Over the last few weeks...

...in class we've been looking at difference and power in TV dramas between males and females.

The first thing we looked at was...

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Then we looked at Modern Masculinity - Fight Club is a good example of how modern masculinity is portrayed in media and particularly film. In an early scene with the two main characters, they talk of how they've never been in a 'real fight' and debate how manly that makes them, before they proceed to have a fist fight.

And finally we looked at Post Feminism:

^Drawn by me

So, in many modern tv dramas, women are more and more likely to be represented as complete equals to men and often in recent dramas, women are the ones who save the day. In Doctor Who for example, all of the Doctor's companions are presented as strong, independant and courageous women.