This document discusses gender representation and stereotypes. It contains terms related to masculinity, femininity, and challenging gender norms. Students are asked to define terms, list examples of gender stereotypes, and analyze whether certain artists adhere to or subvert stereotypes through consideration of concepts like the patriarchal society and the male gaze.

1. Gender representation
Key words
Masculinity
Femininity
Androgynous
Gender stereotypes
Effeminate
Patriarchal
Warm-up
Write down
5 Masculine stereotypes
5 Feminine stereotypes
Year 12
Monday 23rd January 2012

2. Male Stereotypes
Male
Stereotypes

3. Male Stereotypes

4. Female Stereotypes
Female
Stereotypes

5. Female Stereotypes

6. Think point
 What gender stereotypes are seen?
 Is the artist challenging any gender stereotypes?
 What is the moral of the music video?

7. Think point
 Do you think gender stereotypes are built in our genes or
do the media manufacture them?

8. Girl power?

9. Challenging Gender Stereotypes

10. Girl power?
 Do these artists really promote girl power?

11. Adhere
(follow)
Subvert
(go
against)

12. Masculinity- Put these men in order of masculinity. Most masculine to
least masculine.

13. Femininity- Put these women in order of femininity. Most feminine to
least feminine

14. Androgynous
What do
you think
this term
might
mean?

15.  Androgynous: displaying both feminine and masculine
characteristics and physical appearance

17. Does Lady Gaga adhere
or subvert feminine
stereotypes?

18. Effeminate
What do you think this term
might mean?

19. Effeminacy describes having traits that are
more often associated with traditional
feminine behaviour, conduct, style and
gender roles rather than masculine
behaviour, conduct, style and roles.

20. Patriarchal Society
What do you think
this term might
mean?

21. Homoerotic
What do you think this
term might mean?

22.  Concerning or arousing sexual desire centered on a person
of the same sex.

23. Laura Mulvey: The Male Gaze
A feminist theory that states that the media has a
masculine ideology
When men see a woman actor they look “at” her, and when
they see a male actor they look “with” him or put themselves
in his place.
 When women see a woman actor they also look “at” her, and
hence see her through a male “gaze”.