Mandible
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There seems to be a current trend of: “anyone that doesn’t like a film with a woman in it is automatically a (insert whatever buzz words are going around), and it got me thinking; why not have a thread where people can openly discuss their reasoning to try and understand others points of view.
The vast majority of people would no doubt agree that equality is a no-brainer; everyone should have equal rights and respect. So with that in mind, I started to think back at films, over the last roughly 50 years, and tried to think of films where woman have been openly and overtly been labelled toxic, told they are useless, maliciously put down, are not needed, and can do nothing right.
Have women been sexualized? Absolutely. As have men, but nowhere near to the same degree. But I'm talking about openly labelled, and rejoiced as brave, for putting woman down… and I’m struggling to think of any?
Maybe I’m an ignorant fool who lives in a fairy land, but when I look back at the number one films of each year over that period I’m not seeing a trend of slandering woman in any of these films? Sure, there’s been thousands of films released over that period, but again, how many have been as aggressive is pushing ideals of one sex being lesser worth than the other, like Hollywood has in the last few years regarding men?
It would be interesting to see if people could find a list of these films? Particularly, big-budget, studio driven films with lots of P&A? No doubt there would probably be some vile underground z-grade ****, but I'm talking about ones that hit theaters around the world and have general public awareness.
1970 Love Story
1971 Fiddler on the Roof
1972 The Godfather
1973 The Sting
1974 Blazing Saddles
1975 Jaws
1976 Rocky
1977 Star Wars
1978 Grease
1979 Kramer vs Kramer
1980 Empire Strikes Back
1981 Raiders
1982 ET
1983 Jedi
1984 Ghostbusters
1985 Back to the Future
1986 Top Gun
1987 Three Men and a Baby
1988 Rain Man
1989 Batman
1990 Home Alone
1991 Beauty and the Beast
1992 Aladdin
1993 Jurassic Park
1994 The Lion King
1995 Toy Story
1996 Independence Day
1997 Titanic
1998 Saving Private Ryan
1999 The Phantom Menace
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001 Harry Potter
2002 Spiderman
2003 Lord of the Rings
2004 Shrek 2
2005 Revenge of the Sith
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean
2007 Spiderman 3
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Avatar
2010 Toy Story 3
2011 Harry Potter
2012 The Avengers
2013 The Hunger Games
2014 American Sniper
2015 The Force Awakens
2016 Rogue One
2017 The Last Jedi
2018 Black Panther
2019 End Game
2020 Bad Boys for Life
The vast majority of people would no doubt agree that equality is a no-brainer; everyone should have equal rights and respect. So with that in mind, I started to think back at films, over the last roughly 50 years, and tried to think of films where woman have been openly and overtly been labelled toxic, told they are useless, maliciously put down, are not needed, and can do nothing right.
Have women been sexualized? Absolutely. As have men, but nowhere near to the same degree. But I'm talking about openly labelled, and rejoiced as brave, for putting woman down… and I’m struggling to think of any?
Maybe I’m an ignorant fool who lives in a fairy land, but when I look back at the number one films of each year over that period I’m not seeing a trend of slandering woman in any of these films? Sure, there’s been thousands of films released over that period, but again, how many have been as aggressive is pushing ideals of one sex being lesser worth than the other, like Hollywood has in the last few years regarding men?
It would be interesting to see if people could find a list of these films? Particularly, big-budget, studio driven films with lots of P&A? No doubt there would probably be some vile underground z-grade ****, but I'm talking about ones that hit theaters around the world and have general public awareness.
1970 Love Story
1971 Fiddler on the Roof
1972 The Godfather
1973 The Sting
1974 Blazing Saddles
1975 Jaws
1976 Rocky
1977 Star Wars
1978 Grease
1979 Kramer vs Kramer
1980 Empire Strikes Back
1981 Raiders
1982 ET
1983 Jedi
1984 Ghostbusters
1985 Back to the Future
1986 Top Gun
1987 Three Men and a Baby
1988 Rain Man
1989 Batman
1990 Home Alone
1991 Beauty and the Beast
1992 Aladdin
1993 Jurassic Park
1994 The Lion King
1995 Toy Story
1996 Independence Day
1997 Titanic
1998 Saving Private Ryan
1999 The Phantom Menace
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001 Harry Potter
2002 Spiderman
2003 Lord of the Rings
2004 Shrek 2
2005 Revenge of the Sith
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean
2007 Spiderman 3
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Avatar
2010 Toy Story 3
2011 Harry Potter
2012 The Avengers
2013 The Hunger Games
2014 American Sniper
2015 The Force Awakens
2016 Rogue One
2017 The Last Jedi
2018 Black Panther
2019 End Game
2020 Bad Boys for Life