Patriarchy still continues

Discussing this topic in class has made me realize that not only were there stereotypes based on sex that were very common around the 1920’s, but even to this day there are many films that revolve around the masculinity around men. To compare, let’s start with cinema in the 1930’s/1940’s. During this period, the wives in movies were expected to be stay at home mothers who would have dinner ready before their husband got home. No arguments were meant to happen between the spouses and the husband was always working to bring home the money. Currently there are still films and even videogames, though not as drastic as back in the day, that intentionally make men the main character or just overpowering other supporting characters. For example, with films, most action movies star men as the main role. Of course it makes sense when the movies are based on actual comic books, having to keep the main character the same, but movies like The Day After Tomorrow or Disturbia are just a couple of the many films that decide male actors better suit that genre. Also, with videogames, most of the characters that people get to choose from are male; only one to a few are female, even though many girls are playing videogames now. So overall, it’s just very interesting and kind of shocking that these stereotypes still live on through movies today just because of how we as a society are used to this continuation of how men/women are viewed.