The gender roles projected through various media outlets are subtle. They are neither completely overt nor entirely subliminal. The lens of education helps to clarify what exactly it is the consumers of media are being told. Men are nearly always conveyed as strong an in control. Women are nearly always beautiful compliments to their strong man. In sports they are given the shortest airtime possible while their male counterparts nonchalantly relax and make informative conversation about the sport at a hand. In cartoons they are often times reduced to an air-headed object to be rescued. Velma is often times the smartest person in the gang but she is unattractive and nerdy, not a strong intelligent woman to be desired. These are the stories of what is to be a man or woman in America. These are the myths of gender. This is the haze that needs to be dispersed through education and increased analysis of the messages we allow ourselves to consume.
-Scott