Gender Stratification Determined by Media

Think about male and female's roles in the community and then compare these results with image in media. As a result of the comparison, it is clearly found that there is a similarity between media and gender roles. For example; in most of members' of heads there is a thought that women are weaker than men in any professions needed capability about using power or mental wisdom and the same beliefs are the subject of a lot of advertisements, movies or television series. According to Rushdie (2010), the media organs are the mirror of community's perception. From this aspect, it could be said that there are the determined roles for men and women characters in the community by the society's individuals. For instance; touching is adopted to women and if we see that a man touches his body, this situation seems to us so effeminate. Hence; we as a man can not touch our bodies in front of any group because of this stupid borders between two main characters. İf the second example is wanted to give from women's aspect, women can not seem muscularly like a man thanks to societies gender beliefs. To sum up; media and gender roles strongly are connected to each other by perception of society.