Society plays a vital role in constructing our gender. Often, he tries to define what it means to be a man or a woman. It strives to use broad terms to force human beings to conform to what society considers acceptable. For example, society believes that men should be strong while women should be sensitive. However, many groups of individuals have forced society to change its beliefs regarding gender. Over time, society has become more gender neutral in different aspects of life, such as in sports. Both men and women can play sports and receive equal media coverage. Much like society, the media has a huge impact on our understanding of gender. It presents different ideas and conveys them to society in a way that accepts or challenges the status quo. In 2002, Marger asserted that the company must make itself credible. To do this, he must create “an ideology, a set of beliefs and ideas that explain and justify the existing social organization.” Then, the media, in their various forms, must relay these ideas to the public (quoted in Aulette and Wittner 396). Today, the most popular media are television and the Internet. Both are easily accessible to a large number of people around the world. Likewise, they can provide information to the public more quickly than other forms of media, such as newspapers. The television series Pretty Little Liars illustrates four young women in high school and the difficulties they face when one of their friends is presumed dead. It depicts ideas that maintain and challenge the status quo. This reinforces the concept that women should care about their appearance. However, the show challenges society's beliefs about gender in...... middle of paper...... It illustrates that there is nothing different in interracial families or of the same race. So, this shows that there is nothing abnormal or wrong with marrying outside of one's own race. Although the television series Pretty Little Liars supports the belief that women should be perfect, it also challenges how women should be viewed by society. This shows that women can have their own thoughts and should not be submissive to others. Currently, we see as many women as men being represented in the media. As society becomes more gender neutral in different aspects of life, this begins to manifest itself in representations of gender in the media. The boundaries that were supposed to force men and women to conform to certain ideals are now broken. For example, women are now betrayed in the media by different professions, such as doctors or cops..