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Journal articles on the topic "Female role portrayal"

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Chan, Kara, and Yolanda Cheng. "Portrayal of females in magazine advertisements in Hong Kong." Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 22, no. 1 (2012): 78–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/japc.22.1.05cha.

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A content analysis was conducted to examine the portrayal of beauty types and occupational roles of female figures in magazine advertisements. A systematic random sample of 215 advertisements from a popular lifestyle magazine in Hong Kong was analyzed. Results provide evidence of gender role stereotypes. Two thirds of the advertisements adopted classic/feminine beauty type. The other two common beauty types were sex kitten and casual. Over-representation of Caucasian models was found as one-third of the female figures were Caucasian and other minorities. Caucasian models were more likely to be
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Pomerenke, Paula, Iris I. Varner, and Suzanne Mallar. "The Depiction of Female and Male Professionals in Business Communication Textbooks." Business Communication Quarterly 59, no. 4 (1996): 36–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/108056999605900404.

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This study of textbooks in business communication focused on the number of times men and women were shown in photographs and the professional roles implied by their appearance and demeanor. While the numbers were in bal ance, the physical appearance and role portrayal perpetuated traditional stereotypes of men and women in the workplace.
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Köseoglu, Berna. "The Portrayal of Women in Milton's Works. Milton's Misogyny." Futhark. Revista de Investigación y Cultura, no. 6 (2011): 93–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/futhark.2011.i06.05.

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Analyzing John Milton’s works, one can observe the influence of his personal life, his biography upon his poetry and prose. Milton, in his works, not only demonstrates the social and political issues of his own society, but he also deals with the gender issue by creating female characters who have some weaknesses or faults, which cause destruction and disaster. Therefore, his own experiences not only related to social issues but also about women and marriage play a considerable role in his depiction of the relationship between female and male. In this article, the general condition of women in
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Mayesti, Nina, Aprinus Salam, and Ratna Noviani. "Female Librarians Stereotype in the 2000s Indonesian Film." Record and Library Journal 4, no. 1 (2019): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/rlj.v4-i1.2018.15-21.

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This paper discusses about the research that had examined the female librarian stereotype in Indonesian films, particularly release during the 2000s. Using the paradigm of cultural and media studies, this research examined six Indonesian films portraying female librarian. The units of analysis in this study are those film scenes that were either set in a library or that portrayed female librarians. The method used to analyze the data source is the Critical Discourse Analysis. The results of this study showed that the female librarians were stereotyped in Indonesian films, such as age, dress an
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Lin, Chyong-Ling. "Sexual Issues: The Analysis of Female Role Portrayal Preferences in Taiwanese Print Ads." Journal of Business Ethics 83, no. 3 (2007): 409–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9628-5.

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Aretz, Sabine Elisabeth. "Sexualization of Female Perpetration in Fictional Holocaust Films: A Case Study of The Reader (2008)." Genealogy 3, no. 4 (2019): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3040052.

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The publication of Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader (1995) sparked conversation and controversy about sexuality, female perpetrators and the complexity of guilt regarding the Holocaust. The screen adaptation of the book (Daldry 2008) amplified these discussions on an international scale. Fictional Holocaust films have a history of being met with skepticism or even reject on the one hand and great acclaim on the other hand. As this paper will outline, the focus has often been on male perpetrators and female victims. The portrayal of female perpetration reveals dichotomous stereotypes, often
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Furnham, Adrian, and Emma Skae. "Changes in the Stereotypical Portrayal of Men and Women in British Television Advertisements." European Psychologist 2, no. 1 (1997): 44–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040.2.1.44.

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This study examines the way in which men and women are portrayed in British television advertisements, and these findings are compared with those of studies carried out in Britain over the past 25 years. A total of 162 television advertisements were analyzed by two white adults, one female, one male, in order to obtain reliable results. The attributes of the central figures in each of the advertisements were classified into 11 categories: gender, mode of presentation, credibility basis, role, location, age, argument, reward type, product type, background, and end comment. Advertisements aimed
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Romm, Tsilia. "Role conflict in the portrayal of female heroes of television crime dramas: A theoretical conceptualization." Interchange 17, no. 1 (1986): 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01811016.

