Campaigners for gender equality seek a world where equal opportunities exist for both men and women. Therefore when discussing media representations of gender in this context, the way both men and women are represented in the media must be analysed. This essay sets out to argue that the media misrepresents both men and women and therefore the media essentially hinders the cause for gender equality. This essay also, without trivialising the cause for equality for …showed first 75 words of 2133 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2133 total…image that is provided for them in the media of the dominant, independent bread-winner with women playing down to the stereotyped submissive role as mother, carer and object of desire. Therefore, after studying the representations of both men and women in media, the image of men portrayed in media is misrepresentative, however, I have come to the conclusion that there is a greater hindrance influenced by the media against the cause for women’s equality