As you already know, (if you've read my previous posts), I am researching sexism and gender inequality in films for my junior theme project. A few recently produced movies immediately come to mind when I think about the over-sexualization of female characters in films today. The first one is Suckerpunch, which is about a girl who gets thrown unwillingly into a mental institution, which ends up being more like a whorehouse judging by the costumes and mannerisms of her fellow "institution girlfriends" in the previews. She is then told that the only way to escape from the institution is to fight and defeat demons in some kind of imaginary world. This would be a great example of a strong, "kick-ass" female character in a movie, had she not been dressed like some teenage boy's schoolgirl fantasy. Of course this movie would be gobbled up by perv-y guys if it didn't look as much like a chick-flick as it seems in the preview. But I was happy to read on PerezHilton.com: "Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch took a huge blow as it dropped 68% from the previous weekend, grossing only $6.1 million for the weekdn. So far, that's been the biggest second-weekend drop of any movie this year. Ouchie."
"Ouchie" is right. Looks like I'm not the only one disgusted by this horrific display of sexualization and demeaning stereotyping.
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