Gender Roles In Movies

Movies today I believe portray a very different gender issues than movies from the late 80’s and 90’s do. In this day in age it is more acceptable for a women to work and have her own career but it is more likely for the women to feel she needs to uphold a certain sexual appeal. While in earlier years women were to be more conservative and did not typically hold positions in work as much as men, they were taught that the needed to tend to the house as well as to the children. I will discuss the differences and similarities in two movies about the difference in gender roles of in movies form the mid 1990s and the roles in movies that are from the 2000’s. The two movies I have chosen to discuss are “Corrina, Corrina” which was released in …show more content…
“The Devil Wears Prada” takes place in New York at one of the city’s biggest fashion magazine companies, which is going to be more relatable for women to follow than men. Although during the movie there is a substantial amount of sex appeal that takes place that would be something that would draw men into the movie. Neither of these movies I feel would be something that a family of all ages would be able to watch and appreciate this is because most of the major points in these movies are something that a mature audience would only be able to understand and follow. I believe that “The Devil Wears Prada” also appeals to more women because the top billing for this has mostly women stars and the main character being the ‘Star’ of the movie, while “Corrina, Corrina” only has three main characters on the bill and 2 of which are women but the ‘Star’ of the show is also female. With the bill for “Corrina, Corrina” being so small it doesn’t make it seem as female dominant although there are more lead female roles in this movie so this can help it to grab more male