The Portrayal of women in General:

The list of links below shows the Portrayal of women in society. It shows the positive and negative representation of them, however according to the articles it shows that women are overpowered by men in society and how they are considered to be less dominant and powerful,the positive representation of women is overshadowed by stereotypical representation of their gender roles and the mediation surrounding women and stereotypical roles are affecting how they are portrayed.

Positive representation of women:
http://womensissues.about.com/od/positiverolemodels/Postive_Depictions_of_Women_Media_Role_Models.htm

Positive Depictions of Women - Media Role Models

http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org/positiveads.html

Love you Body: positive ad on/about women

Negative representation of women:

http://atdpweb.soe.berkeley.edu/quest/Mind&Body/Portrayl.html
The Negative Portrayal of Women

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/
Media Portrayals of Girls and Women

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_beauty.cfm
Beauty and Body Image in the Media

http://www.suite101.com/content/media-portrayal-of-women-a189870
Media Portrayal of Women

Female Stereotypes in the Media (Negative and Positive stereotypes)