ia, much in the same way that Lorber discusses in her essay. Both authors agree that the media in playing a supportive role for the dominance of one gender. By displaying the “socially acceptable” roles of women to all of society so consistently, gender barriers become inevitable.One of the possible solutions that Lorber has to offer to resist this hegemonic culture is the classification of people by their behavioral patterns and their physical or mental aptitudes and shortcomings rather than gender alone. Though this hardly seems like a feasible solution with the state of contemporary society, it appears to solve some of the most deep-rooted problems of gender inequality.Larry Gross is able to offer some insight into resistance of this culture by suggesting the support and growth of media that both produced by and aimed at specific genders and sexual minorities. Though such changes are already beginning to take place in the media today, it will surely by quite some time before these goals are realized in magnitude sought after by Gross. Though both of these authors present possible advancements for their ideals, they are truly up against powerful opposition and are not likely to see their desired changes any time in the near future....
