Actress Jessica Chastain, best known for her role in the film Zero Dark Thirty, is finding big complications with female superheroes these days, troubles she thinks need to change. Like most people today, Chastain has been very opinionated about her issues with the way women are preserved in Hollywood in the past. In an interview recently, the actress called out Hollywood for what she considers to be a sexist double standard that powerfully shapes the portrayal of female superheroes. She was quoted saying, “If you look at films like Elektra and Aeon Flux, the problem that studios have is that they try to make kick-ass women very sexualized. They have to be in some cat suit.” Now looking back at our readings and the class discussions, it is
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It defines the social perspective and the difference between male and female gender roles and their inequality. No matter how hard women try, it seems as though they will never be looked upon the same way men are viewed even in films and comic books. Creators of such films and comic books continue to create such representation of idols because it portrays a clear image of inequality of gender relations between males and females. The sexualization of the female image as Jessica Chastain mentioned, is what remains ethnically dominant today. It is what keeps the audiences going because the truth of the matter is that when you see a female character that is all sexed up, you simply can’t take your eyes off of them. Going back to Jessica Chastain’s statement about the issue of female heroes, it is clear that female hero figures have always and will always continue to represent a sex symbol as long as society continues to view man and woman differently. Man have always been looked at as the dominant ones and woman have always gained the recognition of man by using their sexualities even if it means having to wear cat suits. Male heroine characteristics allows men to simply be as individuals apart from their looks, while women are expressed by theirs and so the sequence rolls
It defines the social perspective and the difference between male and female gender roles and their inequality. No matter how hard women try, it seems as though they will never be looked upon the same way men are viewed even in films and comic books. Creators of such films and comic books continue to create such representation of idols because it portrays a clear image of inequality of gender relations between males and females. The sexualization of the female image as Jessica Chastain mentioned, is what remains ethnically dominant today. It is what keeps the audiences going because the truth of the matter is that when you see a female character that is all sexed up, you simply can’t take your eyes off of them. Going back to Jessica Chastain’s statement about the issue of female heroes, it is clear that female hero figures have always and will always continue to represent a sex symbol as long as society continues to view man and woman differently. Man have always been looked at as the dominant ones and woman have always gained the recognition of man by using their sexualities even if it means having to wear cat suits. Male heroine characteristics allows men to simply be as individuals apart from their looks, while women are expressed by theirs and so the sequence rolls