PRESENTATION OF GENDER IN MOVIES

NOSFERATU

FEMALE

• Major female character
• Innocent, Emotional, Housewife
• Heroic behaviours

MALE

• All masculine
• Heroic
• Providers and protectors

WIZARD OF OZ

FEMALE

• Seems at strong
• Becomes independent

MALE

• Heoric

CASABLANCA

FEMALE

• Weak
• Not emotionally strong
• Submissive
• "You think for the both of us"

MALE

• Strong character
• Unselfish
• Hero
• "Good guy"

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

FEMALE

• Unlike most movies in the 50's
• Strong, charismatic character
• Inner independence
• Shows signs of women's role in society

MALE

• Main focus is not on male characters

KRAMER VS KRAMER

FEMALE

• Leaves husband to find herself
• Path to self discovery
• Gets high powered career

MALE

• Business man
• Workaholic
• Quits job
• Becomes son's full time care taker

THE BREAKFAST CLUB

FEMALE

• Portrayed as popular girl
• Social outcast

MALE

• Bullies, athletes, nerds
• Brought out personal issues (emotional side)
• Differ from strong male figure

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

FEMALE

• Fearless
• Fighter
• Hangs out with boys
• Protector just like men

MALE

• Viking society pushes for boys to slay dragons
• Hiccup (main character) is pressured to be in the same life style even if he does not want to

FACTS ABOUT GENDER IN FILMS IN 2014

• Globally, there are 2.24 male characters for every 1 female character.
• Less than a quarter of films surveyed (23.3 percent) had a female lead or co-lead.
• France has the worse gender ratio, 9.1 men to 1 woman.
• Brazil has the best, 1.7 men to 1 woman. The U.S.? 3.4 men to 1 woman.
• Female characters are more than twice as likely to be skinny (38.5 percent vs. 15.7 percent),
• In films, comments made by characters that refer to appearance are directed at women at a rate of FIVE times that of comments directed at men