TV Gender Bias
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Gender Bias on Television
The issue of gender bias on television has been a hot topic for quite some time. In each different category of shows, the effect of gender bias is greatly fluctuated. Though, in each of the four categories of nightly news, situational comedies, drama's, and children's programs, all showed signs of bias in them.
The bias of women in nightly news is one of the most obvious. Most females on nighttime television are young, attractive, thin, and ornamental. Most female characters appear to be either under 35 or over 50, where middle-aged women are rare. The nightly new show 'The O'Reily Factor', an hour-long news program, there were a total of 2 women with a total airtime of 4 minutes. Females are consistently placed in situations where looks count more than brains, and helpless and incompetent behaviors are expected.
In the drama category, the bias was a little less of severity. In the instance of 'JAG: Judge Advocate General', the power role of women was slightly less than of the male counterparts...