Media Studies A-Level
Structural power and gender hierarchy
What Structural power and gender hierarchy means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Structural power and gender hierarchy
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Power located in systems and norms rather than in single attitudes or people, concerning a gendered hierarchy which intersects with class, race and other factors.
Topics that use Structural power and gender hierarchy
- Feminist theories (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Achieved equality as a claim
- Application of theory to media texts and industries
- Audience position
- Critical evaluation of media framing
- Individual choice versus structural inequality
- Male gaze
- Normalisation of male authority
- Patriarchy
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