARE WHAT IS IMPORTANT INSTEAD OF ACTUAL IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.

Answer 47

MEDIA, MAGAZINE

Question 48

they also affect children and young adults. It is already difficult for children and young adults to figure out who they are and their place in this world, but with the pressure of media, it makes it ______.

Answer 48

impossible

Question 49

why a large portion of young adults suffer from an _____ _______, when a lot of them are probably normal and healthy to begin with.

Answer 49

eating disorder

Question 50

Most ads don’t promote _____ _____, and they should.

Answer 50

healthy women

Question 51

The textbook by _____ says, “It’s well established that seeing images of underweight women make normal or overweight women feel bad about themselves,” which shouldn’t be acceptable.

Answer 51

Sterlin

Question 52

_____ is a completely male dominated industry.

Answer 52

Bollywood

Question 53

Women are not only given trivial or insignificant roles in the movies, but are also ______.

Answer 53

underpaid

Question 54

In most of the cases, the actors are approached for the movie and then they are asked to choose the actress they want to work with. The female-leads today perform ______ because they fear losing grounds to the ever increasing starlets.

Answer 54

item-numbers

Question 55

Not much attention is paid to women's issues unless these are related to ____, _____, and other sort of _____ against women.

Answer 55

rape, murder, violence

Question 55

what issues need to be covered and what not is decided by the policy makers of media organizations and unfortunately majority of them are _____.

Answer 55

men

Question 56

Studies have found that although the number of women working in the media has been increasing globally, the top positions (______, ______, ___ _______, and _____) are still very male dominated (White, 2009).

Answer 56

producers, executives, chief editors, publishers

Question 57

Women are seen rarely in holding _____ ______ in the media organizations.

Answer 57

key positions

Question 58

It is important to be aware of how gender is portrayed in media, especially as consumers, so we can stop being _____ ______ and be _____ about what is important instead of feeding into the unhealthy trap that is gender in media.

Answer 58

passive consumers, active

Question 59

Using the media in promoting gender sensitive media productions is crucial in improving _______ ______ ______.

Answer 59

social gender relations.

Question 60

If media is to change the portrayal of _____ by projecting positive images of them in media productions, it will lead to improved gender relations in society.

Answer 60

women