Sport: The Oppression Of Women In Film

In contrary to Laoire (1975), Leary (2012) illustrated women being athletic, determined, and courageous. Leary (2012) built suspense when a man was murdered by a drug dealer within his social circle, because of his sexual affiliation with his girlfriend. When this man was killed, he left behind his wife and child in great pain. As the family mourned this death, his wife believed avenging this death would help ease the pain. While expressing some of her frustration with boxing, she came to the conclusion of killing her husband’s murderer. Consequently, his partner decided to kill him, because of the abuse she was exposed to in their relationship. Surprisingly, this film demonstrated characteristics in these women that were generally attributed to man in Ireland. …show more content…
In addition, each woman had a purpose to end their misery and heroically approached the man who was causing this pain. Again, the audience encounters a man in the center of drama who has long lasting effects in a society, but with the active participation of women. This engagement of women taking a role in a film or in sports is an example of writers or directors were giving the audience taste of a new culture created in Irish society. Based on Towards a Third Cinema, filmmaking focused on the concept of vividly demonstrating “the real Ireland”. In this case the real Ireland consisted of women who had the courage to defend themselves in a society that was explicitly dangerous and still dominated by