Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nudity, Genderqueer, Helen Mirren
20 Sep 2016
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Do not have to reference other sources: however, can add to argument by providing proof to your claims. Perform an analysis of the episodes, deconstruct how it is a story about gender. Look at what meanings, references, tropes and identities it relies upon and reuses to make sense. Efforts to convince film industry that it was not reflecting audiences: these efforts date back to at least the 1960s. Gender roles were not being kept up with the social changes of the time. 1978 report by california advisory committee to us commission on civil rights: Despite claims to the contrary, minorities and women are poorly represented in decision-making positions in the motion picture industry . Usc 2009 of the top 100 grossing films, only 30% of speaking roles were women. Geena davis institute 2004 women and girls comprise only 17% of any given crowd scene. In a group that was 33% women, men perceived themselves outnumbered.
