THE CHANGING REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN FROM PAST TO PRESENT

The representations of women have evolved in a big way since the past. Many believe that societies perceptions have changed and people think that women deserve more equality which they have now achieved in a big way. It is no longer about a patriarchal society, however from some certain aspects it could be argued that the roles of women have not changed at all from the past.

On the other hand, media texts today show how the representations of women have advanced in that they are given more challenging and masculine roles. For example in many sitcoms such as the hit american show 'Friends', where the male characters often deliberately display their feminine side and the female 'stars wear the trousers' in the show. This has been used to reflect equality of gender in society as a group from both genders are being represented as being equal to each other, which to an extent indicates that there is a deterioration of the patriarchal ideologies in society today.

In my opinion, women are starting to gain more recognition and getting the top jobs in society, however judging from sources such as the media guardian 100, it could be said that that women are still nowhere near equal to men.

The representation of women in the past was unequal to men and they were presented with the low priority jobs. They did not get the top jobs but would most likely be taking orders from their male bosses. For the women who were acting in the media, they too were not given any major roles as this was the mans job.