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Greendorfer, Susan L. "Gender Bias in Theoretical Perspectives: The Case of Female Socialization Into Sport." Psychology of Women Quarterly 11, no. 3 (1987): 327–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1987.tb00907.x.

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Using female socialization into sport as an example, this paper empirically examines whether existing conceptual and methodological perspectives pertaining to sport may be gender-biased. A social role-social systems approach, previously applied to male sport socialization and purported to predict a high degree of sport involvement when positive social influences are exerted by significant others, was applied to female athletes and nonathletes. Results from several stepwise regressions suggest that this conceptual approach does not adequately capture the process that pertains to females, as mor
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Mishra, Indira Acharya. "Representation of Ethnic Women in Upendra Subba's Lāto Pahāda [Dumb Hill]." SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities 3, no. 1 (2021): 47–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/sjah.v3i1.35374.

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The article aims to examine the images of ethnic women in Upendra Subba's Lāto Pahāda [Dumb Hill], a collection of short stories. The focus of the article is to analyze the portrayal of female characters in the selected five stories from the collection and to explain how they subvert the image of the ideal woman promoted by mainstream Nepali literature. These stories deal with the issues of Limbu people, an ethnic community residing in the eastern hilly region of Nepal. Through them, Subba raises the issues of ethnicity and representation of marginalized people. He explores the pain, suffering
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Female role portrayal"

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Lauer, Juanne De Wet. "Female role portrayal in South African magazine advertisements." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26361.

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Advertisements reflect the reality in society. Or so they should. As a minimum, advertisements should resonate with the intended target audience. Advertisements targeting female consumers have been accused of continually depicting women in traditionally stereotypical roles, such as the housewife and the sex object. This is contrary to the many important roles women fulfil in reality; business-woman, mother, romantic partner, and socialite, to name but a few. The purpose of this study was to identify the roles that female models portrayed in South African consumer magazine advertisements, and t
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Nay, Melissa. "TURNING TRICKS AND THE MODERN FEMALE PROTAGONIST: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PORTRAYAL OF THE ROLE OF THE DEMIMONDE FROM VIENNESE OPERET." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3933.

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The demimondaine, an exclusive courtesan in nineteenth-century Europe, and the modern mezzo-soprano protagonist are prevalent characters in American musical theatre and can be observed in various styles throughout European music and drama. In Arthur Schnitzler s The Little Comedy, the female protagonist is both a romantic heroine and mistress; and in Jules Renard s Le Pain de Ménage, the lead player is anything but the classic ingénue. In preparation for performance and to further the research in the contemporary music comedy realm, I prepared for the roles of Josefine and Monica in the Univer
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Wilén, Rönquist Olof. "The Changing Nature of Female Portrayal : An Analysis of Gender Roles in Fairy Tales." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-37649.

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This essay examines gender normative and patriarchal elements of the popular fairy            tale Sleeping Beauty in order to expose how patriarchal ideals are upheld. The reason for this is that children may internalize the values taught in these stories, which may lead to them perpetuating patriarchal ideals and gender normative behavior. The popular version of this fairy tale, made by Disney, follows many of the typical patriarchal ideals with a strong male hero, a wicked female witch and a weak and submissive young female, close to nature. This is contrasted by a modern retelling by Camer
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Bäcklund, Jakob, Fredrik Lorentzon, and Kristian Kurtovic. "Male sex role portrayals in advertising : A quantitative study on brand attitudes among married and unmarried females." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34495.

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Advertising plays an important role in society, since it reflect the norms and also helps create and educate social roles and values. However, advertising might not always be a true reflection of the reality, and instead might create and uphold negative cultural stereotypes. Sex-role portrayals refers to the study of how genders are portrayed within advertising and how these are characterized in relation to other characters and knowledge of how to portray the male gender is paramount for marketing practitioners. The decisions on how to do so must be based on the targeted segments and a consume
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Nyh, Johan. "From Snow White to Frozen : An evaluation of popular gender representation indicators applied to Disney’s princess films." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36877.

