Gender Portrayals Of Women In Man Of Steel

In Hollywood films, the main protagonist of mostly all film are males showing how strong, smart, and how they are the perfect hero, yet woman are seen as the damsel in distress, soft, and weak. Women are seen as the girlfriend, the wife, or the mother. The value of the woman in films is determined by their male counterparts and their overall outer appearance. In movies women are seen as the same with all women are ditzy, dependent on someone, they need someone to hold their hand also that woman are too emotional, yet there are movies that show women as strong and dependent. Movies with female leads are growing and they show how woman are just as strong as male leads. Yeah, many women are strong in their own way; I know I sure am.

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James Bond has been a popular icon since the release of Casino Royale by Ian Fleming in 1953, with many wanting to be him or to be with him (SOURCE). The franchise has created characters which encompasses the stereotypical and culturally defined characteristics that each gender should possess; with men displaying masculine features such as assertiveness and aggressiveness, while females are portrayed as secondary characters who are submissive. The latest reboot of Bond has attempted to bring the storyline into the modern age. By doing so, the films have attempted to align the depiction of each character to be inclusive of how western societies now define each gender and their characteristics.

The males in both films often think more about what's going on with their businesses/ careers, rather than thinking about their families and/or love lives; and sacrifice others' love, trust, and overall perception of them. Sam Bowden in the film "Cape Fear" was a lawyer who often put his case with former criminal Max Cady before his family's safety and concern; and leaves the girls with unanswered questions- which soon causes them to lose their trust and for his wife to make unwanted assumptions;causing her to begin to fall out of love with him. As for Charles Foster Kane in the film "Citizen Kane," he ran a newspaper company and became not only very well known, but wealthy also.

The scene in the panels from Figure 4, is one that acts as a reminder to what had being the norm emphasising the importance of continuity and reader familiarity within the genre, where Catwoman says “Hold still. You know you’re not very good at this damsel in distress thing.” Jeph Loeb obviously takes on a journey to the golden era of the genre with those lines by referencing those lines. The idea of Lois Lane was one that saw the concept of the damsel in distress being introduced by the creators, fulfilling the particular need for Superman to be an effective saviour. This idea was used week in, week out, creating the strong impression of women being very dependent and also as victims that needed to be saved continually by the male protagonist,

Moreover, female masculinity in the Steel Mills is seen as females working in workplaces that are more jobs considered specifically for males. Working in the mills is said to be a “males world” because toughness and strength is needed in order to do the job correctly. What males don’t see is that women have the capability to do the job sometimes even better than a male can. In the book Steel Closets males were introduced to a team of female employees who took charge of a job that was rare for a female to work for they would say “These two ladies, they look like dudes, but they’re females, they’re electricians (Balay,77)”. LGBTQ employees when it comes to them fitting into a man’s world can make them feel powerless and defend less because they

The media depicts men as having to be strong and courageous, saving the day and the woman, but at the same time, they are taking power away from women and stereotyping them as damsels in distress. In the Marvel movie Age of Ultron, Black Widow, an usually extremely capable spy and assassin, has to wait in a cell to be rescued by her love interest, Bruce Banner. After she is kidnapped by the evil robot, Ultron, she is kept in a small cell in a basement of an abandoned warehouse. Earlier in the movie, we see Black Widow ride through heavy traffic on a motorcycle, jump out of an airplane, and single handedly

3) One of the films would be Erin Brockovich, were Erin is judge for being a single mom based on her appearance she is also label as a whore an example would be Ed that tells her that she looks like someone that likes to have fun, these is of course the stereotypes that society inputs on her. Erin in the film does not meet the ideologies of being femininity and at the end we see that she does succeed at work but her love life and family gets scarified by these.

The depiction of strong women in leading roles is fairly uncommon because of unrealistic, universal ideas of how women should be. Throughout the years, there have been a few strong female roles, but not enough. In Frank Bruni’s article, “Waiting for Wonder Woman”, he declares that there aren’t enough movies with strong female characters. Bruni starts off with, “Maybe because I have seven nieces whose dreams matter to me, maybe because I have so many female friends whose talents dazzle me.” He goes into how he has plenty of women around him that he knows have strong passions and dreams. He believes that movies should be more equal. There should be women that are saving citizens or the world, or at least doing something heroic, not just men. The appearance of strong women are missing in popular movies and shows.. The world wants this “equality”, yet what everyone watches on the TV is the complete opposite.

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Who doesn’t love a good superhero? The perfect figure, the spandex suit, the flowing cape, flawless looks, and the powers we can only dream of having. Superheroes have been around for ages now, leaving an everlasting imprint on our hearts. It is no secret that males dominate the superhero industry; both the heroes themselves and those who create them. Superman, Batman, Ironman, and Spiderman have become the top heroes of all time; there is nothing wrong with them holding the spotlight, but female heroes are underrepresented. There are notable female heroes, but they tend to be drawn with a busty figure that few women are naturally blessed with, and show little emotional rational in fights. Take Black Widow (Marvel) for example, anyone would love for her figure and kick-ass moves. Wonder Woman is our hero of the hour, she has made her way onto the big screen; casting her into the spotlight more than ever. She screams fights for love, promotes peace, is a beacon of hope, and screams feminism. What’s not to love? The new movie released on June 2, 2017, has called more attention to the American-spirited, Amazonian woman than ever before. The movie is the first fully female directed movie, Patty Jenkins brings a great female to the big screen. Although the movie is great and supports feminism, is the movie the depiction of Wonder Woman that should be idealized?

The underground feminist comic, Wimmen’s Comix, has created many of these characters, with one issue depicting various female character “rise up against their male counterparts.” (Williams) In cases where women are shown in a position of power it if often as a one dimensionally character. The women on the cover of another issue “brandish knives and shotguns as a man lies dead beneath them,”(Williams) not only communicating that women must be aggressive, but also placing men as the target for all this violence. This creates a distance between the character and the reader as these women are generally written to be callous and indifferent, resulting in the reader being unable to connect as the usually would.

Many women are cast in a film but only a few land a leading protagonist role. Films like The Hunger Games, Lucy, Maleficent and Divergent are evident to be breaking stereotypical gender roles. Women are shown to be equally strong as men and less emotionally bounded to other characters. In the progressive Hollywood films of today, we visibly see the characters of women to be idealized as heroic, with brave instincts, intelligence, and in support of female empowerment, rather than idealizing their bodies only. Although still films are made that idealize the female bodies, such as female superhero characters, however, it could be safe to say that women will always be seen as a man’s desire or eye candy, so there will always be female roles available which would accommodate these characters for films: It is dependent on the genre of the

In Western genre, women are repeatedly portrayed as either the helpless damsel in distress or the wild saloon girl. Most Western movies have elements of a gunfight,rivalry, redemption, and/or romance written into the script. A large percentage of the stereotypes of the American West comes from these exaggerated characters and storylines. Very rarely do western films present a strong female lead. When they do, there is frequently a subplot of romance written into it. Few Western genre and cinema portray the true nature of what women in the West were like.