AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572
Paper 1, Paper 2
The view that gender roles, behaviours and expectations are shaped by society, including the media, rather than fixed by nature.
Revise: Gender and feminist approachesTwo perspectives help explain these choices: gender essentialism and social constructionism.
- Revise: Lara Croft Go: media language and representation
The view that gendered attributes and behaviours are shaped by society, culture and the media rather than determined by nature.