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  • Essay / The importance of gender discrimination in the media

    In an article he explains that if a forty year old man got excited and shouted at a seventeen year old girl, someone might call the police (Busse, 2013). From this we can see that it is not only women who are victims of fannishment and harassment related to fan activity in the cosplay community. For example, there is a cosplayer and a man invited to take a photo with her. When the male goes to take a photo with the cosplayer, the male puts his arm around her. After that, the cosplayer gets angry, kicks him and runs away. People around him won't think anything of it, will expect him to harass her and that he deserves it. However, if the exact opposite thing happens with the male cosplayer and a female fan, then they will see the male cosplayer as aggressive and ask him to leave. This clearly shows how gender stereotypes play a role in predicting a person's attitude and attitude.