Female Stereotypes

Here is a useful link for my intended topic of interest :D Women & Film

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/index.cfm

Website Notes
Beauty, Body Image & Sex

• The idea that film reinforces the importance of a thin body as a measure of a woman’s worth.
• Pressure to be sexually attractive is profound
• Jean Kilbourne – Media Activist Reinforces the idea of objectification - women’s bodies are often dismembered into legs, breasts or thighs, reinforcing the message that women are objects rather than whole human beings.
  “The fascination with finding out what men really want also tends to keep female characters in film and television busy. Professor Nancy Signorielli reports that men are more likely than women to be shown "on the job" in movies and television shows. Female characters, on the other hand, are more likely to be seen dating, or talking about romance.”
• Theory is contradicted by Nancy Meyers What Women Want – showing a man completely focused on listening to women’s thoughts & trying to find out the answer to the ultimate question – What do women want? Also, the main female character is a firm business woman (even if she does conform to the typically ‘Hollywood’ image; blonde, thin, young.)