Sexism In Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin is a biographical film about the life of an autistic woman named Temple Grandin. Temple is diagnosed with autism as a young child. Her mother, Eustacia, is told that autism is believed to be caused by insufficient maternal affection and the only recommendation is to place Temple in an institution for the rest of her life. Unsatisfied with the doctor’s recommendation, Eustacia, ignores the doctor’s recommendations and tries to teach Temple anyways. Then as a teenager, Temple is sent to her aunt and uncle’s ranch where she first observes a squeeze chute and learns that it can calm her when she’s stressed. She built a “hug machine” for herself while in college to help her with the stress but it is quickly removed and destroyed by the staff because they misinterpreted it as a sexual device. In response, she performs scientific experiment to prove that her “hug machine” is therapeutic. After graduating from college, Temple pursues a master’s degree in animal science. Despite sexism in the industry, Temple designed a new humane dip system that moves cattle along calmly. The film concluded with Temple giving speeches about autism.
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Temple was not an easy character to portray. Temple’s emotions were all over the place throughout the movie and Danes was able to portray all of Temple’s emotions flawlessly. In one scene a sign on Temple’s room was knocked off the door accidentally by the housekeeping. The moment Temple realized that it was missing, she instantly had a panic attack and stormed out of the house. Danes performed this scene flawlessly; accurately portraying the distress Temple was in when she found the sign was