Warning, may be slightly rant like as this subject pisses me off just about a lot.
The representation of women in cinema is a complicated matter to begin with but the representation of 'strong women' in particular annoys me maybe too much but I can't help it. Why do so called 'strong' women of film become masculine or psychotic and murderous? Try to think of a 'strong woman' that isn't covered in defined muscles or psychotic, it's a tricky task. I want a strong woman that cries, wears a dress, falls in love and yet is strong because woman are just that. Women cry, women wear dresses (or whatever else they want for that matter), women fall in love and are strong. The amount of shit that women have to put up with is ridiculous, the amount of times I get stared or whistled at by men when I'm wearing a skirt (basically anything to be honest) is ridiculous and makes my mood boil. Why do men think it's appropriate to do that, oh yeah because the media tell them that it's ok. That women are flattered by this kind of attention. Honestly, I cannot recall a conversation with another women talking about this where we haven't concluded that it makes us feel like nothing but objects, that we are nothing if not loved by men.Honestly, fuck you society. Woman are strong: we create life, we break and break and yet continue to build ourselves up over and over again. We don't need some man staring at us to make us feel good about ourselves. Women should look into the mirror and be happy, feel safe and strong. We shouldn't have to worry that what we are wearing is too provocative, I doubt that a man taking his shirt off in public has that thought cross his mind and yet before we go outside we ask ourselves this question.
Cinema needs women that are girl bosses, that get mad when men whistle and stare. We need women that aren't super muscley and yet can be powerful with not physical strength but the strength of her mind. We need a dorky girl that doesn't get a makeover in order to save the day. We need a women that can save the day without looking like a man.
The representation of woman in cinema needs to change for the better of our own minds. Cinema brainwashes all to think that whatever it shows is the norm, it has done since the 1950's. It needs to show positive images of woman that don't die, don't kill, don't imitate men. It needs to show woman that are woman as they are in reality: Strong, powerful, and independent. Beautiful, smart, and kind. (The lists could go on)
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