Theories of feminine mystique suggest that "all women are inherently domestic" and by giving Annie, the protagonist, the title of baker, the film suggests that she is domestic ( Ankerson, 2016) . Furthermore, symbolic annihilation states that “if women worked outside the home, they worked as secretaries, nurses, teachers, and in other positions subordinate to men” (Ankerson, 2016). When looking at the title of baker, it is generally seen as a woman's job versus a man's job. Along with this theory, she is also supposed to be inferior to men who are generally seen doing professional jobs such as corporate CEOs or lawyers. This helps establish that the film represents the women portrayed in it as domestic servants. Ultimately making them appear less effective in the workforce than men. Along with this notion, rather than having Annie or any of the film's other main female characters hold high-status jobs, they are all seen primarily as housewives, stay-at-home mothers, or having stereotypical domestic work. Following the film, Annie receives a job as a jewelry salesman, her job involved her using her looks to sell jewelry. The audience can see this clearly when Annie's boss tells another employee to "show Annie that your love is eternal" (Townsend, Mendel, Apatow & Fieg, 2011). This helps show how the employee's boss treats the workers like sex objects to help sell and promote more products in the store. This specific action helps portray the women in this particular film as unintelligent people whose only important quality is their outward physical appearance. In addition to this stereotype, the women in this film portray the mother stereotype. This can be clearly seen by Rita in the film who constantly cleans her children. When he first met Annie, he says that his children “are cute, but when they reach
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