The Demonized Woman
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The author states that by refocusing attention on the wife in the home, American film producers are attempting to reinstate men as the dominant members of society, the rule-makers, and the active partner, returning society to a condition in which they retain their old power .... ... ... In first reducing Alex to a voice on a cassette tape and then silencing her altogether by choking the life out of her, Dan asserts his masculinity and dominance while Beth, in shooting Alex without a quiver, proves her right to defend her home and family while still retaining her happiness in being able to be 'merely' a wife and mother
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