Guardian 100 Homework

The guardian 100 is a list guiding you to the most dominating figures within the media today. The panellists are Andrew Zein, Christian Payne, Farah Ramzan Golant, Luke Jhonson, Oona King, Jane Martinson, Jhon Plunett, Steve Busfield, Veronica Wadley.The list above is of those who are the panellists. They’re job is to assess the candidates following a criteria of Political, Economical and Social influences.

There are 16 women in the top 100 equivalent to 16%. This clearly shows that the stereotype of male dominance still exists today as men are portrayed as most dominant according to the list. Looking at the list it seems as if society has concluded that men were most dominant and are still most dominant today, suggesting that some aspects of patriarchy still exists, regardless women having more rights. It also portrays women as being at the bottom of ranks. This is shown through the list having a niche percentage of women. Feminists would argue that women have not yet gained complete equality as patriarchy is evident through the top 100 listings. Yet in complete contradiction, according to Marxists, women have come a long way than back in the 40’s therefore equality has been achieved and just as there will always be inequality within a capitalist society, there will always be inequality between genders and representations, as men are represented as more of the “business’MEN’ type. .

The women mostly work for the BBC as Chief Executives, Directors, Controllers and Chairmen’s of the companies.