The Portrayal of Women in Media
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v13i2.6762Keywords:
vilification, feminism, women, woman loving woman, transgender women, black women, women of color, femininity, media, representationAbstract
This study looks at the history of women's depiction in media, particularly in the early 2000s, and discovers a substantial shift in the image of young female characters. Historically, media narratives have constrained women to traditional roles, depicting them as caring figures or hostile antagonists. This shift occurred in the early 2000s when the women interested in the male lead were tomboys or boyish, not the stereotypical image of femininity. Femininity was vilified, causing young girls to separate themselves from their femininity and try to appeal to men by acting like tomboys. This investigation analyzes the portrayal, erasure, objectification, and vilification of different kinds of women with different social, political, and economic backgrounds.
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