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Star Wars Gender Roles

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The female representation in all Star Wars movies was primarily made up of only two characters, Leia and Padme, until episode 7. The female characters during the first 6 episodes had some strong stereotypical imagery. A scene where Leia was a slave in a bikini was frequently used as a reference for her. For Padme, it was her sentimental relationship with one male character. In episode 7, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, the female representation changed positively with more participation in leading roles and one of the three producers. This last female producer brings a new point of view in the production room, which was clearly needed. Besides being part of the producers, Kathleen Kennedy is the first woman president and brand manager of The Star Wars franchise. This represents a big step forward in the movie industry, especially for the Star Wars franchise, where the male figure was predominant. The record sales in this movie proved that a specific gender is not necessarily important for movie success. …show more content…

The leading role in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, portrayed by Daisy Ridley, is Rey, who breaks every possible stereotype that women usually suffer as the main character in a movie. There’s no sexual reference in her personality or costume. In fact, her costume has no bright colors and shows very little skin. Rey is a character who was abandoned by her family, living alone as a scavenger, which totally contrasts with past female characters’ economic situations in this franchise, where the female role has big titles like princess or

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However in all her scenes she is talking to a man or giving water to the men who spend all night in a battle protecting her and her fellow CIA Agent’s lives. I was surprised this didn’t pass the test and not looked at as a feminist movie because she is placed in the role of an intelligent CIA Agent who isn’t afraid to speak her mind and she is not sexualized nor does she get with any of the male characters. But looking at the movie as a whole I see that this is a male dominating “army” movie. War movies are put into a male dominant category, therefore a woman would not be placed as a main

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Cover Girl and Disney Campaign Females, of all ages, are always being told that they cannot do something, for instance, they are being told that they are unable to do what the boys do. Unfortunately, females are allowing males to be the dominant gender and are accepting the roles that society has set in place for them. From birth, it is evident that the color for girls is pink and blue for boys. A nursey for a baby girl will be filled with stuffed animals, baby dolls, and everything in pink.

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Ridley Scott’s 1982 ‘Blade Runner’ is a mysterious film set in futuristic LA in the year 2019. Technology is incredibly advanced and capable of creating robots called ‘replicants’, which are almost identical to humans. Replicants are stronger than humans, have limited emotions and a life span of only four years. It has been argued that the way Blade Runner portrays the female characters is sexist and outdated, especially as seen in 2017. The unfavourable treatment of the lead female roles is continuous throughout the film, especially since they are all replicants and therefor artificial.

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The title Miss Representation is significant because the documentary revolves around the representation of women in media and how their portrayals are oversexualized, placing a misogynistic lens over how women are represented. The argument that the title makes is that women are shown primarily as weaker, less cerebral, and more useful as physical objects than men, and therefore are highly misrepresented by TV shows, movies, and advertisements which focus only on the physical aspects of women and not on the academic or mental aspects. This is pervasive throughout the documentary, as seen through interviews with various women and young girls providing examples of the misrepresentation of women. One such example is when a young girl discusses the fact that

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Throughout history the portrayal of gender roles have been maintained by a specific standard, specifically where the man is the main figure, and the woman is the submissive figure that is being acted upon. However, lately, specifically the last ten or so years, many movies have shifted this ideology. These movies in modern times show increasingly more women in positions of power, as well as in marriages where there is an equal amount of power between both the husband and wife. There are also more movies showcasing non-traditional relationships, such as, domestic partnerships and LGBTQ+ relationships. One movie in particular that showcases a shift in the status quo, in terms of the masculinity and femininity expected from individuals especially that of a relationships, is Tyler Perry’s

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Next, many gender and sexual stereotypes are perpetuated in media, through the ways of movies. In fact, the movie Legally Blonde fits under the category of stereotypes exceptionally well, since it shows many stereotypes of women in the society. For instance, there is one scene in the movie, where Warner, the handsome boy is playing football with his friends, and Elle, the dumb blonde sits on the sidelines to study and distract the guys playing as she wears nothing but a sparkly bikini top under a furry shawl on her upper half. This example evidently portrays the serotype of being a blonde dumb. Throughout the movie “Legally Blonde” Elle is shown as a material sorority girl, who is a duplicate copy of barbie in real life.

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The conventional pattern of sci-fi or dystopia has male character as the hero. Here, the trilogy has Katniss, a female character as the heroine. In line with this, Hopkins explains that in the contemporary action, female character is more exposed and usually becomes the main hero. He continues that the female hero is not always a “good” girl –instead she can be selfish as well as selfless, competitive as well as cooperative, fierce as well as kind (Hopkins, 2002: 209) It means female character usually has both qualification of feminine and masculine.

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Gender roles and issues are clearly defined in the play Poof! by Lynn Nottage where women are oppressed by patriarchal ideology. The focus of the play is also presented to the audience from a female perspective. Nottage also seems to reject the traditionally accepted roles of women as being weak, helpless, and vulnerable victims unable to forge ahead without the involvement of their male counterparts. She wants to demonstrate that through strength and rebellion Loureen and Florence bond to fight against gender abuse while trying to support one another and gain their independence.

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As feminism and gender equality are becoming more important to society, the way gender roles are depicted in literature and media are shifting to conform to society’s views. This usage of gender roles can be seen in two popular contemporary animated movies: Frozen and Spirited Away. Both of these films are geared for younger audiences and attempt to teach important life lessons, like friendship and growing up. Through closer examination of how each film portrays gender, however, Frozen appears to not be as egalitarian as many have come to believe. Comparing both films, Frozen is not very feminist as it continues to perpetuate traditional gender roles and fairytale tropes, such as love at first sight and damsels in distress, whereas Spirited

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There are a lot of females who give out the image of a strong female character for instead Hillary Clinton who is strong for putting up with the being in the political limelight, especially while she was running for president.

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DISNEY SEXISM In society, there are gender roles which put each sex in stereotypical figures. These roles affect the way how we speak, dress and act. In general, women expected to behave feminine such as being polite and fragile and on the other hand men are expected to be aggressive and stronger. All these roles are over exaggerated in Disney 's women and men figures. When we look at the society, children are the ones who are more likely to being manipulated by elements such as media.

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