I have found the discussion dealing with "women" in american films to be quite interesting. I may be wrong and please forgive me if I am, but have most of the postings been made my the men on the list? I would like to see some more women come forward on this particular subject. I think we will see some very diverse opinions. :-) I do not find women toting guns and being macho disturbing. What I deteste is the portrayal of women with strong sexual drives and desires as psychotic and or murderers! What is this saying? Sexuality = Mental Illness????? Glenn Close, _Fatal Attraction_, Sharon Stone, _Basic Instinct_ and Madonna, _Body of Evidence_. These are only the obvious choices. Any others? Helen. Helen Mellett "The eyes of others our prisons; Reference Services Librarian their thoughts our cages." North Central College ---Virginia Woolf [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]