How gender is represented in the media

In the TV soap Coronation Street, gender is represented in a positive way. Males and females are treated equally as its a TV show based on everyday life. In everyday life we hardly get interference from sexism so that's why in Coronation street there is no sexism as it can be deemed offensive and inappropriate. It shows all aspects of different genders. It proves that men can be hairdressers and be heterosexual(David Platt). It goes against a stereotypical view of how things in our society are. When people think of a domestic relationship, they think its the male giving the abuse as they are perceived to have more power and are more dominating in a relationship. One major storyline in Coronation Street recently was the domestically violent relationship between Tyrone and Kirsty, however it was Tyrone who was receiving abuse off Kirsty. This shows that many things in reality go against our stereotypes we have grown to believe. 

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