What is Equal?

Gender Equality in the media... Does it exist?In recent years, Women have come to represent around 50% of the workforce. Women have become somewhat equal in the jobs that they attain. As years pass, the pay gap between men and women seems to become smaller and more equalled. If this is so, then why are women so unrepresented in the media?  According to MediaMatters: "news networks marginally increased the representation of minorities on their broadcasts - but subsequently relegated women and people of color “to the back of the cable news room,”. In another interesting observation we find that On shows airing between 4 pm and midnight on cable news networks CNBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, and Fox News, there are 35 hosts and cohosts: 29 are men and 6 are women. All 35 are white. What does this say about our sources for news, entertainment and societal standards? It seems that the sources that greatly influence young adults continue to project a biased standard for not only those working in the media, but those partaking in it. By not having women and minorities as prominent figures in the programs and field, we are pigeon-holing them into the closed mind perceptions that have become an issue to the body image, social and gender roles of our society.