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Simple content analysis methods, such as the Bechdel test and measuring percentage of female talk time or characters, have seen a surge of attention from mainstream media and in social media the last couple of years. Underlying assumptions are generally shared with the gender role socialization model and consequently, an importance is stated, due to a high degree to which impressions from media shape in particular young children’s identification processes. For young girls, the Disney Princesses franchise (with Frozen included) stands out as the number one player commercially as well as in cust
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Chung, Chia-Min, and 鍾佳閔. "Interrelation among Female Role Portrayal, Brand Knowledge, and Cultural Features in Bridal Photography Industry." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35900442809713505308.

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碩士<br>龍華科技大學<br>商學與管理研究所碩士班<br>95<br>This paper regards that the consumption practice of the Bridal Photography in contemporary Taiwan is a social practice. Although consumers are apt to be decided by the structure, they also can appropriate consumption for their own interests. The purpose of this study was to analyze consumer behaviors in Bridal Photography Industry by using questionnaires and statistics methods. Furthermore, difference analysis and correlation analysis were used to discuss the difference of consumer segmentations and life styles which influenced their consumption behaviors.
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Lee, Sine-Lynn, and 李欣凌. "A Correlation Study of Sex Role Conflict, Female Manager Portrayals, and Media Image." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78568190493284702228.

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碩士<br>龍華科技大學<br>商學與管理研究所<br>97<br>Due to the increasing freedom society of Taiwan provokes women’s conscious of self-esteem and self-actualization, the traditional social value to restrict women’s behavior has been abandoned. Hence, the female role depictions in ads are modified being expressed with professional and confident image to follow up contemporary social conception. The study focuses on female managers’ role depiction in office to realize how co-workers evaluate their performance and gender conflict within their working field. The 400 copies of questionnaires are submitted to local a
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Mdletshe, Simamile Nontokozo. "Ukwethulwa kwabalingiswa besifazane ngababhali besilisa nabesifazane: ukuqhathanisa." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4946.

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isiZulu text<br>Esahlukweni sokuqala, besingenisa ucwaningo lonkana futhi sethula nenjongo yalolu cwaningo ukuze ofundayo asheshe abe nesithombe ngokuzolandela ezahlukweni ezilandelayo. Sizamile ukuveza isisekelo nokubaluleka kwalolu cwaningo njengoba sivezile ukuthi isicwaningwe kakhulu imibhalo yabesilisa ngakho-ke sizoke sibheke eyabesifazane neyabesilisa sicubungula ukuthi yibaphi abethula abalingiswa besifazane kangcono kunabanye. Sibe sesibheka nezindlela zokuhluza imibhalo. Kuso lesi sahluko sethule isakhiwo socwaningo lapho siveze zonke izahluko nokuthi yini umongo wesahluko ngasinye.
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Fan, Fangyu, and 范芳瑜. "Female Images and Roles Portrayed in Taiwanese Real Estate TV Commercials." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70383020785182916633.

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Books on the topic "Female role portrayal"

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Spears, George. The portrayal of sex roles in Canadian radio programming, 1985 =: [Representation du rôle de la femme et de l'homme dans la programmation de la radio canadienne, 1985]. The Commission, 1985.

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Gold, Barbara K. And I Became Male. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195385458.003.0003.

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This chapter discusses the metaphor of the martyr as athlete found both in the Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis and in many early Christian writers such as Tertullian. It focuses on key images and elements in Perpetua’s fourth vision in which she “becomes male,” and the theological, philosophical, theoretical, and social contexts that reveal Perpetua’s role as a woman and the portrayal of her as an athlete. It discusses the traits of endurance [patientia in Cicero and hypomonê in Greek texts] and suffering that are manifested in martyr athletes such as Perpetua and Blandina and August
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Sharlet, Jocelyn. Educated Slave Women and Gift Exchange in Abbasid Culture. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190622183.003.0015.

