If there is one movie that clearly shows the gender differences between males and females, it would be Legally Blonde. From the very beginning, the main character, Elle, is dressed head to toe in pink and speaks with a thick valley girl accent. The movie shows her going in and out of stores with her ditzy friends shopping. But why is it that because she wears pink and says "oh my God" alot that she is unintelligent? It shows how all of her single friends of jealous of Elle and her perfect boyfriend. It isn't until that her boyfriend breaks up with her and she cries for days that we then come to find out that she actually is very intelligent. If it wasn't for her Elle being put in a vulnerable position by her boyfriend breaking up with her because she didn't live up to her standards, Elle would never have attempted to get into Harvard Law.
The woman is made to be the needy one in the relationship, while her boyfriend is the so called "bread winner" that she must follow. It seems that in media today that the women are the ones getting broken up with the most often, while the males are quick to move on, be happy, and have another girlfriend at the drop of a hat. Elles sexuality is definitely played off, as seen in her admissions video to Harvard while the admissions councelors watch in utter disbelief. Her sexuality is taken too far though, when her internship advisor tries to hit on her and dangles a great job position in her face by it.
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Cecily!
ReplyDeleteThe main thing that I love about this movie is the fact that yes she fits into the stereotype of being a "ditzy blonde" BUT she outshies this factor because she is very intelligent!
The movie exhibits that a woman can be indepedent and not rely on a man for everything. Yes we need men for certain things but not for the basic tasks of life!I'm not saying that I am anti men but Elle defitnitely proved a point by gettin into Harvard Law Schhol and she proved that a woman can anything as long as she puts her mind to it!
Shanay
I noticed that she was only at Harvard because of a man. It's like you got to appreciate the fact that she defeated the odds of being a stupid blonde, but she is portrayed in oppresive female ways.
ReplyDeleteI like that this movie seems to depict the complexity of the issue previous commenters have been discussing. Though she does prove her intelligence and drive, she does it in pursuit of male approval. To me, this exposes the truth that it is not as simple as being compliant or resisting patriarchal values. Every action we take has innumerable forces working upon it, and the idea that we can ever be fully liberated from the system that we exist in is not practical or possible.
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