Representation of Sexuality

Male - testosterone

Female - emotional

Gay - flamboyant 

Lesbian - butch

Sexuality - a persons sexual orientation or preference

Heterosexual male = Tough, protector and leaders. They are usually higher in society as Strauss' idea of dominant figures state the men who are around their 40's who have high paying jobs dominate in the general public.

Heterosexual woman= Weak, girly, feminine, damsel-like and emotional. Strauss' idea of binary opposites is evident as they are typically seen as subordinate figures.

Branston and Stafford (2001) - soaps rely on archetypal characters and stereotypes - ensure ready accessibility because stories have universal appeal about families and communities.

Stereotypes depend on shared cultural knowledge – some part of the stereotype must ring true.

Stereotypes are always about power: those with power stereotype those with less power (Dyer, 1979).

Archetype - a very typical example of a certain person or thing.

Soaps rely on archetypal characters to retain a certain audience. For example, The Big Bang theory has the female character, Penny, to retain the male audience since she is a typical example of an attractive woman. 

Homosexual male= Camp, girly, promiscuous, feminine looking clothes and loud.

Homosexual female= Butch, feminist, short hair and hate men.

I do not think that gay men are condemned to live a life alone without children since a gay couple are more than capable of adopting a child. One well known television show: Modern Family, a gay couple that adopted a Chinese girl. Therefore gay men are not condemned to live a life alone.

I do not agree that gay women do jobs such as PE teaching since there are many female PE teachers that do not have the same sexual preference as a gay woman. They could most likely be straight but have a passion for teaching sport.