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The chapter argues that although educated slave women played a significant role in Abbasid-era sources, their portrayal has received less attention than that of their free male counterparts. Using stories of gift exchange that feature two slave women, Utba and Inan, it demonstrates how enslaved women participated in the negotiation of their evolving status in the context of patriarchy in general, and educated female slavery in particular. The chapter uses two stories of the participation of such women in episodes of gift exchange to investigate the dynamics of the slave woman’s subjective agen
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Spiers, Emily. Pop-Feminist Narratives. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198820871.001.0001.

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Emily Spiers explores the recent phenomenon of ‘pop-feminism’ and pop-feminist writing across North America, Britain, and Germany. Pop-feminism is characterized by its engagement with popular culture and consumerism; its preoccupation with sexuality and transgression in relation to female agency; and its thematization of intergenerational feminist discord, portrayed either as a damaging discursive construct or as a verifiable phenomenon requiring remediation. Central to this study is the question of theorizing the female subject in a postfeminist neoliberal climate and the role played by genre
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Formisano, Marco. “Im Sinne der Antike”. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803034.003.0008.

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Within Sacher-Masoch’s Venus in Furs, this chapter argues, Roman antiquity represents a privileged landscape of error, while the protagonists, Severin and Wanda, portray their “perverse” sexual predilections as error of a distinctly Roman kind. Delving further than any previous critic into the novella’s classical allusions, this chapter shows how Sacher-Masoch’s narrative depends on reversing elements of Lucretius, Ovid, and Apuleius. This chapter also demonstrates how this relates to the way in which a concept of reversal in general—especially the normative paradigm of the sexually dominant m
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Conley, Carolyn A. Debauched, Desperate, Deranged. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863038.001.0001.

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Contemporary studies have concluded that women are far less likely to kill than men and that when women do kill, they do so within the family. This book examines the evolution of this pattern in homicide trials in London from the late seventeenth century until just before the First World War. Obviously, the number of prosecutions for homicide is not the same as the number of homicides committed. Which deaths were considered homicides and in what circumstances women were culpable illustrate profound changes in the prevailing assumptions about women. The outcomes of trials and the portrayals of
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Book chapters on the topic "Female role portrayal"

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Malar, Deva, and M. I. Ahmad. "The Perception of Viewers on Female Role Portrayals in Malaysian Television Advertisements." In Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17320-7_100.

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Falkner, Wolfgang. "6. “Look how Sexist our Advert is!” The ‘Postmodernization’ of Sexism and Stereotyped Female Role Portrayals in Print Advertisements." In English Media Texts – Past and Present. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/pbns.80.08fal.

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Sehring, Jenniver, Rozemarijn ter Horst, and Alexandra Said. "Reporting on water diplomacy: does gender matter?" In Water conflicts and cooperation: a media handbook. CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789247954.0003a.

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Abstract In media, donor reports and research articles that address gender and water management, the focus is usually on water supply and sanitation at household level or local management in the agricultural sector. Transboundary water governance, water diplomacy and conflict prevention at an interstate level is seen as a man's world. Indeed, numbers show that women are under-represented in decision-making positions in transboundary river basin organizations. Often, this is not further reflected, as political processes and decisions are assumed to be neutral. What does the gendered nature of water diplomacy mean for reporting on water conflicts and water cooperation? Across the world women are increasingly taking up spaces which previously were dominated by men, also in water diplomacy. However, often women are not portrayed as leaders, experts and agents of change, but as victims or vulnerable groups. Gender-sensitive reporting can change this - by representing female decision makers in their professional roles, but also by pointing to their absence - e.g. pointing to all-male delegations or expert panels. Another aspect is to concentrate reporting not only on the (male) leaders, but to show the variety of actors who contribute to any negotiation or agreement - which automatically brings a more diverse picture of the relevant actors. Finally, it is crucial to question seemingly 'neutral', 'usual' and taken-for-granted practices and ask if there wouldn't be alternative ways to address water conflicts if other actors were to be given a voice.
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Usaini, Suleimanu, Ngozi M. Chilaka, and Nelson Okorie. "Portrayal of Women in Nollywood Films and the Role of Women in National Development." In Media Controversy. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9869-5.ch016.

