Feminism is quite popular and has become a very distorted image in today’s society. Barker looks at feminism that the sex of an individual should not be the foundations of who is more superior to another in the workplace. Feminism is generally to give a woman an equal opportunity with her fellow males. It has been a very long time since I have watched the film The Contender (2000) but it brings up the good argument of if a woman is to take on the higher position of government, such as vice president or even president, will her actions she makes may be ridiculed or blamed on the sheer fact that she is a woman. In this trailer, it is constantly brought up that she is a woman.
To push this idea future and present it to todays standards, if Hilary Clinton did win the President position, would her actions be judged rightly. For instance, if she made a mistake, would she as a person be blamed or would the focus be on the fact that she is a woman. Of the three types of feminism that Baker mentions (liberal, socialist, and radical), The Contender is focusing on the liberal feminism, which is a women trying to have equality to men. Also, the affect that the main character took part in an orgy when in college, is like gold for the media. Since it might present to the world, if she did this act, what if next woman who is elected into a position does something even worst. Also, its interesting that a majority of the characters in the film and in the location of where the story is taking place, Washington D.C., is male dominated. If this occurred in real life, would it be as controversial? Would it be more or less media focuses as the sex scandal of Bill Clinton and the numerous senators that has recently occurred?
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