It becomes normalized to see women playing stereotypical roles. Furthermore, when a situation is presented in a real life setting where a woman is being stereotyped or discriminated against, fewer people are willing to act and diffuse the situation or even consider it out of the norm. It is also common that when women are cast as lead characters in action movies that audiences find it offensive or unusually “modern” for women to be playing such roles. Another consequence of the negative portrayal of women in movies is how younger audiences interpret the messages. Since they are rarely exposed to movies where women have lead roles and play characters that are not subjected to stereotypes, young children are familiarized with the idea that a women’s opinions and ideas are second to a men’s. They also learn the importance of women is relative to the role she serves for a man (lover,
It becomes normalized to see women playing stereotypical roles. Furthermore, when a situation is presented in a real life setting where a woman is being stereotyped or discriminated against, fewer people are willing to act and diffuse the situation or even consider it out of the norm. It is also common that when women are cast as lead characters in action movies that audiences find it offensive or unusually “modern” for women to be playing such roles. Another consequence of the negative portrayal of women in movies is how younger audiences interpret the messages. Since they are rarely exposed to movies where women have lead roles and play characters that are not subjected to stereotypes, young children are familiarized with the idea that a women’s opinions and ideas are second to a men’s. They also learn the importance of women is relative to the role she serves for a man (lover,