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“To What Extent Has The Historical Representation Of Women Been Challenged In Today's World? With Particular Reference To “She’s The Man”

Up until the 19th century, women have been inferior to men; with housewives to mothers women carried stereotypical roles in a patriarchal society. Until the breakthrough of feminism in the late 1970's, which opened up many doors for women, what started as a right to vote (suffrage) resulted in a whole new look for women. From, films such as Alien in 1979 to Star Wars in 1977 women became powerful and dominant within film and society. Not only does this representation now appear in film, but adverts, magazines and other media texts follow to what is now a dominant ideology within society. In spite of the changes towards women, Laura Mulvey continues to state how females are objectified within cinema, allowing men to fulfill the male gaze and keep women subordinate to the power of men. This can be emphasized through texts such as James Bond's "Die another Day" which shows females as sex objects, with only one relevance, to be looked at. However, my main text, She's The Man portrays females as dominant and as active as men, and it challenges the historical representations of females.