Female Stereotypes

Generra Johnson

COMM 3522-01 Sight, Sound, and

Motion

Stereotypes Women are Perceived to

Be

• Negative

– Beauty Queens

– Have a sexy body

– Have a perfect body

– Beautiful face

– Housewife

– Damsel in Distress

– Sexual Objects

– Submissive

• Positive

– Hardworking

– Role model

– Working Girl

– Corporate Women & Women in Power (Has a Negative side through the media, which is no relationship)

– Intelligent & Smart

– Gifted

– Strong

Shows with Male Leads

• Children Shows

– Little Bill

– Blue’s Clues

– Alvin and the Chipmunks

– Chuck and Friends

– Jake and the Neverland Pirates

– Deltora Quest

– The Avengers

– Justice League

• Prime time Shows

– Transformers

– Family Ties

– G.I Joe

– Cheers

– Bonanza

– See Dad Run

– 10 Rules to Date My Teenage Daughter

Shows with Female Leads

• Children Shows

– Dora the Explorer

– Sophia the First

– Doc McStuffins

– Tinker bell

– Jem

– The Little Mermaid

– Peppa Pig

– Sailor Moon

• Prime time Shows

– Designing Women

– The Facts of Life

– The Nanny

– Once Upon a Time

– Reba

– The Good Wife

Negative Portrayal of Women

• Diet:

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• Ugly and Not Pretty:

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Positive Portrayal of Women

• Women in High Positions:

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• Strong Women:

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