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As you might have guessed, I watch a lot of movies, my favourites are science fiction
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but also action, dramas, and thrillers and I'll even admit the occasional romantic comedy.
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If you go to the movies a lot too you may have noticed something that the vast majority of these films
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have in common, most of the movies seem to be stories about men.
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One of the primary reasons Hollywood continually churns out films about men is because we live in a male centered society.
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Most simply, male centeredness is an aspect of patriarchy that shows us that we place and prioritize
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our attention on men, men's stories, the things men want to do and the things men don't do.
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As a result, the images we see in the media often focus on male-centered stories.
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One way to demonstrate male centeredness is not only to look at the films being made
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but which films are most celebrated and honoured.
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To do this, I looked up the films that won the Academy Award for best picture over the last 50 years.
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Let's see whose stories are being told?
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Starting in 2009 is The Hurt Locker which although directed by a woman is still all about men.
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Slumdog Millionaire - men
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No Country for Old Men - need I say more
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The Departed - is about men
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Crash - is an ensemble
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Million Dollar Baby - is interesting because it's pretty equally a story about a man and a woman.
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Lord of the Rings - men
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Chicago - is woman centered
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A Beautiful Mind - men
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Gladiator - is about a man who fights other men
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American Beauty - man
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Shakespeare in Love - man
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Titanic - is from a man's perspective
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The English Patient - man
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Braveheart - man
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Forrest Gump - man
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Schindler's List - man
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The Unforgiven - is about men on horses
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The Silence of the Lambs - is about a man who eats people, and this is interesting because although
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Jodi Foster's character plays a pretty big role in the film, you would never describe it as a movie about
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an FBI agent who... you would describe it as a movie about Hannibal Lecter.
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Dances with Wolves - man
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Driving Miss Daisy - is about a man and a woman
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Rain Man - is about a man and his brother
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The Last Emperor - man
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Out of Africa - is woman centered
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Amadeus - is about a man
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Terms of Endearment - is woman centered
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Gandhi - is about a man, albeit a pretty extraordinary one
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Chariots of Fire - men
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Ordinary People - is about a family
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Kramer vs Kramer - is about a couple
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The Deer Hunter - men
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Annie Hall - is about a man and his love life
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Rocky - is about a man who fights other men, again
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - man
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The Godfather, Part II - men
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