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This week we continue looking at the representation of women in the media. We first watch a documentary called Miss Representation which is about women in American media. While watching the documentary, I have taken notes on things that I have learned and noticed. Women's appearance can be caused by peer pressure and the media Media's portrayal of women influence greatly on young children especially young girls  Men's portrayal are more dominant and powerful such as driving a car If media sends a message of value of beauty, it disempower women television influence people Most women in films are portrayed as sex appeal or even if they have a role in action movies, they still wear revealing clothing  In reality television, women are represented as "bitchy, gold diggers, backstabbing, stupid, vindictive and even against women When Katie Couric first appear in the news as an anchor,  instead on focusing on context, they look at the appearance first  Many in t...

This term, we are going to look at the portrayal of women in the media. We discuss how the women in some media are misrepresented and represented well. Afterwards, we watched Disney's Sleeping Beauty and analysing it.  After watching the film, we were then asked to write down the characteristics of each character's such as stereotypes and things we liked about them. We need 10 words for Aurora and Prince Phillip and two other characters, 5 words each. Afterwards, the class came together for discussion and share our thoughts. New words from other classmates were added. Aurora: Beautiful  Princess Loveable  Damsel in Distress Perfect Weak minded Fair skinned  Flawless Mostly good at housework  Wears pink  Naïve  Innocent  Vulnerable  Feminine  Pure Oblivious  Emotional Elegant  Kind  Calm Passive Submissive  Dreamy (Apperance and mind) Defenceless  Lovely  Social awkward U...