Media Representation of Homosexuality

Questão	Responda
Teenage Sexuality	Everyone over age of 16 is sexuality active Girls responsible for contraception Boys - conquest Girls - deep connections and love Lack of focus on preventing STI's Lack of positive images of homosexual rel.
Homosexuality Under-represented	Not mainstream Linked to anxiety and embarrassment Symbolic Annihilation
Marxist groups	Advertising New Audience Lesbianism appealing to male Sexuality identity not represented
Growing Representation	Closet Commercial Have 1700 adverts from 33 countries Growing acceptance
Soaps	Increasing homosexual characters Not visibly different Sexual diversity growing Expose alternative lifestyles Changing views in society
How is homosexuality represented in media?	No clear markers to distinguish however... Portrayal in four categories: In-betweenism, butch lesbian, sad young ma or macho.
Sub-groups of homosexuals	Camp, macho, deviant, gays in the news and coverage of AIDS
Hetero-Sexual Gaze	When homosexuality, presented in way that heterosexuals find acceptable 'Perfect couple' - lead to homosexual characters but mis-represented.
Queer as Folk	Show lives realistically Big companies did not want to alienate mass heterosexual audience.

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