Gender Roles 1. Stereotypes Obtained from Media Portrayals of Men and Women Examine a set of television shows to see if and how the stereotypes of women and men have changed. You may focus on a particular type of program or sample across a variety of programs (e.g., drama, comedy, cartoon..etc). Then, examine one episode of 5 different programs and record the following for each character: 1. Character’s sex. 2. Character’s appearance. 3. Character’s role (housewife, doctor, detective). 4. Character’s personality traits. 5. Character’s behavior. Conduct the same kind of experiment on a similar set of shows that appeared on television 20 or 30 years ago. Compare the two sets of stereotypes. A variation of this experiment is to review television commercials or magazine advertisements.