Representation in Media: Stereotypes

  challenge gender stereotypes

GAME OF THRONES

                                                              Brienne of Tarth

 Brienne managed to overcome sexism, first by becoming one of the most skilled warriors in Westeros and then by becoming the first woman to be knighted in the Seven Kingdoms.

Arya stark

Arya delivered the blow that ultimately saved Westeros from certain doom and surviving being hunted for years on her own 

Daenerys Targaryen

Daenerys was undoubtedly a heroic character, with Dany freeing slaves across Essos and even uniting with Jon Snow in order to defeat the threat of the White Walkers. She survived being sold by her brother and her miscarriage persevering through it all to be queen

 reinforce gender stereotypes

THE GODFATHER

Connie

She is often presented as emotional and dramatic; she is the housewife that is abused by her husband and has to rely on a man to save her

SCARFACE

Elvira

She is presented as the ideal trophy wife for all the drug bosses in the city, she is attractive and is a drug user. She follows whatever man that has power and spends as much as she wants

MEAN GIRLS

Regina George

She is the popular girl of a high school, everyone listens to what she says, or they'll be ostracized by the school. She is loud, obnoxious, mean, and expects everyone should listen to her. In shows this type of female is often the rich antagonist.