identify 5 television commercials.

Choose and identify 5 television commercials. Try to choose commercials from different times of the day and between different types of shows eg. MTV, afternoon programming, sports, renovation shows.

If you don’t have access to tv, you can use ads from the internet.

What messages are these 5 commercials sending about sex and gender?

Also, discuss how these messages relate to the purpose of the show (on which the commercials are advertising) about sex and gender. For example, Modern Family have included a queer couple who adopt a child.

Does this relate at all to the commercials that are advertised during the show?

Find a couple of commercials that challenge gender and sex stereotypes and indicate why.

Question TWO:

Choose your favourite song and locate the lyrics.

What is the message(s) that the song sends about sex and gender?

Do you think the sex of the singer influences or affects the message(s) conveyed

Report the partslines in the song that supports your answer.