What it means to be a girl: Does the portrayal of women in film and the media shape who we want to be?

摘要

Are we, as women, influenced by the women we see on the silver screen? Does watching these character's adventures unfold make us think differently about what we want out of life? And what about the way the media portrayed the actresses who played those characters? What was it like in the 1950s and 60s to go see a film where women were bold, provocative, adventurous souls who did not always follow the rules society set for them? Did it make women want to shake off some of those societal constraints? And do films today influence women in the same ways?;These are questions the website "What It Means to Be a Girl: Does the portrayal of women in film & the media shape who we want to be?" takes a look at in a comparison of female characters in the 1950s and 60s with those seen on the screen today. It is almost unquestionable that we as a society are influenced by the films we choose to see. If they had no impact, if they did not touch some part of us, then we wouldn't watch them. Therefore a look at just what Hollywood has told girls over the years about what it means to be a woman is definitely something to think about.;The site also features articles on the media's coverage of actresses during the 1950s and 60s as fanaticism was growing into more of a common thing culturally and links it with the explosion of media coverage of Hollywood's young starlets today.