Female Gender Representation

In a super hero movie the characteristics that most female characters share are as follows :-
- Victim
- Intelligent but not physically powerful
- Not muscular
- Both heros and villains are good looking
The female characters are usually a male's side kick. In 2015, 52 were male main actors and only 24 were female.



In this example I've used you can see that the victim is the female, but usually that is the case to give the main character motivation to go after the villain, to seek revenge or vengeance. The use of a females death is much more powerful than a males, mainly because the audience generally feel more sympathetic towards a females death than a males.

In my opinion, I think the main character should be a woman to contradict with the stereotype in films nowhere days. A good example I've looked at is, The Hunger Games, where Jennifer Lawrence, plays Catness Everdeen, a strong, female main character. I changed my story because of its complexity and with that I made the main character a girl and the villain a boy. I think this is the best use of gender because the viewer will be sympathetic towards the main character and not towards the villain.