Tootsie

       
          The Film Tootsie reinforces gender roles and stereotypes. Tootsie a 1982 film with the main character Michael who cross desses as a women to get a job as an actor since no one else wants him in their movies/plays/ shows. In this movie he sees both sides of being a man and a women but in the end he is a man. They make this very clear at the end of the movie when Julie accepts him for who he is. Also they show this when Michael acts like a women.

          When Michael first begins to be Dorothy many other women look up to him. They want that drive to stand up for them selfs as he dose. He is a strong women, but later as he keeps cross dressing he becomes more feminine. He starts to become concern about what he is going to wear and wants to look pretty. Even though he is a man he could not really protect himself when almost getting blank by one of his co-workers. He begins to show a really feminine side that most women them selfs do have. Also he becomes someone Julie begins to care about. Even though he is kind as a women as Dorothy, Michael as a man is a really different person.

           Michael begins to have a hard time balancing his life as Dorothy and himself. He begins to date a women named Sandy who resembles Thelma from the movie Louise and Thelma. She is a character who cant express anger well. Michael tries to help her gain her role as a strong female character for a show. When he finds out he wont be able to find a job he signs up for the role as Dorothy. This makes Sandy upset and becomes jealous like most females would. Later on Sandy even becomes a strong women once Michael tells her he is in love with another women just like how thelma became by the end of the movie.

Feminism In Film - Thelma and Louis

           In the film Thelma and Louis men are have more power and are dominant, strong and superior over women. Though out the film Thelma and Louis are very dynamic characters that change over time. Thelma for example starts off in the movie as a very feminien women who is always overpowered by men. Later she is robbing shops and dose not fear a man or gun, she even stands up to the man in the truck that makes lude gestures to her and Louis. This film shows who has most power and dominance. Also can women have power over men?
       


In these two pictures it shows how Thelma is weak at first but becomes the more strong and dominate character.
       








In the begining of this movie Louis seems to be more masculine than Feminine. She wore pants unlike Thelma and dose not trust other men or fall for their tricks like thelma dose. She seems like a strong character until the midpoint of the film when her boyfriend proposes to her and loses the money  he gave to her. Her hair is down and she begins to cry and becomes a lot more feminine. Also Louis almost told the detective what happened in Texas and is becoming more soft. Thelma hangs up the phone for her at this point she has becoming more masculine.