Essay On Media And Gender Inequality
How Gender Roles in Media Affects Gender Inequality
Everywhere we look social media, TV, Radio and even in our everyday lives, our gender identity and roles are determine by societies rule. Since the day we are born, actually it goes as far as the day our sex is discovered. Since sex and gender, specific roles could not be more stereotypical, and even more that sexuality has become an obsession. To the point that everywhere you look you can see the roles gender and sex play in our everyday life. “In today’s society we are expected to conform, portray and adhere to strict social standards set forth to preserve our sexual identities. With research on gender, sex and sexuality becoming more prevalent, a deeper understanding can be had of how each of these co-exist in the human body and how each can be better understood as fluid or existing on a spectrum.” (Dillon C.) …show more content…
One of this example is Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Jennifer Lawrence she has spoken about the wage gap in the entertainment industry early in the year; it was found the Jennifer Lawrence was under pay much less than her male American Hustle co-starts. In her open letter, she claims, “I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard. It’s just heard.” this issue is alarming and it should be unacceptable in this point in time. The fact that female celebrities with amazing lawyers and publicist are affected by this social issue is disturbing. The same media than creates and encourage gender specific roles in our social media, TV, movies, is underpaying the women they used to push their
Everywhere we look social media, TV, Radio and even in our everyday lives, our gender identity and roles are determine by societies rule. Since the day we are born, actually it goes as far as the day our sex is discovered. Since sex and gender, specific roles could not be more stereotypical, and even more that sexuality has become an obsession. To the point that everywhere you look you can see the roles gender and sex play in our everyday life. “In today’s society we are expected to conform, portray and adhere to strict social standards set forth to preserve our sexual identities. With research on gender, sex and sexuality becoming more prevalent, a deeper understanding can be had of how each of these co-exist in the human body and how each can be better understood as fluid or existing on a spectrum.” (Dillon C.) …show more content…
One of this example is Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Jennifer Lawrence she has spoken about the wage gap in the entertainment industry early in the year; it was found the Jennifer Lawrence was under pay much less than her male American Hustle co-starts. In her open letter, she claims, “I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard. It’s just heard.” this issue is alarming and it should be unacceptable in this point in time. The fact that female celebrities with amazing lawyers and publicist are affected by this social issue is disturbing. The same media than creates and encourage gender specific roles in our social media, TV, movies, is underpaying the women they used to push their