Representing gender homework

'The representations of men and women can never illustrate the 'truth''
They can never illustrate the truth because they are just representations. Representations are like stereotypes, so group people together and say their all the same and don't take into account peoples individual traits. If they don't take into account their individual traits then they are not what the representation says they are, so the representation isn't the truth.

'Hollywood mainly operates in gender binary opposites'
I don't agree that Hollywood operates in gender binary opposites because this means the male and female roles are separated. Male and female roles have blurred together and both roles/attitudes/behaviour are used by both sexes in Hollywood media.

'Gender can only be understood in relation to the culture that produces it'
I agree with this statement because in different cultures gender is represented in different ways so only the culture that produces that representation would understand it. Like in some cultures females are used for children, looking after them and their husband. In other cultures women can go out and hunt for food with the men. They are considered and treated in different ways because they are seperate cultures.

'Gender stereotypes are a useful way of understanding culture'