Hamza Imam2025-11-222025-11-222022https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/11850The illustration of men and women in songs has been under study for the last decade. It is because the songs have the ability to construct and reinforce gender identity when they are exposed to young audiences. It conveys these identities and norms to the adolescents in such a way that they adapt them unconsciously. Past studies have analyzed Lollywood and Bollywood songs separately but did not compare them. The purpose of this study was to find the role of Lollywood and Bollywood, in particular, their item songs, in gender identity construction. Furthermore, the study compared the representations of men and women in the selected item songs of Bollywood and Lollywood which gives insight to the embedded similarities among them. The data analysis involved the thematic analysis of 10 item songs from both the music industries i.e., Lollywood and Bollywood, selected through the purposive sampling technique. The analysis was done according to Braun and Clark's (2013) method of thematic analysis. The results disclosed the several elements of sexist language in the selected item songs that construct gender identity. The major themes which were found in these songs were misogyny, magnification of one-sided love, biasness towards men and women, and stereotypical description of men and women. The findings of this research may help scholars to comprehend different types of sexist element constructing gender; it may provide a guide to lyricists and entertainers to reassess their linguistic choices to eliminate social tussle in terms of gender, and make suggestions to remove this component from the entertainment media.enThesis