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Wrapping up a summer full of Lisbeth Salander and Evelyn Salt, the Denver Post recently published a piece called: “Beauty meets brute force: Are tough screen heroines empowering, or do they send a dangerous message?” Yes, they question whether the influx of strong women, including Kick Ass’](Kick-Ass (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) Hit Girl and Zoë Saldana in The Losers](The Losers (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), are inspiring young women to think they have strength and power they don’t actually have.
Images of a kind of physical equality abound. But in a world in which American women are still prohibited from combat units and physiology insists guys remain physically stronger – damn that upper-body-strength divide – are they even accurate?
It’s the same old story. A new, empowering trend hits cinema that can be a source of inspiration and equality, and it gets framed as dangerous and inaccurate.Filed under: Girls on Film
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