She's The Man Film Analysis
The movie She’s The Man, directed by Andy Fickman it is shown that men always get the upper hand in almost everything and girls have to work twice as hard to get to an equal level as them. This movie gives out a feminism message saying women should be able to work alongside with men with the same equal treatment. Its obvious men have an easier life and they get what they want easily. Many scenes challenged traditional views of gender roles in society. Traditional views are appointed based entirely on gender and not ability. Viola soon learns how to act like both a boy and a girl in order to get where she wants to be. This movie really shows how women are treated as inferior to men, the sports world is just one example. Throughout the movie
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It has been around for ages and society has constructed it. At a young age, kids know their gender roles by the toys the play with and how they are treated. Young boys are given fire trucks and dinosaurs while girls play with Barbie and dress up as princesses. What people also watch on tv is based on gender roles. Men watch fighting and thriller genres while women watch drama and love stories. Femininity relate to caring, motherly, emotionality and masculinity relate to independence, assertiveness, and power. When people don’t act how their gender is supposed to act like, they are looked downed open. But in today sports, there are male coaches coaching women sports which teach them how to be masculine. Gender roles isn’t something a person is born with, it’s taught. In the movie when all the girls are together at the debutante lunch, it’s clear that the older women are teaching the younger girls ladylike manners and the older women were once taught too, almost like a tradition passed down to each generations. When talking about gender roles, there are also colors that match the roles. Girls are often seen as loving the color pink since they were little girls. In the movie She’s The Man, the women are always wearing a shade a pink. Whenever people see the color pink they think of sweetness, kindness, and politeness, traits that women are supposed to
It has been around for ages and society has constructed it. At a young age, kids know their gender roles by the toys the play with and how they are treated. Young boys are given fire trucks and dinosaurs while girls play with Barbie and dress up as princesses. What people also watch on tv is based on gender roles. Men watch fighting and thriller genres while women watch drama and love stories. Femininity relate to caring, motherly, emotionality and masculinity relate to independence, assertiveness, and power. When people don’t act how their gender is supposed to act like, they are looked downed open. But in today sports, there are male coaches coaching women sports which teach them how to be masculine. Gender roles isn’t something a person is born with, it’s taught. In the movie when all the girls are together at the debutante lunch, it’s clear that the older women are teaching the younger girls ladylike manners and the older women were once taught too, almost like a tradition passed down to each generations. When talking about gender roles, there are also colors that match the roles. Girls are often seen as loving the color pink since they were little girls. In the movie She’s The Man, the women are always wearing a shade a pink. Whenever people see the color pink they think of sweetness, kindness, and politeness, traits that women are supposed to