Too old? The sexuality of 50-year-old women in TV series of the early twenty-first century
From the earliest days of televised fiction, studies have regularly pointed out that there are fewer roles for women in TV series, and that the women portrayed are younger than the men. Age plays a key role in the system of asymmetrical and unequal gender relations, notably through the age gap in he...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cliowgh_1095 https://doi.org/10.4000/cliowgh.1095 urn:doi:10.4000/cliowgh.1095 en https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh/1095 2022-10-11T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e3u9 All rights reserved Too old? The sexuality of 50-year-old women in TV series of the early twenty-first century Clio Belin info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2554-3822 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh Arbogast, Mathieu couple age fiction TV series sexuality sociology sexualité couple âges fiction séries télévisées sociologie From the earliest days of televised fiction, studies have regularly pointed out that there are fewer roles for women in TV series, and that the women portrayed are younger than the men. Age plays a key role in the system of asymmetrical and unequal gender relations, notably through the age gap in heterosexual couples. Actresses over 50 make very rare appearances, and the characters they play tend to feature in novel sexual story-lines, illustrating unconventional incarnations of femininity and masculinity. The hegemonic concepts of masculinity and femininity prevailing in French society help to explain the “extreme” aspect of these representations. De manière continue depuis les débuts de la télévision, on observe que les femmes sont minoritaires dans les séries et plus jeunes que les hommes. L’écart d’âge joue un rôle considérable dans les rapports de genre asymétriques et inégaux, notamment dans les couples hétérosexuels. Les comédiennes de plus de 50 ans sont très rares, les personnages qu’elles incarnent proposent des scripts sexuels nouveaux et des représentations originales de la féminité et de la masculinité. Les concepts de masculinité et de féminité hégémoniques éclairent ces fictions télévisées, dans lesquelles l’aspect « excessif » des rapports de genre représentés est une dimension importante. |
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From the earliest days of televised fiction, studies have regularly pointed out that there are fewer roles for women in TV series, and that the women portrayed are younger than the men. Age plays a key role in the system of asymmetrical and unequal gender relations, notably through the age gap in heterosexual couples. Actresses over 50 make very rare appearances, and the characters they play tend to feature in novel sexual story-lines, illustrating unconventional incarnations of femininity and masculinity. The hegemonic concepts of masculinity and femininity prevailing in French society help to explain the “extreme” aspect of these representations. |
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Too old? The sexuality of 50-year-old women in TV series of the early twenty-first century |
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