Women have been portrayed by Hollywood in a variety of ways over the past century. From the spider-women of film noir to the warrior woman of today, the feminine character is constantly evolving. Movies will also show women as subordinate to women and will even be able to gain financial aids because of this. Even in two recent films, Steve Jobs and Mad Max: Fury Road, women are represented in totally different ways. In the two films, women are characterized differently due to whether there is a warrior woman, ideology that women are subordinate to men, and how the women use their status in order to reflect the setting of the movie. Initially, Bennion-Nixon defines the warrior woman as a “representational figure” that displays a variety of
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347). Risman explains that women do this not only for the compensation but also for the approval of the men around them in society (pg. 347). For example, the wives in Mad Max: Fury Road accept being used to procreate in exchange for the safety, food, water, and status as one of Joe’s wives. In the movie, this is very significant because if they were not Joe’s wives then they would be with the common people struggling to survive. However, through the plot of the movie the wives follow Furiosa in order to break away from their dependency on Joe. Similarly, Steve Jobs simply gives Chrisann money in order to silence here basically. Again at the Macintosh event, he denies being Lisa’s father continuously, but still gives her money to buy a house. He continues to keep giving her money throughout the film to get her to stop bothering him about taking care of her and Lisa. In providing Chrisann money, he absolves himself of the guilt he feels for her and Lisa’s lack of wealth. Thus, both films perfectly show how women accept a lower social standing in exchange for monetary …show more content…
The women in the films, Mad Max: Fury Road and Steve Jobs, accept the lower social status because they receive benefits from the men for doing so in the form of acceptance and compensation. However, one stark contrast from this ideology is Furiosa who is a warrior woman. She proactively tries to break from her assumed gender role by using her normally masculine traits to her advantage in order to be equal to the men in her society. Thus, it is shown that women are subordinate to men for as long as they accept these
347). Risman explains that women do this not only for the compensation but also for the approval of the men around them in society (pg. 347). For example, the wives in Mad Max: Fury Road accept being used to procreate in exchange for the safety, food, water, and status as one of Joe’s wives. In the movie, this is very significant because if they were not Joe’s wives then they would be with the common people struggling to survive. However, through the plot of the movie the wives follow Furiosa in order to break away from their dependency on Joe. Similarly, Steve Jobs simply gives Chrisann money in order to silence here basically. Again at the Macintosh event, he denies being Lisa’s father continuously, but still gives her money to buy a house. He continues to keep giving her money throughout the film to get her to stop bothering him about taking care of her and Lisa. In providing Chrisann money, he absolves himself of the guilt he feels for her and Lisa’s lack of wealth. Thus, both films perfectly show how women accept a lower social standing in exchange for monetary …show more content…
The women in the films, Mad Max: Fury Road and Steve Jobs, accept the lower social status because they receive benefits from the men for doing so in the form of acceptance and compensation. However, one stark contrast from this ideology is Furiosa who is a warrior woman. She proactively tries to break from her assumed gender role by using her normally masculine traits to her advantage in order to be equal to the men in her society. Thus, it is shown that women are subordinate to men for as long as they accept these