The main reasons for Soaps being classed as a female genre is because they generally enjoy watching this kind of television programme, where as men are more stereotypically known to watch Sports and Comedies.
Soaps also provide many different story lines and events that could be relateable by women, or just something they would enjoy. This could include money problems, and an example of this would be Bianca Butcher in Eastenders, who has had a lot of money problems, and also has four children to go with that. Recently, Bianca has been arrested for theft, despite her only ambitions being to look after her children. Other soap story lines can also relate to women, such as women who play the role as housewives in reality, can be portrayed in the soap, and therefore relateable. However, the most obvious reason for soaps being considered as a female genre is the fact that they may have enough time to watch them. What I mean by this is that stereotypically, it is the men in the household that work, whereas there are many women in the UK who do not work, and therefore have a lot of spare time on their hands, so they have enough time to watch certain programmes that they enjoy.
The final reason for this is because women are very well known for gossipping and talking about certain subjects. Soaps like Eastenders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street provide more for women to talk and gossip about, and very similar character are portrayed in the soap.
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