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Gender Issues In Some Like It Hot

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Highlighting Practical Female Problems in Society
Some Like It Hot, directed by Billy Wilder, does an effective job at teaching lessons about gender and appreciation of the opposite gender by highlighting the fact that men sexualize women in society and by disproving preconceived notions about the female sex. Since Some Like It Hot aired 1959, some may think the movie is irrelevant; However, common gender issues Wilder touched on are still relevant today and need to be touched on to help eliminate gender stereotypes.
Some Like It Hot does a fantastic job at showcasing the extreme gender biases. There are three major scenes in which the women in the film are either stereotyped or sexualized in some way or form. The first scene is when main characters Joe and Jerry change into girls to …show more content…

The first comment Jerry makes about Sugar is, “Look at that! Look how she moves. That’s just like Jell-O on springs.” He does not refer to her bubbly personality, or the way her face lights up when she smiles. He is referring to her behind. Sugar is judged upon her physical appearance, not her personality.
The third scene is a conversation between Joe and Jerry. Jerry whispers to Joe,
“ When I was a kid, Joe, I used to have a dream. I was locked up overnight in a pastry shop, and there was goodies all around. There was jelly rolls, and mocha eclairs, and sponge cake and Boston cream pie…” Joe responds with, “No butter, no pastry. We're on a diet!” Sugar is again sexualized by Jerry. Sugar believes that her and Daphne are friends, but Jerry has malicious intentions. In conclusion Some Like It Hot is an iconic movie that effectively showcases the negative stereotypes placed on women. It proves that women are merely objects and not human beings. At the ending of the film one can confidently conclude that both Jerry and Joe learn a lot about what it is like to be a female and live in this

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