Sexism in the Media [microform] : Word and Image / Alleen Pace Nilsen.

This paper discusses sexist symbols in editorial cartoons and how these symbols can affect thought processes and language structure. Through overgeneralization, women are portrayed in cartoons as small in stature and are placed in roles subordinate to men. Other cartoons present women as physically...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Nilsen, Alleen Pace
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977.
Subjects:	Bias. Cartoons. Females. Figurative Language. Imagery. Mass Media. Sex Bias. Sex Role. Sex Stereotypes. Symbols (Literary)