On my way back from Amsterdam, I picked up a free copy of the Sunday Mirror at the airport to glance at on the ride back to oxford. One thing that stood out to me was the way women were portrayed in the paper. Every single picture of a women either featured her in a revealing outfit, comforting her male partner, or holding a child. Alarmed by this depiction of women, I did some research to find out if the Sunday Mirror was an abnormal representation of the media in the UK. Unfortunately, this publication fits right in with the norm.
An article I read on the Guardian stated that "78 percent of all front-page articles" were written by men, and "84 percent of those mentioned or quoted in lead pieces" were also men (2012). Of course, if an industry is dominated by men, it will possess an masculine view. Even the BBC director general stated that the BBC has "faced pressure over its treatment of women on screen. The corporation now realizes how damaging it can be to the male and female public when women are portrayed in sexists ways. There need to be more female writers in the United Kingdom in order for the newspaper article to represent women in the way they crave to be represented in(2012).
article: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/14/sexist-stereotypes-front-pages-newspapers
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