Do they show enough strong women in magazines?

• Don't know

• yes, like lizzy mcguire and britney spears

• Depends on what you mean by "strong", but I think that most magazines are filled with advertising that typically portrays women who are "beautiful" as their primary quality.

• yeah

• Only in distinctly feminist magazines.

• No

• I believe so.

• No

• no

• No!!!! They mostly show all of the pop stars or the women who are really thin and people think that they are "Beautiful" just because they are thin

• No

• No

• No, just a bunch of strong men.

• Yes

• sometimes

• No

• No, most the women that are in magazines are because they have perfect skin or if they are drop dead gorgeous and married to Brad Pitt.

• No. I still see too many underfed, emotionally detached women on the covers and pages.

• yes

• If you find the right magazine I would say yes. There are many magazines out there that recognize all types of women.

• no

• No

• yes

• Yes

• no

Do they show enough strong women on television?

• About half the time. The other part are insecure, overbearing, devious, petty women.

• well i dont know they show some

• There can never be enough strong women! :-) I think it's a lot better than it used to be.

• yeah

• No.

• Yes

• I don't watch that much TV...

• No

• somewhat

• No

• No

• No

• No, same thing, just strong men.

• Yes

• yes

• 50% of the time

• I am starting to see shows that portray strong women.

• No. Hardly any shows are built around a female lead character, and when they are, she must be feminine and dependant on a man, so as not to be considered too masculine.

• yes

• I would say no. All of the teen shows that are out there today are mostly like soap operas. There are some show that show strong women, like CSI, but over all I would say they do a poor job.

• no

• Yes

• no

• Yes

• no

Do you think girls are portrayed realistically in music videos?

• ABSOLUTELY NOT!

• well ummmm... yeah i guess

• No way! Most of the music videos that I have seen (and granted, I'm not watching a lot of them these days) are dancing provocatively or drooling over some guy. I don't find this to be very realistic.

• yeah

• HAHAHAHA

• No

• Not really.

• NO

• NO!!!!!

• No

• No

• no

• not at all. Some female artists are really bad examples, and it's really bad for younger girls, especially in music videos

• No

• not always

• No

• No they mostly look like a bunch of sluts ( excuse my french)

• No. Have you seen music videos lately? I suppose some girls look and act like that, but certainly not all. I think the way women are portrayed in music videos is often degrading and sad.

• yes, if they really sing/music in real life

• Absolutely not.

• no

• No

• no

• NO

• no

Do you think girls are portrayed realistically in popular songs?

• NOT USUALLY.

• hmmmmmmm... yeah

• Depends on who's singing. I think women do a much better job of realistically portraying women than men do, and a lot of popular songs sung by men tend to paint women as objects.

• yes

• Depends on the songwriter. Avril Lavigne is a bit more realistic, but others are not so realistic.

• No

• Not really

• No

• NO!!!!

• NO!!!!

• No

• No

• some of them, some not.

• No

• no

• Yes

• No because in songs they are usually falling in love with someone and they can't live without a guy, and we all know that is not true! Happiness comes from within!!!

• Sometimes. It depends largely on the genre of music. I appreciate pop stars like Christina, Britney, and Madonna making even the slightest effort to let girls know they have the right to feel, to dream, to get angry, and to say "No". I love the line in Madonna's song "What it feels like" where she says, "When you open up your mouth to speak, could you be a little weak?" I think it often feels like that for girls.

• yes

• Most of the music that is sang by women is realistic but when men sing about women I think they do not understand some of the issues they are singing about.

• no

• No

• no

• NO

• no

Do you think women are shown in enough strong jobs on tv?

• NO, USUALLY JUST CRIME DRAMAS WHERE THEY ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MEDICAL.

• well let me think kinda

• This has gotten a lot better, but I think we still have a long way to go.

• yes

• NO

• Yes

• Again, I don't watch that much TV.

• No

• no

• No

• No

• NO

• No, in some shows they show that men are greater than women in everything that they do.

• No

• yes

• No

• Barely, once and a while you see a women with a good job, but they should show more to boost the self esteem of girls, and to show them that they can have a wonderful career, because as much as we all hate to admit it, we watch tv so much that the people shown rub off on us ( good and bad)

• No. Often when the women are portrayed as strong and independent, they have a husband who is whining right next to them.

• yup

• No but I think they have been doing better in the past few years.

• no

• Yes

• yes

• Yes

• no