[ironvelvet]

I've only seen Terminator II and Aliens but their female leads are a-typical to the general mass of science fiction/fantasy females in being able and not significantly dependant on men.
I don't think that this sexism is particularly corralled to SF/F. Nobody ever mentions the female characters in Raging Bull or The Godfather or Shane etc. Hitchcock seemed to cast entirely on hair colour and scream ability. I don't mean to imply that any of the actresses in these films lack the ability to act, I'm suggesting that they aren't often asked to do more than support the central theme-which is usually carried by the male characters.
So does your media project address whether film as a medium is driving or reflecting this essentially demeaning ( and I hope misleading!) portrayal of more than half the worlds population?