Part 1 of Essay
Commercials on television tend to portray stereotypical roles of gender. ³The effect of television imagery can be particularly consequential in modern industrial societies like the United States, where 98% of households have at least one television set and the average American watches over 30 hours of television each week² ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... and ambitious; while women are seen as dependent, subjective, passive, not competitive, lacking self-confidence and ambition²(Coltrane, Adams 1997, 325). Women / mothers are more likely to be watching television during the day, therefore advertisements tend to target the typical American housewife(Craig 1992, 209). During soap operas commercials go beyond matching a product aimed at a housewives particular needs, they portray stereotypical roles they should sustain. Daytime advertisements on television tend ³to po ....