Male Dominance In Predator

In order to gain a better knowledge of what social life was like in 1987, I watched John Mctiernan’s Predator. This movie displays male dominance in 1987. Predator is almost entirely made up of males, and the only woman who joins the group is referred to as “baggage”. Additionally, one of the soldiers says “put her on a leash” thus stripping her humanity away and making her seem like an animal that can be tied up. Furthermore, another soldier constantly makes demeaning jokes about his girlfriend; for example, he comments on how “easy” she is because of her previous relationships as well as makes jokes about certain parts of her body. Contrary to this, many of the soldiers congratulate one another when they tell one another how many women they have been with. This “macho” way of thinking in the movie displays the way many people in 1987’s society behaved. Furthermore, the men in Predator are all extremely muscular and unafraid of anything, and the men who are not as muscular or as brave are not considered “real” men. Whenever the soldiers fight, the camera stops on one of the soldiers’ faces so he can say a cocky

In Predator, conflicts are always solved through violence or some sort physical exchange. Similarly, in The Handmaid’s Tale, whenever a character tries to stand up for herself, it is done through violence. For example, the handmaid who preceded Offred hung herself in order to take a stand against the position she was in. Further, the war being fought in The Handmaid’s Tale is full of death and arms; people are being stripped away from their families, while others are sent to be sex or labor slaves. In addition, all of the guardians and angels in the book are armed with guns, therefore creating an air of violence. Finally, when one of the Marthas was searching for her badge, she was shot by one of the guards. This continuous violence shrouds the people in the book in a cloak of fear and