DR CAGES

Disability
Regional identity
Class
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Sexuality

Gender:

Female stereotypes...

- Expected to be accommodating and emotional

- Some expect to clean, cook and look after the children

- Have jobs like teachers, nurses, cleaners and cooks

- Expected to be thin and graceful

- Sometimes treated like an object

- Colour pink, yellow
- Wear makeup

Male stereotypes...

-Expected to be self confident and aggressive 

-Take care of finances, work on car, home repairs

-Usually have jobs like pilots, doctors and engineers

-Tall and muscular 

-Smell nice and manly

-Colours dark blue, black, red

Media texts...

-Advert

This video implies that ballet is only for females and that every girl will grow up to want to be a ballerina. The stereotype for this is that girls will want to be a ballerina and the qualities many ballerinas have is to wear pink and be very gentle/ graceful.

-Movie

The Little Mermaid: Ariel falls in love with handsome Prince Eric on sight, then gives up her home, her family, and even her voice just to get the chance to be with him. Why isn't it Eric? He's another prince who's loved basically just for his looks.

-Magazine cover

 

This magazine cover addresses the gender stereotype for men. The man has lot of muscles on show and some could say that its putting men's self esteem down being exposed to these stereotypes. 

Countertypes...
A representation that challenges tradition stereotypical associations of groups, people or places.

This is Michael Finch, a young male YouTube star, who does make up. This goes against the male gender stereotypes because he's wearing makeup and this is seen as controversial because females are 'only allowed' to wear make up.