Cards (8)

  • What is the gender theory
    M+F represented differently F:Domestic and caring M:Social and rational Females objectified
  • Does this subvert or reinforce this theory
    Subvert
  • What image subverts this
    The blonde girl on the far left
  • What does this show
    A blonde woman whose body is limp and being held by a man. The modified frontality allows us to see her face. Her eyes are shut which could connote death or tiredness. Her mouth is open which could connote She was screaming
  • What is she wearing
    She is wearing a tight white low cut dress with heels
  • What do the heals suggest
    The heals are impractical which could connote She isn't a main character in the film. This is also a stereotype of women
  • What does the dress show
    White can connote purity and innocence. The dress is tight and low cut suggesting she is being objectified there reinforcing the idea that women are objectified. We can see the woman is very thin which would've been the Idealised body type at the time
  • What context goes with this
    All male production crew
    Films in the 1960s were become more sexual and violent and women were often sexualised. This film had to fit with that