The film Inception follows Dominic Cobb who is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, who steals precious secrets from deep within the vulnerable subconscious while the mind is in dream state. Cobb's rare ability landed him a job at a corporate espionage firm to try to get back home after losing everything he's ever loved. This final job may give him his life back, but only if he can complete the seemingly impossible task at the beginning. Cobb and his team of highly trained architects and extractors have one chance to complete their task. Now instead of stealing an idea they have to supplant a new one. Failure is not an option for Cobb, and he has taken special care to exclude information about any mistakes he believes could jeopardize the mission. Even with every base covered and an elite squad, no one could have predicted they would encounter an enemy that only Cobb could protect them from. Inception shows gender as a social structure with its overt use of gender stereotypes and “identity codes” (Schwalbe & Mason-Schrock 157.). The film supports these gender characterizations with its themes of the male establishment and credibility through the use and exploitation of a woman. fatal (Grossman 77.) As discussed by Schwalbe and Schrock, identity codes are symbolic constituents of the gender order that are learned through childhood interaction and through exposure to media images. Examples of these predetermined ideals are present in both the male and female characters of the film. The most popular examples given are the places each character chooses to store their most secret information. We are introduced to Cobb's mental labyrinth early on and see that it was built after... middle of the paper... we were unthanked and uncredited. Inception is a great example of how, even on a deeply intellectual level; women are not seen as equal. Works CitedBird, Sharon. “Welcome to the Gents’ Club: Homosociality and the Maintenance of Hegemonic Masculinity” Multicultural Film: An Anthology. Comp. Kathryn Karrh Cashin and Lauren C. Martilli. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014. Print.Grossman, Julie. “The Hard-Boiled Women “Femme Fatales” of Film Noir: Moving Beyond Gender Fantasies” Multicultural Film: An Anthology. Comp. Kathryn Karrh Cashin and Lauren C. Martilli. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014. Print.Schrock, Douglas and Schwalbe, Michael. Multicultural film "Men, masculinity and acts of manliness": an anthology. Comp. Kathryn Karrh Cashin and Lauren C. Martilli. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014. Print.Inception Dir. Cristoforo Nolan. 2010.