Stereotypes In A Few Good Men

Hildy was a reporter for a newspaper that her ex-husband, Walter, is the editor of. The movie starts out with her visiting him in his office to tell him that she is leaving the newspaper and is engaged to another man. She has known that her ex-husband is a snake and will do everything he can to stay in control of her life. This was very common at the time. Women did not have a lot of power and then men they were married too made every decision about their life. Hildy tells Walter about how poorly he treated her and why he was not a good husband. She mentions that she is leaving the newspaper and wants to have a family and be a woman. Walter continues to tell her that she can never truly leave the newspaper because he has built her into a great journalist. He takes credit for everything she had accomplished throughout her career. She has made great accomplishments at this newspaper and is respected by her fellow reporters as well as the other men in the office. She is treated like “one of the guys” at the office. This was not that common. Women rarely had the opportunity to be at the
I was able to learn more about gender expectations in the workforce. What I picked up on was that all the women did as they were told, when they were told to do it. Hildy was the exception. She did push back when she believed it was the right thing to do, but for the most part she did as she was told. Women at this time were not thought to be fighters. They were there to work and get paid to make some extra money. Many women did not have respect and most were not in positions of authority at this time. Because of this, they were taking orders from men in higher up positions and many did not think twice when told to do something. Women were expected to be caring, empathetic, and respectful. They were not there to fight for equal rights or fight