Thelma & Louise
“…feminism has to do with responsibility, equality, sensitivity, understanding…� (Sturken 11)
My definition of feminism is the equality of both sexes within the social standards. In the film Thelma & Louise I believe that they do not betray feminism. It seems like the two characters in the film were trying to show that women can be capable of becoming outlaws. During their journey it is possible that Thelma and Louise to develop a female friendship with one another.
They first become outlaws when Louise kills a man who was arrogant and tried to rape Thelma. Throughout the film they tried to show that they are capable of using a gun, a sign in which it is usually masculine. In the film Hal and the other men were shocked. They did not know that she was capable of such a situation. The men were even shocked when Thelma robbed the store, and did not think it was capable that she could do a thing like that either. Throughout the film Hal was trying to understand the two women, such as when he tells Louise on the phone that he knew what had happened to her in Texas. They were always waiting on the women to call. Thelma and Louise kind of changed that perspective as Hal and the other men were waiting on the women for a change.