Girls on Film: An Examination of Gendered Vocational Socialization Messages Found in Motion Pictures Targeting Teenage Girls

摘要

The study of gendered vocational socialization messages in films targeting teenage girls is troubling in the all-too-consistent representation of girls as dependent on father figures or boyfriends, with few challenging ambitions of their own. However, there are opportunities to seize positive role models presented in films such as Freaky Friday and Whale Rider to show girls that they do have a lot of potential to develop into strong leaders and that by doing so they contribute to others as well as to themselves. It is hoped that filmmakers will capture opportunities arising in the future to create strong female characters that teenage girls can look up to, identify with, and be challenged by to live lives that will enable them to become the strong, independent women that they can be.