We talked last Thursday about gender roles and our options for dealing with them. I didn’t weigh in on the conversation, I was very interested to sit back, observe and listen. For one, I think it would be imposible to to do away with the basic gender roles and the fact that do note men and women being different. I know the world isn’t perfect, but I really believe that a compromise can and should be made between men and women. Just because we different doesn’t make us unequal. And I do believe biologically we are very different. That isn’t a bad thing. I don’t think it’s possible for everybody to have this mindset all at once (I know there are some people out there they may object to a compromise). However, I will do what I can do and hopefully in the long-run people might view eachother with a little more respect. Again, I think it’s possible for us to be different and equal at the same time. Maybe I’m crazy, stranger things have happened.
As far as the impact of gender roles in the movie, I would be blind and ignorant to pretend they aren’t there. It is very interesting how movies are almost always centered around men. Are people in general (men and women) more interested for watching men? Seems like an odd thing. I think about sports. All the major, professional, money making sports are played by men. I don’t have any problem with this. I’ve tried to watch women play baseball. They aren’t as strong (again different, but not necessarily bad) and since they aren’t as strong they aren’t able to show the same kind of skill strength as men. Therefore, it’s much more entertaining to watch a man who is able to pitch a baseball 100 MPH than a woman pitch at MPH. While I don’t think you can relate the skill of acting to pitching a baseball, I do think society is “trained” if you will to watch men just do more.