The Force Awakens In The Star Wars

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In that past, women have had a false image of sexuality, weakness, and self- consciousness. Now, women in today’s culture have taken on a new role, a much stronger role. Countless movies and television shows have powerful and inspiring female roles who deviate from female characters in the past. For example, Rey, from “The Force Awakens” in the Star Wars franchise shows several traits of a strong, independent woman who is fully capable of getting every job done herself. Rey is the perfect illustration of being the opposite of what Jean Kilbourne said women are. Let’s take another look at the movie and what Kilbourne said. “The Force Awakens” stars a young woman named Rey who grew up with little knowledge of her parents, where she came from,