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This study investigates how women are portrayed in Nollywood films, as well as the interpretation of their representations. It aims at understanding how the images of women are reflected in films, with a focus on investigating the influence of such portrayals on their role in national development. The methods adopted were Quantitative Content Analysis (five Nollywood films were content analysed) and Focus Group Discussion (three sessions of FGD were organised). Data collected and analysed show that over two-thirds of major female characters analysed were portrayed as dependent, 80% were depicted in such situations of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, while only 30% of the major female characters were portrayed as career professionals and intellectuals. It was observed from the analyses that portrayals and representations of women have negative influences on their contributions towards national development. The study concludes, therefore, that positive portrayal of women in Nollywood films should be encouraged. This can only be made possible through changing the narrative style of the film scripts. This is a call for more female script writers and directors to be involved in charting the narratives that will adequately give women a voice, new roles, and the right representation in Nollywood films.
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Usaini, Suleimanu, Ngozi M. Chilaka, and Nelson Okorie. "Portrayal of Women in Nollywood Films and the Role of Women in National Development." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1859-4.ch008.

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This study investigates how women are portrayed in Nollywood films, as well as the interpretation of their representations. It aims at understanding how the images of women are reflected in films, with a focus on investigating the influence of such portrayals on their role in national development. The methods adopted were Quantitative Content Analysis (five Nollywood films were content analysed) and Focus Group Discussion (three sessions of FGD were organised). Data collected and analysed show that over two-thirds of major female characters analysed were portrayed as dependent, 80% were depicted in such situations of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, while only 30% of the major female characters were portrayed as career professionals and intellectuals. It was observed from the analyses that portrayals and representations of women have negative influences on their contributions towards national development. The study concludes, therefore, that positive portrayal of women in Nollywood films should be encouraged. This can only be made possible through changing the narrative style of the film scripts. This is a call for more female script writers and directors to be involved in charting the narratives that will adequately give women a voice, new roles, and the right representation in Nollywood films.
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Bramadat, Paul A. "The Role of Women." In The Church on the World's Turf. Oxford University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195134995.003.0008.

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Whenever I describe the IVCF to non-Christian academic peers, they almost invariably express their astonishment at the fact that at virtually every IVCF event I attend, approximately 70% of the participants are women. Perhaps this level of involvement is not unusual in the world of contemporary Protestantism; after all, in many of the churches IVCF members attend every Sunday, women outnumber men. However, the proportion of women to men is not as high in evangelical churches as it is in the IVCF (Bibby 1987:102; Rawlyk 1996:143). As well, women’s roles are usually much more tightly controlled in many if not most evangelical churches than they are in the IVCF. In fact, IVCF participants who attend churches in the Fellowship Baptist, Christian Reformed, and Brethren traditions may never see a woman in the pulpit, or, if women are allowed to speak at the front of the church, they are not usually permitted to become senior pastors or interpret the Bible. At the IVCF functions I have attended, however, women are in no way restricted in their abilities to lead worship, deliver sermons, organize events, or perform any of the myriad tasks involved in maintaining the group. In fact, the chapter’s paid staff worker is a woman, and she tries to ensure that the position of president alternates between a male and a female student every other year. I began to wonder how to make sense of the high level of female participation at every McMaster IVCF event I attended, especially in light of the fact that the scholarly literature on evangelicalism in North America often depicts the tradition as inimical or opposed to the egalitarian or feminist values that are so prevalent at universities. During my research, I found that many, but not all, of the evangelical women I interviewed maintain nonegalitarian views on the role of women. In other words, the common academic depiction of the place of women in evangelicalism seems to be confirmed by my experience, even though I hope to nuance this portrayal somewhat.
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Sultana, Yasmeen, Naima Saeed, and Tansif Ur Rehman. "Gender Representation in SMS Jokes." In Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0128-3.ch008.

