Difference Between The Game Of Thrones And Star Wars Feminism

Game of Thrones and Star Wars Breaking The Social Norm and Feminism

If you take what we know about the feminist movements and social norms of our time, then in certain movies and films there are defined roles that people assume. In the romance, action and thriller movies and novels, the males and females always assume their expected roles. The men take the lead role, while the females take the damsel in distress role. It seems as if the men are destined to be depended on, while the women are the ones who need to be saved. This has always been the social norm in our cultures media and literature. Then along came feminism. Feminism, or the feminist movement, began in 1848. At the start of this movement women were attempting to gain equal rights among the working class man in America. From then on it has been a constant battle to get gender equality. As of right now women have gain all the same rights as men in America, but are still being treated with a sort of bias against them. For example: a man and a women are working at a law firm, the women has more time at the company than the man and works harder, but yet the man still make more. Another example which I’ll touch on later is the 7th Star Wars movie; were the

Let’s start with the Walking Dead. In the show we first come across the extremely badass, sword wielding zombie killer named Michonne. This lady is the total definition of badass, and also comely disregards the gender roles that people in the shows timeline would adhere to. We also see another female in the show undergo a change from the standard scared weak willed women in any horror movie to a total zombie killing beast. This women, Carol, has become one of the groups most valuable assets and has been about to assist them in more ways than even some of the men