The Rise in Popularity of Feminist Science Fiction
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RISE OF FEMALE IN SCIENCE FICTION
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RISE OF FEMALE IN SCIENCE FICTION
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TALENT DEVELOPMET PROGRAM
RISE OF FEMALE IN SCIENCE FICTION
The paper intends to find out how through the passage of time the female characters
have been able to secure an upheaval position in the file of science fiction. It has been noticed
that with the gradual progress of time from the space of Aliens 1986 and Terminator 2 1991
women from merely being at the state of objectification have come a long way to secure them
as prolific scientists, eminent researchers and still the platform of experimentation. There are
movies like Ex Machina, Annihilation, Terminator: Dark Fate, Ghostbusters where women
have transcended the level of success of the science fictions within a glimpse and the movies
have reached the pinnacle of accomplishment and triumph.
Ava in Ex Machina is robot turned to a attractive woman has portrayed the progress
of science as a whole and bestowing the power on mankind to transform a lifeless into
something alive. Ava was given human emotions to fulfill Caleb’s emotional vacuum the way
Eve was created to fill the emotional gap of Adam. At a point Ava was attributed with an
artificial vagina that could even feel pressure at different points1. Here women are definitely
shown as objects however, in Annihilation, the audience are never reminded that there is
something odd about the movie being driven mostly by all women. The portrayal is so natural
that the movie suggests how dynamic the relationship between men and women can be
emphasizing upon the character of Lena.
In this movie the women are mainly dominating the plot where in some parts they
express the role of men in their lives. The movie is not only talking about progressive science
but also suggesting how the women have come forward with gun and ambition who live their
lives on their own terms. In movie like Terminator: Dark Fate, Sarah Connor, a bereaved
1 Aksit, Onur O., and Asli Favaro. "Pygmalion Myth and Artificial Women in Contemporary
Science Fiction Films." In CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS SERIES, p. 169. 2019.
TALENT DEVELOPMET PROGRAM
RISE OF FEMALE IN SCIENCE FICTION
The paper intends to find out how through the passage of time the female characters
have been able to secure an upheaval position in the file of science fiction. It has been noticed
that with the gradual progress of time from the space of Aliens 1986 and Terminator 2 1991
women from merely being at the state of objectification have come a long way to secure them
as prolific scientists, eminent researchers and still the platform of experimentation. There are
movies like Ex Machina, Annihilation, Terminator: Dark Fate, Ghostbusters where women
have transcended the level of success of the science fictions within a glimpse and the movies
have reached the pinnacle of accomplishment and triumph.
Ava in Ex Machina is robot turned to a attractive woman has portrayed the progress
of science as a whole and bestowing the power on mankind to transform a lifeless into
something alive. Ava was given human emotions to fulfill Caleb’s emotional vacuum the way
Eve was created to fill the emotional gap of Adam. At a point Ava was attributed with an
artificial vagina that could even feel pressure at different points1. Here women are definitely
shown as objects however, in Annihilation, the audience are never reminded that there is
something odd about the movie being driven mostly by all women. The portrayal is so natural
that the movie suggests how dynamic the relationship between men and women can be
emphasizing upon the character of Lena.
In this movie the women are mainly dominating the plot where in some parts they
express the role of men in their lives. The movie is not only talking about progressive science
but also suggesting how the women have come forward with gun and ambition who live their
lives on their own terms. In movie like Terminator: Dark Fate, Sarah Connor, a bereaved
1 Aksit, Onur O., and Asli Favaro. "Pygmalion Myth and Artificial Women in Contemporary
Science Fiction Films." In CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS SERIES, p. 169. 2019.
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