How do gender Representations reflect the social, cultural, Historical contexts of the time with both set products?


How do gender Representations reflect the social, cultural, Historical contexts of the time with both set products?  



Gender representations reflect the social context of the time by the way the characters are represented in Avengers. Emma is a empowered woman this reflects back to the equal pay act where women would earn the same amount as men and be seen as a equal in the workplace. Steed also represents as a strong man doing his part against the Russians this was a big part of the social contexts. But Emma and Steed are both white and heterosexual this is Historical context of the time as being homosexual was seen as an illness and was hidden from Tv and coloured people wore still very segregated from everyday white society whereas in cuffs the two main characters are Jake a homosexual white male and Ryan a black heterosexual single father this is a cultural context as in the time of this set product (2013) Gay marriage was legalised. Jo Moffatt is a female very high up in the British police force and equal to her male counterparts  

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  1. JCoSS Media Dept8 January 2018 at 03:31

    Q5) 6/15

    Be careful not to stray away from the question. At times, your question is heavily focused on different ethnicities and sexualities...this is ok, but only IF you angle it towards gender as that is what the question asks.
    Use paragraphs to make this clearer, as you can comment on each text at a time.
    In the first paragraph, you have outlined the difference in gender. How does Emma demonstrate she is an empowered women - use an example. Overall are their representations positive?
    When discussing 'Cuffs', you need to angle this more towards gender. Are the genders within the episode represented equally? How?

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