Pretty Woman Film Analysis

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Stereotypes are predictions that people in a group will have generally certain characteristics, and most societies share ideas that include behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that expect to men and women of each. As a result, people have similar sex role standards and stereotypes in one culture. In other words, there is a part about characteristics such as "a man does ~" and "a woman does ~" or a fixed criterion in relation to behaviors and attitudes such as "a man has to ~" and "woman has to~”. This is called sex-role stereotype.

As for the role of the gender, it is confronted with the position that whether it is innate or the product of socialization which is acquired by social custom and education.
Feminism distinguishes between …show more content…

The film 'Pretty Woman ' is a representative film that beautifully romanticized love. This work, released in 1990, focuses on the love between charming businessman Richard Gere and beautiful street call girl, Julia Roberts as a major plot. The heroine is beautiful, sexy but innocent and has a low ability to self-discipline. On the contrary, the heroine is set to be a competent and attractive subject, reflecting his romantic affection. Such a view is not difficult to find all over the cinema, but Julia Roberts, who were treated with contempt at a clothing store, is receiving hospitality thanks to Richard Gere. In other words, a female protagonist with a low social status is included in the reciprocal range of the male protagonist and shares his social status. The film also goes a step further in the romantic love affair, suggesting the image of a woman that a man must enlighten and teach through a scene in which a female character faithfully receives a lady lesson provided by a male character. The bigger problem is that movies such as Pretty Woman lead the public with false illusions and are making the above sex discrimination naturally and …show more content…

In the movie "Black Swan" Nina is the promising ballerina. Movie shows the process she is going through to become the protagonist of a new show. The head who stands at the highest position is naturally a “man” Thomas. The movie "Black Swan" depicts the ballerina members sexually, who want to take on the main character to be in the mind of the principal, Thomas. The scene of forced kissing Nina who visited Thomas represented the reality of women who were subjected to sexual harassment and sex discrimination in the workplace. It could be seen the stereotypes and discrimination of the sex role in the men who occupied the dominant positions in the workplace, the women who wanted to be in their hearts, but in expressing them