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This research aims to investigate how language is used in a new mode of communication such as SMS jokes portraying different roles of human gender. A distinct form of ideology is constructed in SMS jokes by using certain expressions which criticize the roles of both the genders in a humorous way which helps in reinforcing the already existing stereotypes about them. The study adopted the qualitative research method and purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of SMS jokes. Through this sampling technique, 30 different gender-biased SMS jokes were selected which were received on the cell phone numbers of researchers. It is believed that only the female gender becomes the target of ridiculous humor, but this study proves that the attitudes associated with both male and female are humiliating. The findings of research reveal that jokes play a pivotal role in constructing the overall image of both the genders. The language which is used in portrayal of both male and female gender is highly subjective, derogatory, abusive, and prejudiced.
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Hoefle, Arnhilt Johanna. "The Ideal Woman?" In China's Stefan Zweig. University of Hawai'i Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21313/hawaii/9780824872083.003.0005.

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Zweig’s female protagonists have become famous in China as the “Zweig-style female figures” (Ciweige shi de nüxing xingxiang). Chapter Five asks what role the portrayal of femininity has played in Zweig’s poetics and their reception in post-Mao China. Employing a longstanding rhetoric that correlates the status of society and the status of women, Chinese critics argued that the depiction of suffering, emotional, and self-sacrificing female figures was the most powerful tool in Zweig’s critique of bourgeois society. Similar to female Chinese writers of the 1980s, such as Zhang Jie, feminist intellectuals thus started to return to a seemingly anachronistic concept of femininity. In this way, however, they were able to express their rejection of the Maoist gender policy and its promotion of gender sameness, thus also supporting a new regime that was eager to distance itself from its Maoist past. A discussion of how Zweig’s “women novellas” also crossed the Taiwan Strait and served the leadership under Deng Xiaoping in its new “peaceful” strategy to promote reunification concludes the chapter.
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Gallagher, Noelle. "Officers and Gentlemen." In Itch, Clap, Pox. Yale University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300217056.003.0002.

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This chapter asks what imaginative representations of venereal disease say about Restoration and eighteenth-century attitudes toward gender and sexuality. It does so by considering the portrayal of venereal infections in men. It is no coincidence that many of the positive representations of the disease focus on male rather than female subjects. It has been suggested that the sexual double standard (whereby men were applauded for sexual promiscuity and women punished for it) played some role in shaping imaginative representations of the infection. However, so too did a culture that linked infection to manliness and male power. While historians working with medical texts from the early modern period have tended to conclude that the disease was seen as originating with, and spread by, women, many eighteenth-century literary and artistic works imagine venereal disease as male—as a condition predominantly experienced by men, caused by male sexual indiscretion, and passed on by philandering husbands to their faithful wives and innocent children.
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Sackey, Rainbow, Abraham Atobrah Asiamah, and Lisa Agyinor Forson Aboagye. "Newsroom Representation and Discrimination Against Female Journalists in Ghana." In Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6686-2.ch016.

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In journalism, there are still growing concerns about the ratio of men to women, even though women's presence in the newsroom have increased progressively. The issues of gender stereotyping and discrimination against women have emerged over time and still remain an issue of great concern. In view of this, using the gender theory, this chapter aims to interrogate the issues of female representation in the practice of journalism in Ghana, in terms of numbers, portrayals, and discriminations. To achieve the aim, the study employs a qualitative approach through in-drpth interviews. The study reveal that men still dominate the journalism profession in Ghana. Also women in the newsroom are portrayed on one hand as capable and hardworking and on the other hand as emotional and immoral. Furthermore, women in journalism in Ghana are discriminated against in terms of salary structure and job roles. It was also revealed that female journalists in Ghana are employing strategies like apathy and rebelliousness to deal with the negative portrayals and discrimination against them.
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