Sexuality -representation

Sexuality

Sexuality looks at how people experience the ****** and express themselves as sexual beings. You will need to focus on physical appearance/behaviour and attitudes associated with a particular sexuality when investigating this topic.

When analysing sexuality you must remember to focus on ALL sexuality. Heterosexual stereotypes have been looked at when we did representation of gender (masculinity/ femininity), but we also touched on gender fluidity and representations of homosexuals.

Whilst there have been many representations of male heterosexuality in film, it is only relatively recently that homosexuality has aired in prime time TV. However, gay and lesbian characters are often marginalised and are seen as supporting characters. This then could lead to heavy stereotyping as there is no room for the character to grow.

Common representation of sexuality (other than the typical heterosexual stereotypes) are:

• The metrosexual- A man who displays behaviour stereotypically associated with
  homosexual…