There is a war on ordinary people and feminists are needed at the front.
The article offers the author's view that the Western media's portrayal of the gap between the genders is one-sided, hyperbolic, and ignores issues of class. He notes the lack of male participants in media-run conversations about gender and the media's refusal to acknowledge the problems caused by g...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman Vol. 142; no. 5161; pp. 36 - 37 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
6/7/2013
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| Sumario: | The article offers the author's view that the Western media's portrayal of the gap between the genders is one-sided, hyperbolic, and ignores issues of class. He notes the lack of male participants in media-run conversations about gender and the media's refusal to acknowledge the problems caused by government austerity measures. He suggests that the media and the government use gender stereotypes to exploit lower-class women. |
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