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Feminism in G.I. Jane


However, a more sober analysis regarding the decision of senator DeHaven will reveal later on in the movie that even if those qualities are inherent and true of women in general, the prevalence of testosterone in men and estrogen in women is not even enough to discourage or disable Jordan from completing the SEALS training – on the other hand, even as she lacks traits that society would usually associate with weakness, the main character ends up completing the training that according to the movie, 60% of (male) candidates cannot complete
             Thus, gender norms are not reinforced in a way that subordinates one sex to the other, but confirms that both genders are equal in capacity, and the task of becoming a soldier is up to whoever can complete the training. And so, in the quest to uncover the hidden assumptions about gender, the liberal feminist approach provided by the film affirms that the traditional norms of gender that have been maintained and evolved through social constructions can be reversed by the same means. .
             Moreover, the character Lillian DeHaven is an important example of the liberal assumption that the nature of the World System would not change with the inclusion of women (Goldstein, Whitworth. P. 108). Senator DeHaven might appear to have recruited Jordan for the greater good of women in general, or more specifically to their inclusion in all branches of the navy. However, the movie later shows that she was actually going through this process only to keep military bases in her state from closing, and actually did not mean for Jordan to succeed. She actually never thought Jordan would succeed, and so DeHaven went forward and made her appear to be lesbian afterwards. De Haven's character is a personification of the first level of analysis of realism; the film adapts prevailing assumptions of the male dominated system and negates them by having a woman, who still makes sure her hair is perfect and maintains her elegance, fill an effective role in that very system.


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