(Recommended Article) BJ Colangelo's 'UNEXPECTEDLY FEMINIST HORROR FILMS: JOHN CARPENTER'S 'THE THING' (1982)'

From DAY OF THE WOMAN

John Carpenter arguably created his masterpiece with THE THING. Although it remains within the science fiction subgenre, THE THING also falls within the same realm as a monster movie or a body-horror film. Considering the main antagonist of THE THING, is non-human and the rest of the characters are male, many people forget that THE THING is also a great example of feminism. By definition, feminism the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. Emphasis on EQUALITY. The patriarchy (or a male-dominated society) doesn't just hurt women, it hurts men. John Carpenter's THE THING is an excellent film to analyze masculinity in a patriarchal society...

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