Working Girl

The film “Working Girl” illustrates the feministic fight and struggles of women in the work force in the 1980s to the present, every contradiction relates to the main problems that women face. The two main women characters in “Working Girl” represent the two types of stereotypes of women that establish themselves in the corporate world, Kathrine Parker and Tess McGill. Despite the film being an inspirational feministic story, the writer Kevin Wade created a love plot between the main character, Tess McGill and a side character, Jack Trainer. This side love plot takes away from the main tone and contradicts the original goal of the film, to inspire women to break barriers. The movie did not require this love trope, if the film had a stand alone
The romantic trope that is essential in countless chick-flicks with the “plan was a scam but not my love for you” trope diluted the incredible strong female role of Tess McGill’s journey to be heard in a male dominated field. The love connection between Tess McGill and Jack Trainer showcased a few issues many women are accused of using their womanly charm or sleeping with the man to climb the corporate ladder and not being able to achieved their goals without men helping them. If the film wrote the young woman to be able to establish and carry her idea alone, it would have been more significant and an exceptional feministic film. The purposeless side plot made it seem like Tess would not have been able to accomplish what the couple did, by herself, if this plot was excluded then it would have been more interesting and noteworthy. “Working Girl” illustrated this problem as a valuable lesson, to work hard and still become a perfect wife, orchestrating with the husband. While this might be the goals to some women, this should not be the picture of success that young women work toward, women do not need to marry any person to be the best they can be. This takes away from the strong powered business woman, breaking barriers ideal, since getting the job she was chasing after was not enough, she had to marry the romantic interest
Even the contradictions in and about the film showcase the many struggles employed women dealt with. The two different types of feminists, the woman that depends on her intelligence to carry her to the top and the other that relies on her feminine charm and status, while acting masculine to blend into the corporate normality of the 1980s. As well as the issue that woman felt pressured to remain a house wife or that an important goal was to get married, by the love plot, this problem is still being struggled with today. The love plot tried to explain that woman can be both a kind hearted wife and a businesswoman, but it took away from the powerful feminist theme. The incongruity of the film being written and directed by men took away from the strong female presence and unlimited capabilities and created the situation to close to the reality in the 1980s. Men believed they were being over generous by allowing women to work even if it was for about half of the money they were earning. Tess McGill being created by Kevin Wade without an inspiration, made it seem that only made up character could accomplish the feats that she did. The film “Working Girl” gave an inspirational outlook to women in the workplace and gave many young women hope despite for the sexist undertones. Viewing the issues that women in the 1980s struggled