... industry that due to its reach and accessible nature propagated ideas and spread information without any bias towards social class or status. The invention of cinema and the projection of films on just about any screen meant that this form of entertainment managed to make more accessible what was previously available to just a select group of society. The impact of motion ... national concerns over matters such as eugenics and declining birth rate lead to an increased interest in sexuality and the morality of society.3 The end of World War I was also followed by women's struggle to obta...

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... themselves. Other researchers have attempted to solicit the emotional responses of women and men who were watching violent and sad films (Koukounas & McCabe, 2001; Oliver, Weaver, & Sargent, 2000). In these particular studies researchers found that when women were watching violent or sad films their emotions were drawn out far more frequently than men who watched the same tape. This again gives us ... be thanked and told that the purpose of the study was to understand gender differences in emotional response. The survey was simply four alternating "positive", "negative" cases, and each ...

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... by refusing the marriage proposal of farmer Bas. Antonia shows a great deal of determination, confidence and authority that was not seen among many women in those times. Danielle, Antonia's daughter, followed her mother's path to also become and independent and strong woman, also rejecting the need for a man in her life, even with a baby and drawing much criticism from the church ... the gender role stereotype is Letta. Letta is an important symbol of the primal female urge to reproduce and is shown in a constant cycle of pregnancy. Unlike many American produced films, Antonia's Line co...

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... of character representations through an analysis of labor force participation, sex-roles of occupation, prestige of occupation, and gender- (Eschholz et al., 2002, p.299). Eschholz had the content of fifty films from 1996 analyzed to gather and compare data about the female portrayals. Eschholz trained three individuals to code the characters in each movie. Lead characters were specifically looked at; leads ... and planned research project. The authors seemed to be aware of potential shortcomings of such a study and managed to avoid them. The goal of the study was clearly defined and fo...

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