ipl-logo

Mission Impossible Rogue Nation Gender Analysis

548 Words3 Pages

In the film Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, gender stereotypes are not quite as enhanced as in other styles of media. The movie centralizes on the elite “The IMF” organization taking down “The Syndicate”. This film is filled with action and violence, and surprisingly, the singular leading lady commits most of it. Of course, “The IMF” is comprised of four men. However, our leading lady Ilsa, continually saves the lives of Ethan and Benji, whilst double crossing everyone. Ilsa is playing multiple sides to the spy game, and she shows herself more capable than people give her credit for.
Gender stereotypes are put well into play throughout this movie by exemplifying male strength and sexualizing women, although Ilsa does use the portrayal of …show more content…

He would be considered Ethan’s “sidekick” who deals with all the technological stuff while Ethan is risking himself in the field. But in actuality, Benji is out in the field and in much more danger than one would imagine. On the other hand, he is the witty tension breaker that every action film seems to have. This film unfortunately utilizes him in the stereotypical role of kidnapped-friend-used-by-villain-to-lure-hero-into-trap.
Conversely, this film does not have many female characters – Ilsa is the only female character of any significance. There is another female character at the beginning; however she is a stereotypical token of female ignorance. She is subsequently killed minutes later. Even the head of the CIA is a portrayal of masculine dominance. He is a strong character who has seen it as his mission to bring Ethan into the CIA as he thinks he is a rogue agent. This man is immediately seen as a flat character, but in the end is dynamic as well.
Ultimately, no matter that the movie flip-flops its way through gender stereotypes, the final result is the image that women are just as capable – if not more – in areas of physicality and violence, if they so choose. Women are often portrayed as weaker or more emotional – which just gives them the advantage of surprise when they pull out the big

Show More
Related
1674 Words | 7 Pages

This essay argues that the gendered performance of the characters is due to Linda Nicholson’s biological foundationalism as explored in Interpreting Gender (1999). The differences in reactions between the men and women of the story are not

Read More
529 Words | 3 Pages

Lili, although she uses her sexual appearances as power, she is seen as a sexual manipulator. Lili did a small performance and her outfit gave the impression of it. Men yelled and whistle and she was ok with it. Sadly, she has to use sex as her control to even have some sort of power in this film.

Read More
682 Words | 3 Pages

The themes of masculinity and American ideals heavily influence this film. Men are presented to be powerful in this film, and that power derives from the fact that they carry guns and commit acts of violence. In the film, almost all of the males have either a pistol or a shotgun. This depiction is inaccurate, as most people in the west didn’t own a firearm. In contrast, women in the film are portrayed to be the weaker gender, being present only to take care of their partner.

Read More
999 Words | 4 Pages

Though he has always been secretly investigating her since the start. The season is set to follow her rise. The Hero Archetypal pattern as she fights against “The Evil” to prove her innocence with only Miranda Shaw, the director on her side. The program in its two episode history is scare in blatant stereotypes.

Read More
865 Words | 4 Pages

In comparison to the movie, the play undermines male dominance by focusing on women’s efforts to solve their own problems. First of all, there aren’t even men in the cast of the play,

Read More
1456 Words | 6 Pages

In contrast to the twentieth century we still see some of this in our current day and ages. Contrasting portrayals of men and women in films leave us with the fact that we haven’t changed. Men and women are sought to have different gender roles within

Read More
997 Words | 4 Pages

The works of Edith Wharton have endured for years because of her ability to write themes that can relate to actual experiences by humans. While her novel is a depressing one, it is realistic enough that it can still happen in this day in age. One theme is love, it is seen well throughout the story. The main character, a lonely and isolated man, portrays many signs of love. In Ethan Frome, the theme of love is seen through the main character’s secrecy, craving for attention, and irrational actions.

Read More
118 Words | 1 Pages

However, the main character, Janie, doesn’t accept this submissiveness and fights back, therefore challenging the roles of gender and breaking them for herself.

Read More
671 Words | 3 Pages

Similar to Sapolsky, Katz argues that the media teaches men from a young age to be tough, aggressive, and not to show emotional vulnerability. This is what he calls the “tough guise” or the artificial definition of manhood that forces men to conform to society’s expectations by being “tough” and powerful and hiding their emotions. In the beginning of the film Katz shows interviews with various young males where he asks what it means to be a man, and all of them provide an answer referring to strength, such as “powerful,” “intimidating,” “strong,” and of course, “tough.” When asked what a male is called when they fail to live up to these expectations, the young men replied, “wuss,” “fag,” or “sissy.” Katz points out that this just one of numerous methods that society uses to contain young men in this “tough guise” box, using insults to drive them to perform the way they believe a man should.

Read More
1285 Words | 6 Pages

Each of these concepts are utilized at the advantage of men, and the disadvantage of women, and has shown to provide detrimental consequences and results for women in society. However, in this film, and other films by Tyler Perry, appear to take the added step to combat these aspects that are present in the media’s portrayal of women. While these are present in the movie, he often makes a point to combat it with an inverse portrayal of each

Read More
789 Words | 4 Pages

One way in which gender expectations influenced the narrator's behavior is through the performance of masculinity. The narrator and his friends engage in reckless and violent behavior in an attempt to prove their masculinity to one another. As stated in her in her book "Stiffed: The Betrayal

Read More
986 Words | 4 Pages

In the video, she is wearing a swimwear, and convincing why she should come to Harvard. This evidently fits the stereotype of male, who makes a decision and their decision is often influenced by the female’s beauty. In addition, in the movie men are shown to have the power of women, and an example of this in the movie is when Callaghan, uses Vivian as his personal slave to get him what he wants instead of a male character working for him. These examples in the movie continue to put negative ideas in the mind of people who watch the movie especially

Read More
1000 Words | 4 Pages

Ridley Scott’s ‘female buddy movie’ Thelma and Louise centres around issues of male dominance and the freedom of release from society. Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) are women suppressed by the men in their lives. They take a vacation to escape for a few days and after an attempted rape and murder they end up fugitives on the run for their lives. This unintended event ends up being for them the best adventure of their lives, as they are able to divest from the rules of society and become the independent women they are. By subverting the traditional role of gender in the genre, the film shows how feminism impacted the film industry by challenging Hollywood and the gendered myths and social patriarchy, providing women with a voice, and changing how spectators view how women are looked at through women’s eyes and their experiences.

Read More
1336 Words | 6 Pages

Where they become more accustomed to being a woman and they even start to use being a woman to their advantage. Judith Butler argues that this movie is just a movies that is meant for entertaining . She also argues that by acting as woman the men confirm the existing gender roles.

Read More
476 Words | 2 Pages

Women’s place and role in the society is something that has been discussed and changed over time. Should their rights be the same as men’s? Should they be superior? Inferior? The world faces a dilemma on weather they should be or not equal as men.

Read More

More about Mission Impossible Rogue Nation Gender Analysis

Related Topics

Open Document