Post-Feminism
Post Feminism is when men are usually ‘the best’ and women are below them, however now females see males as not 'the best' and roles have switched over. Females do male jobs and are allowed to however are seen differently just because they have a more masculine side to them.
In the film 'Flight Plan' the main character plays a widow whose husband has died. She has a male job as an engineer which is a job which is maily associated with males. She and her daughter travel to where they are going to bury her husband. The film has a very twisted storyline, as the people on the plane try to convince the character Jodie that she did not board the plane with her daughter after she goes missing. As well as trying to hijak the plane and blame it on Jodie.
Post Feminism is when men are usually ‘the best’ and women are below them, however now females see males as not 'the best' and roles have switched over. Females do male jobs and are allowed to however are seen differently just because they have a more masculine side to them.
In the film 'Flight Plan' the main character plays a widow whose husband has died. She has a male job as an engineer which is a job which is maily associated with males. She and her daughter travel to where they are going to bury her husband. The film has a very twisted storyline, as the people on the plane try to convince the character Jodie that she did not board the plane with her daughter after she goes missing. As well as trying to hijak the plane and blame it on Jodie.
Jodies character is very masculine as the way she dresses is very dull and plain. She covers up which may imply that she is very self conscious. As their is no male role model for the daughter within the family, Jodie makes up for this acting as the father figure as well as her mother. We can see this in the scene when Jodie and her daughter are leaving the house, she carries all the bags and manages struggling from one point to the other.
The representation of women given off in the film is a very strong yet not so strong representation. We can see this from the way that she does not give up looking for her daughter even through people in the plan to try and convince her that she never bought her daughter on the plane with her.
Also, the plans that she comes up with are very clever in helping her find her daughter. However, she is seen as very vulneravle as the male pilots make her believe that noone else came with her. She crys and they make her think she is delusional. However they do not succeed.
In comparison, the animation film 'Mulan'. Mulan is a film about a chinese family going to war. The males within the familes in china go to war and is based around war. A the family do not have any males within the family except the father, who goes to war for the family. The father of the family falls ill and cannot go to war, therefore his daughter Mulan who has an interest in fighting and has always wanted to go to war runs away, and goes to war for the family.
Mulan is represented as very masculine as she does what most males would do for a living such as become a warrior and go to war. Also, because she stands in for her father she is 
seen as the male figure within her family. However, she still keeps her female character as she falls in love with the man she fights alongside. The way she dresses in the film and when she prepares to run away, she cuts her hair which implies she is determined to go to war and wants to go to war for her family.
seen as the male figure within her family. However, she still keeps her female character as she falls in love with the man she fights alongside. The way she dresses in the film and when she prepares to run away, she cuts her hair which implies she is determined to go to war and wants to go to war for her family. 
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