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Questions on Miss Representation

Questions on Miss Representation

Q Please post and respond to the following questions on the documentary Miss Representation. Initial posts are due Friday. The responses to other students are due Sunday. 1. What surprised you most about the film? 2. What did you learn from the film? 3. How much media do you (and your family and friends) consume in a day and what is this media telling you about what it means to to be a girl/woman or boy/man? 4. What power do we/you have as a consumer? How can consumers change the way media portrays women and girls and the ways in which women and girls view themselves? 5. What does power 'look' like in the television shows, movies, and music videos you watch? Do these images affect the way you view yourself? 6. How is masculinity represented in the media you watch, read, and listen to? How do men/boys express emotions in media? What impact does this have in how men (and women) understand relationships between men and women?

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1. What I found most surprising after watching the movie is the fact that even though the movie had been made a long ago, the problems shown in the movie are still there in society. Also, it is sad to see that most of the time; women are bullied by women only. 2. One thing that I learned is that although it seems that society has progressed a lot in terms of women's empowerment in the workforce and media but many things have remained the same. The media’s representation of women is one of them. Women are still being portrayed as “damsels in distress” by the media.