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.