Gender Representation In Media
Gender Representation In Media Homework Task 1 In video games male characters are 4 times more common than female characters. Research was done on the top 1,000 video games to show the number of appearances through female/ non-gendered characters over male characters. The video games were determined through sell rate and average ratings to complete this research. The studies show that even with non-gender specific characters or the option to chose the gender of your character, male characters still significantly outnumbered the others by 4:1. Studies were also done on the top 10 most popular video game characters and only 10% of those characters were female. This could be linked to many things. in my opinion this is due to stereotypes. For example, women are meant to be 'girly' and feminine. They are stereotypically interested in makeup, magazines and fashion, so at a young age their parents introduce them to this and not stereotypical 'boyish' hobbies or intere...