GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER ANALYSIS Gender, Women and Politics The National Democratic Institute.
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Transcript of Gender and politics
By: Kelly Gramlich
How gender, especially being a woman, effects politics, elections and media coverage
Basically, how gender effects political communication
Used by
Anybody who votes
Hillary Clinton
Sarah Palin
Barack Obama
All politicians
Political Media
No matter if you like politics or not, they effect our country and effect who ends up running our country
It is important to know how gender effects the media coverage of the people we are voting for and if this political communication is changing
or effecting our views and votes
People argue that gender does not play a role in politics at all
Critics say the media treats men and women politicians equally
Compare how the media portrays Obama to how it portrays Clinton:
Obama’s cartoon is negative but still portrays him as a superhero.
Clinton’s cartoon is negative but portrays her as a shotgun carrying, extremely
hideous bride and Obama as innocent.
“”Overall news coverage emphasized women’s novelty more
so than men’s, and regardless of perceived gender congruence, women
receivedmore political issue and character trait coverage than men,” (Meeks
187).
U.S. Media portrays politicians in 3 main ways:
Novelty Labels Political Issues Character Traits
Women candidates beingDescribed through labels Such as: “female”, “woman”,“first female”, “loneWoman.” Men are rarelyReferred to by their genderLabels because they are the Norm.
Women are perceivedAs not being able to Handle masculineIssues such as: military, Crime, economy, andForeign policy.
Good politicians are considered toHave “masculine traits” such as:Strength, assertiveness, independence,Aggressiveness and confidence.
(According to: “Is She Man Enough?” by L. Meeks)
GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
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