Which of the following best describes the ways media depicts gender?
a) Images of women and men create narrow ideas of gender roles.
b) Images of women are more likely to create a narrow idea of gender roles.
c) Images of men are more likely to create a narrow idea of gender roles.
d) Images of women and men are changing to reflect new gender roles.
ANS: a
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