Research Task

Stereotypical - relating to a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

 Conforms - comply with rules, standards, or laws, or to behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards

 Subverts - undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution)

 Objectification - the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object

 Sexualisation - is to make something sexual in character or quality, or to become aware of sexuality, especially in relation to men and women

 Hegemony - leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others

 Patriarchal Hegemony - a practice that legitimizes men's dominant position in society and justifies the subordination of women

 Challenges -  going against something or someone 

 Fetishisation - to be excessively or irrationally devoted to (an object, activity, etc) 

 Symbolic Annihilation - describes the absence of representation, or underrepresentation, of some group of people in the media (often based on their race, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, etc.)

 Scopophilia/voyeurism - sexual pleasure derived chiefly from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity

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