Monday 5 January 2009

1st Paragraph

Slide 6
Throughout the years, the media has been heavily criticized for it’s depiction of women in films as the natural caregiver i.e. “the traditional housewife” who is predominantly perceived as inferior to her male spouse. This is most certainly true for films such as “The Stepford Wives” where the ideology of “the perfect woman” is conveyed to the audience, substantiating the idea that women in films are somewhat subliminally objectified either sexually or mentally, establishing them as the more subordinate sex. However, throughout my research I shall be investigating to what extent the theory that women are now being portrayed as “stronger” and more “independent” in films is true with regards to the film “Knocked Up” and counteracting the theory with the idea that the female protagonist is still yet sexually objectified due to her appearance and her ideological “traditional” attributes.

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