Media and the Construction of Gender Roles

Introduction\nThe increased popularity of potbelly and social media has largely alter the way societies operates and interacts. Bank (35), notes that factors such(prenominal)(prenominal) as culture, age, religion and tell apart affect the construction of the sexual practice roles in the order of magnitude. One of the beas influenced by the increased popularity of media is the organization and militarisation of individuals around a kick in interest or sentiwork forcet. societal networking media such as chitter and Facebook are playing a key role in bringing people unneurotic around the same idea or interest. To illustrate, social networking media is super used during meetings and social events such as protests and policy-making transaction to bring people in concert on that course. It is also far-famed that the media have altered the sexual urge roles within the society. Carter (5) defines gender roles as the distinct roles and behaviors portrayed by individuals base d on their gender. To toss away more(prenominal) light on this, this research will explore media and internet have touch on and influenced construction of gender roles in the society. Various researches have indicated a direct contribution of media in the construction of gender roles all over time.\n\nLiterature Review\nMedia has bear on variant aspects of our lives. Notably, it has influenced how the society views men, women, and their roles. all over the years, media has propagated some unreal and classify perception on gender roles in the society. According to timber (2), there are triplet main perceptions of women in the society that influences their roles. The first perception is that women are largely unrepresented in social, economic, political and other roles. This fallacy that media has pushed for immense insinuates that men are more important than women are in the society; thus their tall representation in different spheres of economic development. To illustra te, in the media sector, the proceeds of men outnumber that of women. With such a scenario, it is easy for men to p...