How do the representations of women in Get Carer reflect the time in which it was made?

How do the representations of women in Get Carer reflect the time in which it was made?

 Women in the 60s apparently were 'liberated' to an extent. They gained a lot of equality and rights, for example the Pill was introduced which gave them a say in things, but this is shown as the opposite in Get carter, this shows women in their traditional role in society.

Woman in the film are given a Passive role throughout the whole film. In every scene, the narrative is continued by a male character, and the females are there to slow down the narrative, and get in the mens way. This in many ways represents society in the early 70s, as male dominated, and women are seen as weak. As men also have most of the big jobs in the film, and women are to accompany men. Another scene for this passive role is the scene where Carter tells the land lady to make some tea and tells her she isn't going to call the police, and she follows his orders and does what he says, in her own house.

Women are also very sexualised in the film. As every one of them are wearing next to no clothes, and jump into bed with anyone, even if you look like Carter.. (Sly dig) A scene that portrays this well is the car scene with Carter and Glenda. There is a POV shot looking at her legs, showing her entirely as an object for sex and when it cuts to the sex scene. Women are seen as objects and things that hold men back, in everything they do, and are often the reason most of them die, like the dead woman in the water at the party.

In the sex scene, Anna is shown as submissive and passive. Women in this film, according to Laura Mulvey, serve two purposes. One is to serve as an erotic object for the characters, and the other is to serve as an erotic object for audience members. This is part of the Male gaze theory, where the film is filmed from the males point of view, and this forces every member in the audience to experience the film from the male point of view, and view women as sex objects. Straight away, Anna is introduced, already half naked, almost as if she was waiting for Jack, this shows women immediately as sex objects, and people whose purpose is to solely have sex. Britt Ekland, the actress who plays Anna, at the time was one of the most talked about celebrities in the world, renowned for her figure. And this scene in the film was to essentially show men in the audience her body. The cinematography in the scene, with shots filmed through her legs and making her look fetishised make it almost as if the men are there, looking at her. This shows just how blatantly that women are objectified and seen and used for sex, as we never see her again in the film because her purpose has been served in the narrative.

In her scene, Edna is also seen as passive. This is shown in particular by when she threatens to call the police, and Jack tell her she won't. She also Gives Jack sex, then even offers to make him breakfast without him asking. This showing that even the independent and strong female characters from the 60s still are traditionally housewives in society. She is still forced to adapt a traditional role in her own home when a man walks in.