I would like to find out more about what society expects of women today, in the home, and in the media. Around the time of the 1950s women where expected to become dutiful housewives. Today women have more choice but there still seems to be more available for men.
Media, gender and identity an introduction David Gauntlett, page 63-64
“In the UK, the BBC’s coverage of the 2001 general election was led from the studio by authoritative, middle – aged white men (Dimbleby, Paxman, Snow) who handled the serious politics and statistics, whilst the one main female (Fiona Bruce) had the job of talking to ‘ordinary people’. Even the comic take on current affairs in have I got news for you usually stars either one female face, or none at all, out of five. The same is typical in the other ‘comedy quiz’ shows, whether about sports, pop music or TV itself.”
