Why does Western media exploit women?
4 years, 1 month ago

Why does Western media exploit women?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, February 25 at 19:30 GMT: According to the American Psychological Association, women and girls are depicted in a sexual manner in “virtually every medium” including prime time television shows, television commercials and magazines. “When women and girls are repeatedly objectified and their bodies hypersexualised, the media contributes to harmful gender stereotypes that often trivialise violence against girls,” the report said. The release of a New York Times documentary about pop star Britney Spears has prompted several media outlets to frankly examine their own roles in the singer’s subsequent mental health issues. In this episode of The Stream, we are joined by: Kim Kaiman Former Senior Director of Marketing, Jive Records Scaachi Koul, @Scaachi Senior Culture Writer, BuzzFeed News scaachi.com Wendi Williams, @drwendiwilliams President, Society for the Psychology of Women drwendiwilliams.com

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Violence against women starts with disrespect — that’s why the persistence of sexism in advertising is so serious
4 months ago

Violence against women starts with disrespect — that’s why the persistence of sexism in advertising is so serious

ABC  

Campaign Brief, an advertising and marketing trade publication in Australia, recently featured a double-page spread of Australia’s top advertising creatives. Ensuring that Yet, Inclusive and progressive representations of gender in advertising are needed to accelerate progress towards gender equality, as identified in the federal government’s “Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality”. The Advertising Council of Australia’s “Create Space …

Pictures on the internet show dramatic gender bias, study finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Pictures on the internet show dramatic gender bias, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pictures on the internet “reflect and exaggerate” the gender biases found in the …

Harmful gender stereotypes causing lower self-esteem in girls and poorer reading skills in boys, study finds
4 years, 3 months ago

Harmful gender stereotypes causing lower self-esteem in girls and poorer reading skills in boys, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She added: “From ‘boys will be boys’ attitudes in nursery or school, to jobs for boys …

Media's use of imagery in reporting gender-based violence needs to change — and a feminist database has alternatives
5 years ago

Media's use of imagery in reporting gender-based violence needs to change — and a feminist database has alternatives

Firstpost  

Artists who responded to FII’s open call for submissions have created imagery that encompasses a number of themes, including representation, empowerment, and solidarity. FII campaign manager Asmita Ghosh says they found “sensationalist headlines and images, victim-blaming language, and trivialisation of the crime through the use of words like ‘sex scandal’”. I wanted to portray those left out of the narrative, …

Only 1% Films Show Women As Leaders: Report On Women In Media
5 years, 5 months ago

Only 1% Films Show Women As Leaders: Report On Women In Media

The Quint  

As per a new report by Plan International and Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Rewrite Her Story: How film and media stereotypes affect the lives and leadership ambitions of girls and young women, women leaders are frequently portrayed as sex objects and shown wearing revealing clothing or even nude on the big screen. The report finds that the …

Killing Eve to Cruella, a new wave of pop culture offerings could undo problematic depictions of female villainy
5 years, 6 months ago

Killing Eve to Cruella, a new wave of pop culture offerings could undo problematic depictions of female villainy

Firstpost  

As Killing Eve’s creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge surmises, to enjoy watching a woman stab, torture and batter on screen — and find it empowering — says something about women’s position in society. These depictions of female violence emerge in an environment that is ambivalent about women’s propensity for aggressive behaviour: Male violence is deemed conventional, even routine. As Waller-Bridge surmises, to …

Adverts are still full of gender stereotypes – why?
5 years, 7 months ago

Adverts are still full of gender stereotypes – why?

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Indeed, why did the ASA implement …

This is why the sexual objectification of men on TV isn’t just a bit of fun
6 years, 6 months ago

This is why the sexual objectification of men on TV isn’t just a bit of fun

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the first, eroticised depictions of …

Media's obsession with appearance putting young women off going into politics, study finds
7 years, 10 months ago

Media's obsession with appearance putting young women off going into politics, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Obsession with female politicians’ appearance in the media is putting young women …

Sexism in media: Tracey Spicer fights back
7 years, 10 months ago

Sexism in media: Tracey Spicer fights back

ABC  

It's going to take a real rattling of cages to change the sexist culture that can still be seen at the top levels of some media organisations, according to journalist and author Tracey Spicer. "Your self-esteem and confidence in your own abilities are chipped away by comments like, 'You are too fat, you're too old, stick your boobs out more, …

Sexist men who seek power over women 'more likely to experience mental health problems'
8 years, 4 months ago

Sexist men who seek power over women 'more likely to experience mental health problems'

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Men who seek power over women, status and a ‘playboy’ lifestyle are …

#DearDaddy: A video campaign that hopes men will look inward and away from the gaze of sexist culture
9 years, 3 months ago

#DearDaddy: A video campaign that hopes men will look inward and away from the gaze of sexist culture

Firstpost  

The five-minute film is told from the perspective of a female foetus, yet to be born, yet to experience the world and yet knows what lies in store for her, once born. “I need to ask you a favour, a warning about boys…” she says and explains how by the time she would turn 14, she would have been called …

Research shows women in the media are far less equal than men
9 years, 4 months ago

Research shows women in the media are far less equal than men

Firstpost  

: New research supported by the United Nations agency promoting women’s rights has found that women make up only 24 percent of the persons heard, read about or seen in newspaper, television and radio news. United Nations: New research supported by the United Nations agency promoting women’s rights has found that women make up only 24 percent of the persons …

Women share their experiences of rejecting men's sexual advances - and how they reacted
9 years, 4 months ago

Women share their experiences of rejecting men's sexual advances - and how they reacted

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Polly Neate, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid, said: “This …

Crowdfunded Magazines Take Aim at Sexism in Fantasy and Horror
10 years, 4 months ago

Crowdfunded Magazines Take Aim at Sexism in Fantasy and Horror

Wired  

A perennial complaint among some fantasy and science fiction readers is that women are “destroying” the genre by contaminating it with romance and other girly stuff. Last year the staff of Lightspeed magazine, owned and operated by Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy producer John Joseph Adams, decided to push back, launching Women Destroy Science Fiction, a crowdfunded special issue of …

America's obsessed with naked men
11 years, 6 months ago

America's obsessed with naked men

Salon  

There's a new look for young male stars on the make -- and they don't mind being looked at. Justin Bieber, the newly adult pop star, has included constant public shirtlessness among his exploits; the boy-band member Nick Jonas put himself on near-pornographic display in an Instagram shot; the promising young actor Zac Efron seems to have abandoned pretensions of …

So female thighs are the latest place to advertise? Women shouldn't be used as billboards
12 years ago

So female thighs are the latest place to advertise? Women shouldn't be used as billboards

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The most recent example of this …

No peg to hang a news story on
12 years, 8 months ago

No peg to hang a news story on

The Hindu  

Two primary concerns overlap in the Guwahati molestation case of July 9: one, the deeply pervasive culture of sexual harassment/assault in the country; two, aggravated media coverage that follows no norms and sets few limits for itself. The storm of protest that greeted the Supreme Court deliberations on framing guidelines for media coverage of matters that are sub judice — …

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