Feminism and the Media - Reaction to a Blog

Whether you try and run from it or you embrace it, media is a large part of your life. From liberal radio and TV talk shows to half-naked women shaking their assets in music videos, there is a wide array of content that can be found through a variety of mediums. The subjects of female oppression, stereotyping, and depreciation in a popular television programming is discussed in length by a guest blogger on girlwpen. In this show, Thirty Something, women are portrayed as needing men to be happy with their lives. The female homemaker is glorified, while the career seeking, independent, single gal finds herself to be unlovable. While this show is almost twenty years old, contemporary series such as 7th Heaven promote the same stereotypes displayed in Thirty Something. In 7th Heaven them Mother is obedient and caring, rarely venturing outside of the house. Although the three daughters sometimes step out of line, they all eventually regress to the socially acceptable norms. I would dare to say that much of popular media continues to portray women in the same roles that they have always played; homemakers, mothers, and friends rather than as activists, career women, and independent females. There has also been a current trend of portraying women as sex toys and placing high value on their physical appearance rather than their internal composition, but that is a different topic for a different post.