The Avengers Age Of Ultron Essay

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Nov. 6, 2015 The Avengers Age of Ultron
Though many Americans will argue that equality has been gained between men and women in the United States, films even in the 21st century still reflect the exploitation of women. In The Avengers: Age of Ultron, two female super heroes, Black Widow and Scarlet Witch are not celebrated for a physical or supernatural strength, but for their skills in manipulation. This film reflects that women are regarded as sexual temptresses whose powers lies in manipulative prowess.
Even in marvels Avengers women still dress to represent sexuality and man dress up with a more manly perspective. There are many examples found throughout the movie, with Black Widow and Scarlet
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Yet in some way Black Widow has the role of a woman, but yet the movie makes her seem like she is almost equal to the rest of the heroes. Yet in many movies girls are usually the ones that have the receptionist jobs, photographers. “Although film and video artists are fairly well-represented within these women's groups, there seems to be a lack of participation on the part of women photographers”(Woman artist Fights Discrimination). In the movie Black Widow is the one that is in charge of driving and the low level tasks. In a part of the movie she picks up Captain American’s shield and says “Do I always have to pick up after you boy”. She ends up with the role of picking up after the other heroes because she is the …show more content…
Black Widow goes through many roles that are made for a female. For example she acts like the other super heroes mom and takes care of them. She is always picking up after them. She is always around the other superheroes and never appear just by herself, that’s discrimination if you ask me. This also goes for Scarlet the other female superhero in the movie. I notice that Black Widow and Scarlet, they bought have the ability to manipulate. By manipulate it means that they can makes someone do something by using their sexuality. For Scarlett she can make someone fall into their worst dream and make them feel as if they were in a real

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