The U.S. has a percentage of around 50.8% women and 49.2% men. According to Miss Representation, “only 16% of protagonists in films are female”. With a nearly equal population of women to men, why is this? A close inspection of the media pinpoints why. We don’t know where the trend started, but somewhere down the line the media constructed an obtuse idea that a woman’s body is more important than her intelligence. As a result, women weren’t given major roles in movies for years. If actresses were lucky, the best they could score was the love interest. However, in recent years, movies have begun to challenge this concept. One movie in particular, Mad Max: Fury Road presents the female lead Furiosa. Movies tend to mistake strong female characters
