Where Are the Women? Charlie’s Country
A perfect illustration of how men’s stories are intended to be universally applicable to all people, even as they ignore the unique challenges women face. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
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Where Are the Women? Survivor
Every single role played by a woman in this film — and there are many — could have been played by a man without changing a single line of dialogue. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? McFarland USA (aka McFarland)
Behold yet another stock supportive wife: noble, long-suffering, making the best of the messes her husband is constantly getting their family into. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Spy
A fantastic example of how casting women in roles that could have been played by men adds layers of cultural commentary that wouldn’t otherwise be present. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? The Connection (La French)
Women do not exist in the world of this film except as motivating factors for men. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Results
The female coprotagonist here totally up-ends onscreen stereotypes about women, and she is not depicted as broken or unfeminine for doing so. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Man Up
Hooray for a story about a woman, but boo for how retrograde it is. This is a movie about literally nothing except her romantic desperation. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? San Andreas
Women exist here primarily to be rescued by men, and they are defined only by their relationships with men. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)
There is only one woman in this movie, and she is present only so that we can be “amused” by how she is mistreated and demeaned by the male protagonist. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? The Loft
A woman is dead, brutally murdered. Forget about her, though. It is vitally important that we understand how a bunch of men feel about this. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
