This movie proves every horrible women's stereotype

It doesn't "prove" anything.

-Goes out of her way to help people in need

-Works hard

-Cares deeply about her children

To me these are good things that neglects your list.

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when did dhe ever cry if she didn't get what she wanted? She yelled a holy storm -- and was legitemate in her yelling.
I didn't think she was manipulative at all -- she was logical -- which is why people had an issue with the purple haired lawyer in effing ugly shoes.

You're laborers, you're supposed to be laboring! That's what you get for not having an education!!

I'm a guy. I think your post is misogynistic regardless of if you, personally, are a man or a woman. The traits that you mentioned have been displayed by SEVERAL men.

- Very emotional and manipulative....Most crimes of passion are committed by men. It doesn't get more emotional than that. Do you really think that the men who lie, cheat and steal are being anything but manipulative?

- Demanding and cries if she doesn't get what she wants....It's not as if some men demand their women to forsake their careers, for the sake of their own, to stay at home and take care of the kids. What about men who have skipped out on a woman and child because the woman didn't give into his demand that the pregnancy be terminated. Men are VERY demanding in every case except the equal pay that women deserve. As to the crying part...If I had a penny for every time that I've seen some allegedly tough guy cry....And when has crying such a bad thing, for either sex, considering what some men have done because they weren't getting what they wanted. Crying is not only normal and heathy but also better than some of the alternatives that I have seen.

- Uses her sex appeal to get what she wants....This can be said of ANYONE, male or female, that is asking for something. Perhaps to different extents but anyone with sex appeal will use it to obtain what they want, whether consciously or unconsciously. The only person that would not is one that feels that they have no sex appeal. This is far from a new practice. Is it a coincidence that the brightest colored male birds are often considered to be the best mates? Scientists have proven that babies, of many species, look so damn cute so that adults will instinctively feel the desire to care for them. Behaviors based on looks are a part of every living thing with eyes. If you let someone's looks factor into your decision making then YOU are at fault for giving into baser instincts as a person can not help being good looking any more than they can help not being so. Any thinking person would weigh the desires of the person asking based on actual knowledge not sexual appeal unless you are, as I stated before, giving in to your own primal instincts.

The problem I find with your post is that it is promoting some stereotypes that can not only be applied to women but to men and animals to some extent. A stereotype is only a surface evaluation and deserves little to no consideration unless you are concerned with little other than the surface of people. That would be..........................................................

Superficial:
1 a (1): of, relating to, or located near a surface (2): lying on, not penetrating below, or affecting only the surface <superficial wounds>
2 a: concerned only with the obvious or apparent : shallow b: seen on the surface : external c: presenting only an appearance without substance or significance



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I disagree. It all depends on how you look at it. After watching the movie for the 1st time yesterday I didn't find anything bad about her. She's used to fighting for what she wants, because society would always push her down. Remember right at the beginning when she mentions she has 2 ex-husbands, and the jury collectively makes a disapproved noise? She wasn't manipulative at all. She was clear about what she needed and, quite frankly, I see nothing wrong with a woman using her sex appeal to get what she wanted. Women have always been treated unequally to men, and this is simply one of the things that women can use in order to level the playing field.

Let me put it this way: If Erin was a man in the same situation (2 ex wives, four children he looked after himself, low income etc.) would people be calling him an awful dickhead? No, they'd talk about how brave it is for him to take on a mammoth task like this. The fact that they made a movie about Erin Brockovich further proves that it needed to be bought to peoples attention that not all single mothers are useless emotional bitches who leech off of the government, seeing as how everyone seems to think like this. Sorry for the lengthy reply, it's just your post annoyed me a bit.

I think you should stop ranting, she wasn't a perfect human being, she was struggling with her life, desperate, she was a victim of circumstance.

As in for emotional, it hardly classifies as a negative attribute, all human beings are emotional, with guys though the emotions go in a different direction: anger, possessiveness, controlling behaviour.
We've seen men being douche bags, killing, lying,being manipulative
But people get all critical when they see a woman being too uptight
You dont really have the right to judge, dictate how another person should be. Just sayin'