Butler –

‘Our bodies or sex do not define our gendered identities.’ – Meaning your identity is defiant of your gender not your outward appearance or DNA

‘ the media assists in the marginalisation of subversive identities through absent representations, abjection and parody.’ – meaning the media creates an idealised view of how each gender should perform, when in reality people should decide freely how they wish to act, according to their gender.

‘Society also presents male/female relationships as the norm’ – meaning society’s idealised view of a relationship is one between two different genders not the same.

‘Alternatives to the gender binary exist but are presented as subversive.’ – meaning genders of which are not labeled male and female are disruptive and not needed.

‘Our gendered identities are not naturally given but constructed through repetition and ritual.’ – meaning the way we construct ourselves by gender, is only the persona that society wish to see.

Gauntlett –

‘Contemporary media practices mean that heteronormativity does not completely dominate’ – meaning a more inclusive community is apparent now, and that heterosexuality is not seen as the only accepted sexual orientation.

‘Audiences realise they can change their identities’ – meaning we are starting to create our own identities and are ignoring the idealisation created by society

‘Front covers of magazines such as Vogue and Men’s health are shop windows to amore sexier, more successful future self for their reader-ships’ – meaning identity is something constructed by the media and not by ourselves

‘Gender is socially constructed’ – meaning gender is only something constructed by the media and what we see day to day

‘Linked to family expectations and rigid social codes’ – meaning depending on your gender, there are different expectations to adhere to