Media Representations of Women's and Men's Bodies

Media representations of women’s
and/or men’s bodies
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................4
Media representations of women’s and men’s bodies-................................................................4
Embodied experience of health and illness for both women’s and men’s..................................5
Representation of bodies in art and media...................................................................................7
Discussion on the regulation and social control of bodies..........................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
The topic is related to the media representations of women’s and men’s bodies, identify the
concept of gender stereotypes against women. Especially how they are reinforced and partially
created by media. It is an essential way to analyse the brief evolution of women’s and men’s
movement, particularly in historic moment that goes from 80s until and today scenario. Although
research offers a strong evidence towards men and women as being far more similar than they
are different across the domains. The major perceptions towards gender means that identify the
inequalities between men and women. In context of human body, it has been identified the
physical substance of human organism, consists of living cells, extracellular materials into
tissues, system and organs. These are applicable in the both men’s and women’s bodies structure.
One of the great influence on how to view women and men, media is considered as the most
powerful way to represent the functionality of men and women. Different form of media can
establish a communication image on the basis of sexes, many of which unrealistic and limiting
perception (Adelman and Ruggi, 2016). First, women are basically represented which implies
that men are considered as cultural standards but women are not so important and completely
invisible. Secondly, differentiation is also done between men and women on the basis of their
bodies. It reflects the sustained social endorsed view of gender. Sometimes, media has to show
the relationship between men and women, which emphasizes as traditional roles and normalise
against women.
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The social environment or culture can influence the manifestation of behaviour, attitude for
both men and women. But it is considered as powerful way to reshape its force throughout long
lifespan. Through this case study, the discussion of social cognitive approach to both men and
women has been examined. In particularly, media representation has been applied to add some
ongoing input from individual people, identify their cultural aspects. Social construction among
men’s and women’s, these are widely accepted at single time, difference in the way of men or
women roles as well as body functionality. In today’s scenario, it is also differentiate between
sex and gender, especially contend that are largely socially constructed. On the basis of topic, it
relates to the sociology of body and medical sociology in order to explore wide range of
experience.
TASK
Media representations of women’s and men’s bodies-
In general, Media has continuously made representations of both women and men in
context of stereotyped manner. There are some fixed limits and perception of human
possibilities. Typically, men are portrayed as adventurous, powerful, sexually aggressive and
possessing a strong body structure or shape. Biological essentialism entails that claim behaviour
of men’s. Sometimes, it implies with humans which are not consider a social begins who learn
something socialisation. These are largely uninvolved in the human relationships. Sometimes, it
is just represented as tough personality of men’s and creates a different cultural views of gender.
On the other hand, women are shown as beautiful personality, passive dependent and devoted to
their primary energies. This can improve the appearances and taking care of home as well as
people. At some point, the representations of media lead to misconceptions among women’s and
men’s bodies.
According to research, it has been analysed that television and other media channels
typically show male as aggressive, dominant and strong body appearances. Therefore, men are
portrayed as to have a powerful personality due to strong body so that they can easily engage in
aggressive or exciting activities. These directly influence the children young generation people
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