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Gendered tropes and gender stereotypes in fiction
1.
Whats your age?
18-20
21-24
25-34
35-44
45+
2.
What is your gender?
Female
Male
Non-binary
Other (specify)
3.
How often do you engage in or consume media?
Everyday
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
4.
Do you feel that you notice gendered tropes in media
Yes
Not often but sometimes
No
Other (please specify)
5.
Which of these tropes are you both aware of and have seen in media?
Gender incompetence: where one gender is portrayed as more competent than another
Gendered outfit eg the pink power ranger outfit has a skirt
Men depicted as strong and unemotional
Woman depicted as weak and sexualised
Femme Fatale
Token girl eg: smurfette
man walks around shirtless scene
Gay best friend
Non gender conforming equals gay
Other (please provide any gendered tropes that you have seen in media feel free to go into detail or give examples)
6.
Do you feel these are more often positive or negative tropes?
Positive
Neutral
Negative
Other (please specify)
7.
Do you feel there has been evidence in the media you consume to suggest an effort in the industry and from creators to push against tropes and be more progressive in terms of depictions gender in recent years?
Yes i have noticed attempts at progress
I have not noticed attempts at progress
I have noticed a lack of attempts at progress
Other (please specify)
8.
How would you like to see media progress in relation to its depictions of gender in the future?
9.
do you feel tropes like this can effect the quality of a piece of media?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
10.
Please make note of any of your own relevant experiences and opinions with media or any other information that you feel may be relevant.