Diversity Event- Women in the media

Women and other "minorities" struggled to obtain equal rights in society, so why is it that the media potray's them as either a negative light, sex object, or as a "Susie homemaker?"  This was the basic question and main point of Rekha Basu's speech.  She has been a writter for paper's in New York, Florida, and now right here in Iowa for the Des Moines Registar.  During her speech she told of how women have been potrayed in the media in the past.  One thing that I found interesting is that there used to be "women's pages" in papers that primarily focused on "soft" news and housekeeping articles.  Rekha Basu's speech made me realize that the media needs to focus on the different communication styles that men and women have and that they really need to pay attention to how they are potraying not only women but any minority.