The physical nature of oppression.

While discussing the topic of female oppression in regards to female depiction in media you cannot overlook the Real housewife series. However we outlined in class what ideas these shows might promote in women, the primary question i faced is what these ideas promote in patriarchal society as they are undoubtedly the oppressor. When looking at the actions taken in this promo for The Real Housewives of NYC viewers focus on two parts, the physical action itself and then the nonphysical action taken , or the action of thought in which you base your physical reaction.
The physical actions taken in the clip are shown entirely in arguments between other women.  In one argument one character states "there is a pecking order you have to respect it" in that quote lies a subliminal message to women to put truth in the idea that some how they are not only inherently inferior to other women but also men.  The same quote also at the same time apply the same subliminal message in men that not only are women inferior to that obviously flawed women but she is also inferior to me.  This subliminal Hierarchy of the obviously flawed that is set up in men and women minds is what continues women oppression. Another physical action promoted on the show also lie in the eyes as none women fall below the present beauty standard by any means.
 
But for men to subliminally construct this social hierarchy and thus oppress women they must base their sense of truth in their media perceived values or the relationship between the physical action and the non physical reaction. While actions in popular shows with male main characters such as House of cards who contain actions that are based on a non physical thing such as an idea like the idea of power, which hold more truth these days. These very distinct values that are promoted in media through these subliminal messages constructs a hierarchy that embodies the fact that women are still purposely oppressed to this day.  Its was even scarier when I realized the only reason i previously believed that women oppression was over was because i saw it on the news, I think i am staying away from my TV for a while.

a new storyline, "Sirens"

With the number of  gay characters limited to very few roles over the airways, the variety of character types that represent this demographic often becomes repetitive.

These characters are often featured in solidarity or in pairs where there is limited meaningful interaction between gay and straight characters that would be effective enough to make an actual statement of the underlying issue of gay rights.

More recently this type of dialogue has begun in TV shows like "Sirens" where multiple gay character types interact with straight characters in ways that would conduce that radical change in the representation of LGBT characters.



"Sirens" is TV show on USA network that stars two gay men of both races and opposing typical character types.

The white character rips the tropes of standard closet gay men who make it painfully obvious.  While the African American man is openly gay, and is even made look equally masculine to the heterosexual man with the comparison to his foil.

The real noticeable difference seen in "Sirens" in that not only are these LGBT characters present but they actually interact with the straight characters with such normality on topics of pornography, sex, and their previous lovers.  By bringing up normal topics that men discuss, putting equal representation of each viewpoint from both a gay and heterosexual viewpoint and discussing them in such regularity and normality it sets a new dialogue not seen before in LGBT representation.