It also may give them hope that one day, they too, will be a strong enough person to overcome whatever plagues them. ... Here's an example, perhaps not a huge blockbuster at the theater, but it does make the point, She's All That (1999), starring Rachael Lee Cook as Laney Boggs. ... A movie that comes to mind is, Disclosure (1994), starring Demi Moore as the executive witch who sexually harasses Michael Douglas, the weak, and powerless jellyfish who allows himself to succumb briefly to her alluring sexual pressure. ... In Jenn Schreve's essay, "Honor Thy Daughter", she brings ...

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The subservient roles of women towards men can also be witnessed in post-war Europe. ... Secondly, the society itself which, through customs and religion, fashions the charming young male a "playboy" or "movie star" but the equally charming young girl a "slut" or "prostitute". ... A fast growing post-war economy is eager to absorb the much need new female labor force. ... The apologetic man in the song "tries to express" and "hopes" she will understand. ... Some argue that the "no war, make love" generation was only a temporary phenomenon. ...

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Trueman who refers to the soldier as the "star patient" (Cather 1200) from the hospital. ... This passage comes across sad to the reader because the soldier cannot remember any women in his life because of a tragedy of war, but this fact only intrigues Claude to the man even more. ... Claude's feels more connected with the soldier as he discovers new information about him. ...

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In an age of female protagonists-like in Disney's newest animated musical feature Frozen-and even male objectification-like the trailer for the new feature Magic Mike XXL-there may be hope that contemporary narrative cinema has found a way to free itself from phallocentricism and objectification of its female characters. ... She subtly bemoans these tendencies and offers hopes to "[transcend] outworn or oppressive forms, or [dare] to break with normal pleasurable expectations in order to conceive a new language of desire....

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