Fatal Attraction
Basic Instinct (1992)
Both films see the evolution of the "dominant woman" originating from the 1940's genre of "film noir". The films portray sexually active females who will stop at nothing to get what they want, much like "Sunset Boulevard". However despite being portrayed as powerful it can be perceived that the only time women in film can be presented as more dominant is when they are playing negative rolls and stil sexually objectified due to their promiscuity. The films conform to the events transpiring in the 1990s where there was a male backlash according to "Susan Faludi", and men were against womens liberation and equality in the work place.
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