Karen Ross, University of Liverpool Women in Public Life Ty
Hywel 22 November 2012 Life Slide 2 (circa 1993) getting personal.
Slide 3 body of work 1994 first newspaper analysis- Bambi,Thumper
and the One in the Dress 1995 (2000, 2005, 2009) - GMMP 1996 began
series of interviews with women parliamentarians Westminster (1996,
2001, 2006) Australia (1998) South Africa (1999) Northern Ireland
(2002, 2003, 2006) New Zealand (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 + men) 1997
(2001, 2005, 2010) news analysis - Westminster elections: women and
news 2000-2005 interviews with women journalists 2003 news analysis
+ documentary - NI Assembly elections 2011 , FACEBOOK PROJECT, New
Zealand Slide 4 key themes from interviews tabloidisation bad news
only different rules for girls pedestal effect: a long way to fall
gender stereotyping words and pictures marginalising womens voices
(absence) undermining political authority public/private :
male/female : authority/frivolity gender/ethnicity the double
whammy domestic arrangements / sexuality the Bridget Jones effect
(body and style) recurring themes from interviews Slide 5 naming
strategies.. Slide 6 the tyranny of parenthood The treatment of
William Hague and Julia Gillard reflects the importance attached to
children as an accessory to office CAPTION Australia's prime
minister Julia Gillard waves at a baby while campaigning in
Melbourne. Her credentials as a leader were questioned in 2007 by a
Liberal senator who called her 'deliberately barren'. (Anne
Perkins, Guardian, 3 September 2010) Slide 7 Have Cameron's Cuties
really got what it takes to transform politics? By Amanda Platell
UPDATED: 09:02, 8 April 2010 They share a desire to make the world
a better place - and for that they are to be applauded. The
question is whether the good intentions of the political amateur
will be enough in the rough and tumble of Westminster - especially
in these dire economic times. It's not their fault, but many of
them have been chosen for the wrong reason: to carry David
Cameron's message that the Tories have changed. Not changed their
principles, but their appearance. Slide 8 Women are never the right
age. We're too young, we're too old. We're too thin, we're too fat.
We wear too much make-up, we don't wear enough. We're too flashy in
our dress, we don't take enough care. There isn't a thing we can do
that's right. (Dawn Primarolo, Labour, GB) damned if you do Slide 9
TheresaTheresa May, Guardian, 15.11.12 Slide 10 spoonfeeding/press
release can I ring you back/homework/saying no local vs. national
contacts broken record getting a different angle always having
something (relevant) to say taking care about media opportunities
taking control.. Slide 11 sartorial choices? Slide 12 CAPTION Split
decision: A cheeky flash of thigh and the scarlet lining of the now
familiar coat Slide 13 Photoshoot for Grazia, April 2010 Slide 14
...there will always be the satirists...... Slide 15 Maxine McKew
MP Canberra Times, 17 December 2007 .but women dont have to give
them ammunition.. Slide 16 ..or their cleavage Mr Berlusconi speaks
Weapons of Mass Destruction, (Daily Mail, 14.4.2008) BUSTY Home
Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday admitted she may be showing off
too much cleavage. The Sun, 11.2007 Different singer, same song
Slide 17 why do we get what we get? senior staff (and owners) are
(almost exclusively) men whats the problem? political journalists
are mostly men whats the problem? sexist/sexy norms no sense of
humour (the double bluff of irony) male ordered news agenda :
mirror : power (T B) -Tony Gallagher (Telegraph); Alan Rusbridger
(Guardian); Paul Dacre (Mail); Alan Edmunds (Western Mail) Slide 18
take control of what you can media relationships social media
wardrobe Slide 19 pause.. Slide 20 Recent work Slide 21 Gender and
the British General Election 2010: coverage of candidates Out of
377 articles across 11 newspapers across 4 weeks, 71% only
mentioned men and 8% only mentioned women Of those articles, 19%
were written by women, 72% by men and 9% written by mixed-sex teams
Out of a total number of 799 mentions of women and men, 177 (22 %)
were women, and of these, 36 (19%) were the Leaders wives. Most
women who were mentioned were: PCs (43%), a Leaders wife (19%),
members of the Cabinet (13%) or a Government backbencher (10%). Of
those mentioned, women were less likely to be quoted (40%) than men
(60%). Slide 22 Sam Cam Slide 23 Julia Gillard story Public
responses Slide 24 ......the good news... the public are more
intelligent than the media....20/2012, top women, including 5
newbies this year! 16 Switzerland President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Jan. 1, 2012 -appointed 17 Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson
Miller Jan. 5, 2012 -elected 18 Mauritius President Monique
Ohsan-Bellepeau Mar. 31, 2012succeeded 29 Serbia President Slavica
Djukic Dejanovic Apr. 4, 2012 -succeeded 20 Malawi President Joyce
Banda Apr. 7, 2012 -succeeded
