Tag: strong women

Girls and young people from all over the world want to see themselves on television screens, and for a long time they saw themselves represented in supporting, submissive and/or stereotyped roles. Tired of this lack of representation, many women fought to not only star in series and films, but to integrate behind the scenes, as directors, producers, writers, screenwriters and so on. The result: an ever-increasing range of productions featuring characters of strong, powerful and intelligent women, with more empowerment and less female objectification. One of the most acclaimed series today, for example, Grey's Anatomy represents this presence well: in addition to strong female characters, the production is written by filmmaker Shonda Rhimes - showing the importance of women also being...