Representation of Women in Horror Quiz

1. Who wrote about the “final girl” in 1992?
2. In what book did they write about the “final girl”?
3. List three traits of the “final girl”/three ‘conventions’.
4. Who wrote about existing research on women’s roles in media texts in 1983?
5. What were the 4 roles mentioned?
6. In 1992 research showed that men dominated women on-screen, but by what ratio?
7. What was the only genre in which the ratio of males to females was more equal?
8. Name one of the three problems with the findings?
9. Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (Alien) is ‘more progressive’ than Lara Croft (TR)?
10. What are the 3 ‘C’s when discussing the portrayal of women in some lifestyle magazines?
11. Who wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?
12. (Briefly) describe what is meant by the ‘male gaze’
13. Give an example
14. Which magazine removed the male centrefold in the 1980s and why?