Hollywood worked long to create today’s support for opening all combat roles to women in the military. On film and TV we watched countless women kick men’s butts. Here James Bowman reviews one of the two breakthrough films of 1997 about women warriors.
Summary:Â The gender revolution is remaking American society. It’s new terrain explored on the FM website during the past two years. Now we go from reporting superficial changes to digging for the important ones. This post discusses what TV and films tell us about the evolution of romance in America. This is the second chapter in …
Summary: Here is another brief note looking at the revolutions of our time that are reshaping our world. This looks at gender roles, changes that will take generations to work out and with implications probably beyond imagining. Two of the utopian goals of the late 1960s are within reach, but their success is not fully …
The collapse of gender roles: an unseen revolution with unimaginable consequences Read More »
Summary: The previous post discussed violent revolution as a possible future for America, of the kind seen in “Mockingjay” (3rd film in The Hunger Games series). Today we we looks at a different aspect of The Hunger Games, social revolutions of the kind that have repeatedly reshaped America. Women using violence against men (for good …
“Mockingjay” shows us a Revolution in Gender Roles. What’s the next revolution? Read More »
