TV Drama - Gender

How we divide society into groups

• Ethnicity

• Age

• Disablity

• Sexuality

• Class (upper, middle, working, underclass)

• Gender

Traits associated with masculinity and femininity, juxtaposition (comparing side by side)

Masculine:

• Alcoholic 

• Tough

• Aggressive

• Sleeps with more than one woman 

Feminine:

• Pure and innocent

• Passive

• Faithhful (fantasize instead)

• Nags and complains 

• housewife (stereotype)