Reader comments: G.I. Jane

LACEY MIDKIFF | Oct. 5, 1998
This is one of my favorite movies. Why? Because the main character is a strong, conscious, intelligent, feminist woman who doesn't let anyone beat her down. Reviewers may scoff at the attempt of a feminist approach and wonder why it is necessary to have Moore sexually harassed. This is reality. This movie deals with the reality of what many women who are challenging gender roles have to face. Of course she is sexually harassed, of course she is almost raped. But the point is that she doesn't falter in the shower scene and instead relishes in the fact that he admires her body and she doesn't give a shit. The point is that he doesn't rape her as in so many other movies and instead kicks him in the ..... And of course she is accused of being a lesbian. This is reality. And Bancroft turning against her.... more reality in the way that women are institutionalized to compete with and turn on each other. And despite all of these things, the woman still triumphs, a rarity in almost any film about women.

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