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What image of women in reality TV?

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Reality TV, from the Loft to Secret Story.

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By: Amélie Beaucour

1 min

Since the advent of the Big Brother phenomenon, many reality shows have appeared on the screens.

Increasingly scripted programs that often give a stereotypical image of women.

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Hypersexualized bodies, sexist insults, fragile women, this is what the High Council for Equality between Women and Men pointed out in its second edition of its inventory of sexism in France for French entertainment programs .

What impact does reality TV have on the public?

Does it have an influence on the vision of women in our societies?  

With :

- Valérie Rey-Robert

, essayist and author of

Reality TV: The factory of sexism

(the insolent ones, 2022)

- Thérèse Dioh

, in charge of public relations and press for the Senegalese production company Otentik Concept, which produces the reality show “Reine d'Afrique”

— Luna Skye

, former reality show contestant

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