Masculinity In The Film She's The Man

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She’s the Man challenges traditional opinions of males and females in society, which tends to assign individuals specific roles based exclusively on gender, and not ability. An underlying concept that reoccurred throughout the film was Feminist Theory, women are oppressed, sport is a gendered activity where men have power, stereotyping, etc. This film distinctly and effectively presents the discrimination, stereotypes and barriers placed on females which forced them to hold traditional roles in our society. The highlight of the main female is her strong obstinate fortitude is to play soccer with the opposing gender, males. Stereotyping is the basis of this movie, a popular perception in society, is that females are the weaker sex; not as robust and fast as men. This …show more content…
What is masculinity? What is femininity? The best answer to these questions is described of those languages, practices, and behaviors, existing in today’s cultural specific society. The values society has put on these simple yet complex terms has changed the way people view power, sports, etc. The stereotypical view of power is that is a male dominated world in example the president, there has yet to be a female president in simple terms of the issue of power and how it is a male dominance. Sports on the other hand have many different societal views on which sports are male dominated, female dominated, or gender neutral. With Title IX being implement that gives females the ability to play on a male team vice versa, but you will rarely see this case in today’s society solely based on the gender roles implement. In this case specific situation in She’s the Man, the main character is female, and she wants to prove that females can play just as well as males can in sports. She had to pretend to be male so the males would not treat her as a female for her

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