Gender Roles In Bonnie And Clyde

It’s apparent that Louise’s identity has changed from being a shy and isolated girl to someone that wants to have power.

After watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part Two, I was able to see how gender roles both differ and remain the same in this movie. Although some gender stereotypes apply to the film, I think many characters defy the stigmas typically assigned to males and females. Strong female roles, such as Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, Professor McGonagall, and Luna Lovegood, help portray sturdy independent women who take charge. Reflecting on this movie, even as a dedicated Harry Potter fan, I have always admired how female actors in the series have had “the brains” in tricky situations. After watching the movie, I saw themes of power feminism, stereotyping, and negative connotations of males who express emotion.

The movie begins with the narrations of Clyde Barrow and goes into detail about his childhood and how he first got started with criminal activity. Bonnie and Clyde took place during the Great Depression in the 1930’s, therefore Barrow’s family lived in poverty and had little money. Clyde had an older brother known as Marvin “Buck” Barrow, and tells the story about how they first begun their crime sting by stealing chickens. During times of the Great Depression, money, food, and basic everyday items needed to live were hard to get. At a young age, Clyde begun following in the footsteps of his older brother Buck, and begun to commit acts of crime in order to get what they needed and wanted. (FIX!!!!!)

Earlier in the film, Thelma persuades Louise to stop at a roadhouse to have drinks. A man named Harlan approaches Thelma and Louise while they are at a table and attempts to pick them up by calling them "dolls". He objectifies them and Louise immediately notices. She tries to ignore him while Thelma accepts his gestures. Thelma and Harlan dance on the dance floor for most of the evening. Later on, in the parking lot, Harlan comes on to Thelma aggressively and attempts to rape her. Louise catches him and immediately pulls a gun out of her purse and shoots him after he yells obscenities at them. This is a turning point for Thelma. After looking at the event in retrospect, she comes to terms with herself and realizes that she has been portrayed as a sex object.

I think that the movie keeps the gender role stereotyping unchanged. It reflects certain conservative trends of the decade during which it was made, the influence of feminist ideology as well as some commonly recognized American values, for example, individualism and self-reliance. Even if this movie is produced by male filmmakers in the conservative Reagan era the profound influence of feminist ideology can be traced in most of the following issues.

The film industry has created the conventional gender roles of society into their movies; A majority of films have supported some of the male and female stereotypes. In the history of the film industry, the role of men is primarilythat of the stereotypical working class man or hero, while the roles of women are primarily portrayed as being somewhat inferior to men. In the 1930s through the 1970s, men held the leading roles in films while women played smaller roles. Men were typically employed, successful gentlemen, while the woman’s only job was a housewife. The film industry was mostly dominated by men. In terms of jobs, women were given mostly family roles and rarely were shown outside of their homes, while men had

In the movie there was a lot of traditional gender-role. Men had to prove they are though and women had to me caring a nurturing. Oscar had to play a dominant role around his family and friends. Oscar was struggling with money because he recently got fired but he wouldn’t let anyone know. Around Oscar’s friends he had to show how tough

During the period after World War II, there was a shift in the role of women from the private sphere to the public sphere. Namely, at the turn of the 1960s, the concept of the nuclear family was becoming less of the norm as many women began to fight more and more for their rights and the way in which they were to be portrayed. For many years, women have been made to believe that they must follow certain expectations such to fit into the “American ideal” of what the role of a woman should be. For example, according to the Redstockings, contests like Miss America perpetuate the idea that women must be “inoffensive, bland, [and] apolitical” and that “conformity is the key…to success in our society.” The sentiment expressed in the quotation,

After watching these documentaries, I have noticed that the images portrayed of woman and the images portrayed of men in the media and society are drastically different. All these films focus on either the feminine side of woman or the masculinity of men. Some of the images of woman that looked at as ideal is her, youth, physical attractiveness, her sexuality, and her dependency of males. Whereas the some of the images portrayed of males include, being physically and emotionally strong, being in control, having power, and being heterosexual.

To this day, gender inequality still exists across the world. While it squeezes itself into our society, four mainly focus on the true aspects on what it is like to experience such inequality. For example, women in the work force, the family life, the state, and sexes can lead to all forms of discrimination. Did the screenwriters correctly portray what women back then suffered from? Director, Penny Marshall’s, A League of Their Own, demonstrates a taste of what women during the 1940’s we’re told on how to act and live. The movie portrays unfairness between the character’s looks based on gender, and differences within their family. Marshall also shows when and why this discrimination was occurring. Such as including scenes that displayed the time period and the importance of continuing on America’s favorite activities after men left for war.

In the media we see today, and movies that are continually coming out all have a central idea in common. They all show and represent the idealistic perspective of male versus female in society. From cartoons to chick flicks to romances and comedies we notice identifiable differences and trends represented between the two genders. In the movie I watched, “Clueless,” there are many examples illustrating male superiority over female, ideas of what femininity should be, and female appeal towards the male figures in the film.

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Finally, the women and men roles throughout the movie both play an active importance. I have noticed in the West the women tend to be more involved and play an active role. Helen talked to Will for the first time in a year and told him to leave. She seemed levelheaded and the one people wanted to talk to for answers. In the beginning of the movie Amy played the innocent wife who knew nothing. Toward the end she becomes more curious and helps Will by shooting the man

Director Arthur Penn used Bonnie & Clyde as his medium to imprint the rebellious tone of the 1960’s and the uncertainty of the dominant values and norms of society.When we’re first introduced to the character of Bonnie Parker (played by Faye Dunaway), the camera focuses on her as she is admiring her naked body in the mirror. She then falls back on her bed and the camera views her from the outside of her bed rails, in order to give the viewer the impression that she feels imprisoned by her everyday life. Then, she looks out her window and sees a man attempting to steal her mother's car on their front yard lawn. She calls out to him and hurriedly puts on clothes to meet him outside. He quickly intrigues her curiosity by saying that she looks like a movie star stuck in a boring waitress’ job, while telling her that he is a bank robber. She asks him to prove that he is not a "faker", so he shows

The second movie in which a woman plays a major role in is Baby Boy. This movie, I believe did not do too much damage to the box offices when it first came out, but it sure portrayed women in a very negative way. The main character is actually a man by the name of Tyrese Gibson. He plays a boy who is struggling to grow up and become not only an independent adult, but also a responsible father (to more than one child). The main female role in the movie is Tyrese’s baby’s mother. She is in love with him and would do anything to keep him happy. She let's him use her car and she let's him stay at her place at any time with her and their son. He cheats on her a lot and at one point even hits her. This was a major part in the movie. He had promised her he would never lay his hands on her and he did. She stopped talking to him for quite some time, and that whole time you could sense they were both miserable without eachother. Some men tend to hurt women for the simple facts that they just don’t know how to control their anger or because they were never taught good communication skills. They end up telling one another that they can’t live without each other and they get back together. She ends up getting pregnant by him again and they get married and live happily ever after. Moral of the story: Teens trying to balance their love life and