WOMEN PRESENTED THROUGH THE PRESS

Women presented through the press

Sex objects
Charlotte Church - 'She's a big girl now... looking chest swell.'
Objectification of women
I'm a celebrity get me out of here - Press coverage over Helen Flanagan's chest showing
Wives and mothers
WAG - wife or girlfriend
Stereotypes
Emphasising the importance of appearance of women.
Passive roles
Disproportionately appear in passive roles - perhaps as victim of crime- instead of doing something
Relative invisibility
3/4 of all front-page articles and 84% of those mentioned or quoted in lead pieces were male

Half the population but...

• 24% of news stories globally about women in 2011, media and gender monitor figures show.
• And women were focus of 19% of news stories about politics and government in 2010
• Women in journalism study showed 78% of front-page articles in British national newspapers written by men, and 84% of those quoted or mentioned are male.
• Of 84 news websites tracked by Global Media Monitoring Project, 23% of newsmakers were women in 2010
• 76% of newspaper stories about US presidential election written by a men, Women's Media Centre figure show

The male gaze

Too fat/thin/old/young

School children should take part in compulsory body image lessons as recommended by an MP's report