🦹‍♀️ With the release of The Batman just early this March, Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman have easily caught the attention of many with her iconic portrayal of a female villain character.

Yet, Catwoman isn’t the first women in movies to have defied gender roles with their personality and actions.

So, here’s 5 other iconic and inspirational female movie characters who proved that women is not only what gender stereotypes make them to be! 

Fa Mulan by Disney (1998) : 

• Rejected by the Matchmaker for not fulfilling the elegant and obedient characteristics expected of a daughter.
• Dressed as a man and took her father’s place in fighting the war, won it, and proved the capability of a woman.

Princess Merida, Brave (2012):

• Didn’t conform to the life of a typical princess and refused to get married off; enjoyed activities such as archery and horse-riding. 
• Learned to be brave, independent, and took responsibility for her mistakes, refuting the idea of a ‘damsel in distress’.

Diana of Themyscira, Wonder Woman, (2017): 

• Insisted on learning to fight and chose to leave her home in place of joining the war along with men.
• Challenged existing gender roles and showed that women should receive equality and have freedom in determining what they do.

Jo March, Little Women (2019):

• Felt out of place in society as she is a ‘tomboy’ whose life aspirations defy the typical love and marriage expected of women.
• Showed that love and marriage is not all a women is fit for, but that women can also be ambitious, talented and independent. 

Beth Harmon, The Queen’s Gambit, 2020): 

• Strived to become a grandmaster in chess, a male-dominated game, within the highly patriarchal 1950s society.
• Showed that intelligence, skills and success should not be determined by gender.

So what do you think? 🍿 

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