In Modern Media women are typically shown to be an object of the gaze or as a damsel in distress. This stems from them being seen as a prize for the hero/protagonist. However, in early cinema women would be seen as weak and innocent as this is what they were believed to be at the time. There are still parts of this in today’s cinema however there are now many more examples of women being the protagonist.
This is best shown in the book "The Feminine Mystique" where Friedan describes how wives were more than likely housewives, whilst the men went off and earned money for the family. She goes on to describe the causes of this and how the way women are portrayed in media was the way men wanted them to be rather than what they actually were.
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