Gender representation Week 1 - Task 1 I think the main reasons for the lack of equality to women is because children are mainly attracted to action type genres of video games. Men are stereotypically ‘muscly’ or ‘butch’ where as women aren’t usually classed as ‘muscly’ or ‘butch’. In the popular video games the person playing would prefer to pick the most masculine man rather than a female. However, in a video game where the main protagonist is a female, such as Lara Croft, would be seen as thin with hardly any muscle, wearing short shorts or short t-shirts. However, some female characters in video games such as Super Mario for example the female characters are seen as ‘damsels in distress’ and need rescuing. Week 2 - Task 2 -Women are only viewed as the stereotypical ‘woman’. -Women need to be recognised for so much more than housewives in Hollywood movies. -Women are judged on how pretty or skinny they are, if they aren’t skinny or pretty they aren’t the stereotypical Holl...