Peace

Peace The Women’s Movement Throughout motion picture history, women have experienced more transition in their roles, as a result of changing societal norms, than any other class. At first, both society and the movie industry preached that women should be dependent on men and remain in the home, in order to guarantee stability in the community and the family. As time passed and attitudes changed, women were beginning to be depicted as strong willed, independent minded characters, who were eager to break away from convention. Since the 1940’s, movies have predominately portrayed women as sex symbols. Beginning in the 1940’s and continuing though the 1980’s, women did not have major roles in movies. When they did have a leading role the women was either pretreated as unintelligent and beautiful, or as conniving and beautiful: But she was always beautiful. Before the 1990’s, men alone wrote and directed all the movies, and the movies were written for men. In comparison, movies of the 90’s are not only written and directed by women, but older and unattractive women also hold leading roles. In the 1940’s women did not have predominate roles in movies. In the few movies that were based around women, a man women, movies, movie, men, strong, beautiful, women’s, sex, man, roles, woman, portrayed, out, 1940’s, throughout, end, two, through, now, lives, characters, beginning, because, about, 1990’s, 1980’s, training, take, symbol, rae, norma, life, johnny, having, good, go