Where Are the Women? Rock the Kasbah
From a mean ex to a hooker with a heart of gold, women exist in this world only for what they can do for — or to — the male protagonist.
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Where Are the Women? Woodlawn
Women appear only extremely briefly as supportive wives and mothers, or as romantic interests who must be rescued (by a man, natch) from another man’s abuse.
Where Are the Women? The Green Inferno
The only character with any sort of arc is a young woman. But she is half-dressed half the time and subject to sexualized torture.
Where Are the Women? Secret in Their Eyes
Gets close to representing women well but falls down, and ends up a story about a man obsessed with the rape and murder of a pretty blonde teenaged girl.
Where Are the Women? Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
There are many women, all with their own authority, among the large ensemble of interviewees: activists, art critics, musicians, doctors, and others.
Where Are the Women? What Happened, Miss Simone?
The best way to represent women well onscreen is simply to make movies about women. Maybe occasionally about a woman who isn’t white. That’s it.
Where Are the Women? Cartel Land
Women appear only briefly, as wives and mothers speaking about how their families are being destroyed, or as an object upon which a man can be lecherous.
Where Are the Women? Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
With the female chipmunk trio the Chipettes sidelined, women here are represented primarily via the (human) girlfriend of the Chipmunks’ human pal Dave.
Where Are the Women? Racing Extinction
The vast majority of people who appear on camera in this documentary are men… and most of the few women who do appear do not speak to the camera.
Where Are the Women? The Hunting Ground
There are so many women onscreen, including the vast majority of the university administrators, lawyers, activists, and other experts interviewed.
