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This is supported in the movie “Scream”, released in 1996, by having strong female roles whom when are not damsels in distress are out fighting to find the killer, in a previously male role. When Gale rescues Sidney she is wearing a rather masculine looking leather trench coat and it stands very dominantly. This is an example of a woman in a male hero role.
The masculinity is usually a sign of competence or strength, rather than anything related to gender or sexual preference. The female characters in these films can often be prone to many different social stereotypes throughout the film. These stereotypes often work to lead her towards her demise, but she ultimately resorts to masculine behaviors in order to survive in the end.
Associating a particular gender with certain attributes in Slasher films is also worth taking note of. According to Adam Rockoff, “With a few exceptions, the killer in slasher films is overtly asexual, aside from the brief bouts of voyeurism which tend to precede the murders, and his/her gender is left …show more content…
Feminism has also influenced the change in ideology of the representation of women. This is supported by the book “Image and Representation” by Nick Lacey which says “feminism is an example of an emergent ideology that forced the dominant ideology to adapt but not to change fundamentally”- page 104. This suggests that feminism changed popular culture to think of women in more dominant roles and so their function in horror has
The masculinity is usually a sign of competence or strength, rather than anything related to gender or sexual preference. The female characters in these films can often be prone to many different social stereotypes throughout the film. These stereotypes often work to lead her towards her demise, but she ultimately resorts to masculine behaviors in order to survive in the end.
Associating a particular gender with certain attributes in Slasher films is also worth taking note of. According to Adam Rockoff, “With a few exceptions, the killer in slasher films is overtly asexual, aside from the brief bouts of voyeurism which tend to precede the murders, and his/her gender is left …show more content…
Feminism has also influenced the change in ideology of the representation of women. This is supported by the book “Image and Representation” by Nick Lacey which says “feminism is an example of an emergent ideology that forced the dominant ideology to adapt but not to change fundamentally”- page 104. This suggests that feminism changed popular culture to think of women in more dominant roles and so their function in horror has