From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to more contemporary releases such as Brave (2012), scholars have extensively examined the portrayal of gender in the Disney Princess films. A significant shift in representation started to occur in the 21 century with a greater portrayal—albeit still problematic—of gender roles. Two recent films, Disney’s animated Frozen (2013) and live-action Malefi...

Popular films can influence the public’s image of women scientists and (re)shape social stereotypes. In this study, we examined how were portrayed in context fourth-wave feminism. Twelve characters eight analysed using sociological film interpretation across following categories: occupation, socio-political theme, time frame. The findings showed that most as competent, diligent, typically exper...

The recent public outcry following a brutal gang rape of a young woman in India's national capital was a watershed moment in the world's largest democracy. It generated widespread public and political support for strengthening legal provisions to punish sex offenders. Although the legal response is a useful deterrent against such heinous crimes, women continue to suffer due to deeply rooted soc...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the portrayal of older people's social participation on TV advertisements according to a set of theoretically meaningful indicators from communication science and gerontology. METHODS We examined a representative sample of 656 prime-time advertisements broadcast for a period of 2 weeks in 2005 in Germany. Five percent of the advertisements featured at least one olde...

This study aims to analyze the types of female characters in A Passage India by E.M. Forster and reveal how nature can emerge from females' self-consciousness novel. With an analytic-descriptive method, this article reveals characters’ women link each other their self-consciousness. There are three They stubborn arrogant ladies represented British officers' wives, a warm-hearted kind lady Mrs. ...