Blurred lines: Exploring contemporary attitudes to gender portrayal in the media

This paper analyses gender identity and gender representation in the UK media, helping the BBC, the broadcaster, to better serve its audiences.

Blurred lines: Exploring contemporary attitudes to gender portrayal in the media

James Bryson and David BunkerMTM and BBC Television

Gender and society

Despite major changes in the circumstances and attitudes of both men and women over the last 50 years the issue of gender is still very much alive in British society today – and not just in the realm of the media. There are still significant gaps in pay (women currently earn, on average, £2.53 less per hour than men do, which equates to 80 pence for every pound a man is paid1) and the British...

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