What Is Toxic Masculinity
It’s an essay talking about the definitions and behaviors of toxic masculinity, written by Maya Salam. The essay makes great explanations of the representations of traditional masculinity, which are suppressing emotions, maintaining toughness all the time and using violence to indicate their power. I would like to cite “they can’t express emotions openly, and they have to be tough all the time”. Since I want to talk about in the current superheroes films, men become more gentle and emotional, the source in the essay serves as a great contrast to illustrate the evolutionary role of males.
The force re-aligns: How the role of women in star wars has evolved.
It’s an essay published in Firstspot and wriiten by Zenia Cunha. The essay analyzed why Rey is a strong female role model and discusses if feminism awakens. The author builds up her argument by indicating the shifting roles represented by Rey and connects it to other female characters in star war series films to reveal something about feminism. In the article, Cunha suggests Rey’s saying that “I know how to run without you holding my hand” when Finn and Rey are running away from the attack from the opposers. This citation provides me with the source to demonstrate Rey’s independence, which I am going to talk about as an evolutionary characteristic of women in the podcast.
Gender in Superhero Films
It’s a podcast. The speakers talk about their understanding of superheroes and connect it to the specific films to represent the adaptations of female superheroes. The speaker mentions: “The female superheroes can be skilled and intelligent, but only when she is sexualized and weaponized.” It provides me with some background information about the tradition of superhero films. All of the superheroes no matter males or females have similar qualities, and it doesn’t matter to make the leading character from male to female, which helps me to understand that the essence of the main characters are similar.
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