Does the Media Treat Women Unequally and Delight in “Bringing Down Women”?

Question by Twilight: Does the Media treat Women unequally and delight in “Bringing Down Women”?
Normally I try to avoid the celebrity trainwreck, but on the news, it seems that almost every day, there is some sensationalist story about how yet another female actress or musician has gone off the rails.

It is certainly in the media remit to cover what is happening in the world, and for better or worse that now includes celebrity, yet it does seem to me that the manner in which the press targets women is far more hurtful and insipid than the way it deals with male celebrities.

Appearance (is she anorexic, is she showing cellulite, is she pregnant)
Relationship status (does she have a new boyfriend, what about the old one)
Drug addiction (is she using/clean/in rehab/at risk)

the list trails goes on.

Does the media target women in a more malicious and invasive way than it targets men?

Does it delight in “Bringing Down Women”?

Best answer:

Answer by RoVale
Have you notice that the male screwups tend to be treated with more kindness by the media than the females? Robert Downey, Jr., Pete Doherty, and Christian Slater have all battled serious drug problems yet you don’t see the media following them around all the time and writing sensationalistic stories about every time they mess up. I would say that the only major male entertainer who gets treated this badly is Michael Jackson and I suspect it has to do with questions about his sexuality more than anything else.

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