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    The document discusses gender representation and stereotypes in films. It analyzes several movies from an analytical lens of feminist film theory. It finds that historically, women have often been portrayed as victims to be saved by men or as sexual objects. However, some recent films like Kill Bill subvert these stereotypes by portraying women in strong, aggressive roles traditionally held by men. Statistics show that while female representation is increasing in major roles and speaking roles, women still only comprise around a third of major characters. The document traces historical and social factors for the common gender stereotypes seen in films, such as religious influences and laws preventing women from participating in theater.

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    The document discusses gender representation and stereotypes in films. It analyzes several movies from an analytical lens of feminist film theory. It finds that historically, women have often been portrayed as victims to be saved by men or as sexual objects. However, some recent films like Kill Bill subvert these stereotypes by portraying women in strong, aggressive roles traditionally held by men. Statistics show that while female representation is increasing in major roles and speaking roles, women still only comprise around a third of major characters. The document traces historical and social factors for the common gender stereotypes seen in films, such as religious influences and laws preventing women from participating in theater.

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    Video essays

    “Writing Women” by Now You See It

    - Alien (1979)
    o Gender was not thought about when writing
    o Gender plays a very little role in the movie- this is because of the lack of stereotypes
    - The Silence of the lambs (1991)
    o A female lead in a male dominated career- she is not taken seriously, and she is
    objectified
    o In intro- whilst doing training, she is helping herself up on the rope
    o The use of gender elevates emotive response due to people relating
    - Kill Bill (2003)
    o Not emotive
    o The role of the bride would usually be taken by men
    o The bride focuses on revenge and being a male hero
    o She plays a masculine role- aggressive, dominant and takes revenge
    o She is never the victim
    o The shooting at the wedding is like the death of a delicate character

    “Women in Action Movies” by Confessions of a Film Buff

    - Very few female driven action movies


    - “fair-maiden” – objectified women whose purpose is to be saved and be the love interest
    - Women’s role can sometimes be poorly written, and the characters are underdeveloped
    - Women will usually be “rewards or prizes” for men
    - In Jupiter Ascending (2015) the female role comprises of them cleaning, falling and the need
    to be saved by men
    - YA heroine- inexperienced in life and fighting (e.g. Hermione Granger & Katniss Everdeen)
    - Sexualised fighters (e.g. Catwoman, Captain Marvel)
    - Leaders

    Bechdel Test

    - 1985
    - Alison Bechdel
    o Two named women
    o Who must talk to each other
    o About something other then men

    Feminist film theory- analyse the current ways of film

    Independent article (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/women-in-


    film-representation-female-protagonists-2018-mans-celluloid-world-study-a8786616.html)
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    - 35% of films included 10 or more female speaking roles
    - 82% of movies had at least 10 males with speaking roles
    - In top grossing films of 2018, movies with female protagonists increased to 31% from 24%
    and 29% in 2016
    - Women represented only 36% of major characters in film in 2018
    - Women of colour characters went from 16% to 21% in 2018

    Bustle article https://www.bustle.com/p/female-representation-in-movies-has-barely-changed-in-a-


    decade-but-theres-a-way-we-can-fix-it-9940849

    - “women had fewer speaking roles in movies than they did a decade ago”
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    Women and Hollywood article https://womenandhollywood.com/resources/statistics/2018-


    statistics/

    - In 100 top grossing films 2017-18


    o Only 9% of movies had gender balanced casts
    o Females were far more likely than their male counterparts in 2018 to be shown in
    sexually revealing attire
    o Only 17 films had female characters with disabilities

    In the 1600s, in Shakespeare’s plays women were not allowed to participate, this led to men playing
    the female roles. Women were legally restricted from the stage. Women were believed to be
    mentally and physically weaker than men, and they required supervision. England was heavily reliant
    and immersed with religion, and due to the Bible being immensely prejudice and sexist towards
    women, this would have influenced the laws and how people perceive women. “dressing in
    women’s clothing was understood as a perversion of masculinity and a sign of moral and sexual
    degeneration.”

    https://www.writerstheatre.org/blog/gender-shakespeares-stage-history/

    Men are given strong and independent roles, because men are perceived/used to be perceived as
    the stronger sex and their role is to save. Roles like these can be seen in Doctor Who, where the
    doctor’s main role is to save the earth and the human race, it also took 13 regenerations for there to
    be a female doctor, and also over half of the companions are female, are the rest are male or robots.
    This could be interpreted that women are meant to be the companion of men (this idea could have
    stemmed from The Bible where Eve was made from Adam’s rib and made to be his companions).
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    “Sexual exploitation of women in the media dates to 19th century Paris, in which ballerinas were
    exposed to harassment and objectification. The ballerinas in the Paris Opera Ballet were ogled by
    their male audience members and often even expected to perform sexual favours for the male
    subscribers behind the scenes”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_of_women_in_mass_media#Film

    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/harmful-female-gender-stereotypes-film-industry/

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