The representation of women in all forms of media, including print, broadcast and the internet, consistently shows that they are the weaker of the two sexes. What is this? How does this make us who we are? Are we dependent on it? So many questions arise from this one word, gender. According to the ITU, gender refers to “the social attributes and opportunities associated with being a man or a woman.” There are so many different parts to the term gender and so many roles that each gender participates in. One role I've noticed in all forms of media, whether in books or movies, is that women seem to be the weakest. two sexes. I do not believe that women are weak and there have been many changes in society till date that are in agreement with this statement. Women are becoming more and more independent and people are starting to stop viewing women as the weaker sex. However, there is still a constant in the world that has not yet caught up with the image that women are not the weaker sex. The representation of women as belonging to the weaker sex existed well before the 18th century. The 18th century was a time when women had no options and were considered weak. A well-known novel written in the late 18th century was Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice boasted a male-dominated society in which society expected women to behave like ladies. As a result, women were forced to depend on men for financial support and social prestige. Women lacked equality and respect. Women did not choose to be dependent back then, they did what they had to do for their own happiness, safety and security. It was all about practicality. No one seemed to realize this and we ended up with the term that... middle of paper ... followed earlier this year with the movie Frozen. This movie has glamorous princesses and a grand castle, but the movie is not just for girls, which is the norm for standard princess movies, but it's also about girls and the power we all have. Frozen recorded an even bigger box office gross of $396,386,593, which is one of the highest box office records for any Disney princess film. The princesses from Brave and Frozen were not the typical Disney princesses and would stare out the window or sleep waiting for that magical kiss to happen. The media seems to try to target every person, but gender dictates the level of exposure. given. Girls are often portrayed as inferior to men, often portraying passive body language expressing that a girl is vulnerable. This perpetuates the idea of ​​weakness in women.