Do there exist any films (I was going to say "made before 2000" but, nah) that aren't horrifying in their gender politics? Just watched Blade Runner with some students. A couple freshmen guys were like, this film is too rapey for me. Me too--my tolerance for films with violence against women, or creepily sexualized nonconsensual interactions w women, is getting lower and lower as I get older. I have to experience this shit in everyday life, thank you very much! Film should be a goddamn refuge!
@miriam I went to see Arrival last year. It has a female lead. There's nothing sexualized or stereotypical about the way she's portrayed at all. She's an academic linguist for most movie is doing linguistics stuff that's important to the plot, and there's a back story about her relationship with her daughter.
Interestingly, the director of that movie is same guy who did Blade Runner 2049.
