Burka Avenger Breaks Veiled Women Stereotypes

Abstract

This research study is based on content analysis of burka avenger season one and a survey on the content of the show which is not season specific. Season contains 13 episodes which were analyzed using seven categories developed from research questions of this study. The five categories were (1) breaking veiled women stereotypes, (2) breaking gender stereotypes, (3) reinforcing political stereotypes, (4) cultural ethnicities in the show, and (6) cultural feminism. On the other hand, survey data was collected on a low scale from people who watch burka avenger using questions based on Likert scale. Data analysis of both content analysis and survey shows that burka avenger strongly breaks veiled women stereotypes and gender stereotypes while it reinforces political stereotypes using only male characters and female characters are not depicted in that way. Cultural feminism is applied in the show to promote cooperation and trust.