Identity:
- Background
- Where you're from
- Ethnicity
- Personality
- Sexual Orientation
- Friends
- Education
- Social Media Presence
- Fashion Choices
- Sense of Humour
- Wealth
- Habits
- Music Tastes
- Gender
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David Gauntlet - Theories of Identity
Media is an essential part of a young persons' existence.
Gauntlet believes that audiences are capable of constructing their own identities through what they see on television. There are more representations of gender than the traditional 'gender binary'
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Stereotypes
Men:
Take on more hands on challenging roles
Generally stronger
Best at sports
Provide for their families
Can't show emotion well
Seen as sexually obsessed
In charge
Women:
Do housewife jobs
Women are considered weaker physically and emotionally
Longer hair
There for sexual purpose only
Hysteria
Submissive to male dominancy
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