Sexual orientation is a romantic pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, woman, both genders, neither gender or another gender.
Explanation of stereotypes associated with this in the media:
Common stereotypes of sexuality are used in the media to present a person's character as the 'norm' in society. examples of these include: Gay's being camp and overly feminine, lesbians being butch and manly and bisexuals being different from everyone else and having a greedy personality. The media may choose to stereotype characters of a 'different' sexuality so that the audience can make assumptions of these people and variation is within the media also.
A selection of TV shows that include the stereotype:
- Hollyoaks- Dough Carter is a gay character and is presented as a stereotypical homosexual.
- Eastenders-Christan is a homosexual with the stereotypical characteristic features of his personality.
- The Only Way Is Essex- Bobby is gay on this reality TVprogramme; he is presented with his feminine ways and camp attitude.
- Orange is the new black; this TV Drama features a group of lesbians inside a prison. They are stereotypical lesbians as they are presented as butch and acting manly.
Issues or problems that arise due to the representations include that people may gain a misconception of the characters or people with a 'different' sexuality through the way in which they are represented to have a certain personality and act a certain way. These stereotypical characteristics are not seen in all people of a different sexuality however due to the media reading this image of them, people may falsely judge them.
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