Blog 1

They are some many issues that women have that you can't even keep count on all the issues at hand because media focus on the negative things about women as a whole. The roles of women presented in the media, from talk shows, to entertainment shows as well as news reporting can often end up reinforcing the status quo and the cultural stereotypes, which influence other women to follow suit. I notice that mainstream press coverage continues to rely on men as experts in the fields of business, politics and economics. Women in the news are more likely to be featured in stories about accidents, natural disasters, or domestic violence than in stories about their professional abilities or expertise. If you ever look at the sports channel they use different language when they talk about female athletes. Where men are described as "big," "strong," "brilliant," "gutsy" and "aggressive," women are more often referred to as "weary," "fatigued," "frustrated," "panicked," "vulnerable" and "choking”. Women are just meant to be eye candy for men in the media and to get left over that nobody wants to talk or do. People still use that the way a woman looks is far more important than what she has to say. I really hope that I a job because of my resume and not by the skirt I wear. Many media activists argue that producers should be called to account, and that images of women should be forced to be more realistic. I really do hope that the media changes it views how to treat women as person and not an object.