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Understanding women in media and popular culture: Representation and its origins

An opinion column examines how women are portrayed in films, anime, gaming and social media, arguing that sexualized and appearance-focused representations reflect and reinforce existing cultural gender roles. The author, writing from the Maldives, supplements the discussion with the results of a small mixed-gender survey she conducted on women's representation in media.

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  • over sexualism and morally ambiguous, not logical

    survey respondent Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

  • personally thinks misogyny has played a huge part in movies and social media itself

    survey respondent Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

  • The perception of women which influence our representation in media is altered both by culture and upbringing of the audience as well as the producer.

    survey respondent Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

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  • The author conducted a small survey on women in popular culture and media. Sun English To explore this question further, I conducted a small survey on women in popular culture and media.

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