A League of Their Own (Marshall, 1992) explicitly characterizes an American era where a woman's place was in the home. Even our modern perspective implicitly follows the same path. Even though women have gained rights and freedoms since the 1930s, sexism remains widespread in the United States. This film provides an illustration of the times when men went to war and businessmen used women as temporary replacements in factories, sports, etc. Here, course concepts, such as gender socialization, gender expressions, role stereotypes, expressions of emotion, and language, correspond to the characters and themes of the film. A central theme of this film correlates with the first concept of the 7 principles describing gender socialization in the United States (Rozema, notes, 2014). This film pervasively focuses on men as the more valued gender (Rozema, notes, 2014). Here, women would easily fit back into a doll mold or submissive role, outside of the masculine roles that women were called upon to fill during the war. The importance of men has never left center stage. For example, in the black-and-white scene featuring all the heroic baseball players enlisted to fight for their country, the announcer congratulates the men for fighting for America, while asking "what is What does this mean for baseball” (Marshall, 1992)? How would baseball continue without men? Apparently, a women's baseball league was a desperate attempt to save rich men's wallets. Initially, most fans and supporters of the sport (mainly men) viewed the women's league as a superficial and insignificant replacement for the "real" men's version. Just as Dottie expressed to her daughter in the opening scene as she packs her suitcase: "It was never important to me, it was just something I did" (Marshall, 1992) ,...... middle of paper .. .... do not consider the women's team as real (Marshall, 1992). Likewise, Jimmy aggressively handles his conversations with the ballplayers. For example, his first reaction when a baseball player made a mistake was to shout and directly state what he had done wrong; specifically, Jimmy's reaction to Evelyn causing her to cry (Marshall, 1992). Later, Jimmy approaches Evelyn trembling with anger but calmly offers her constructive criticism which results in a smile and nod (Marshall, 1992). Works Cited Gamble, T. and Gamble, M. (2003). The gender communication connection. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Killerman, S. (2013). My TEd talk Understanding the complexities of gender. Retrieved from: itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2013/05/my-ted-talk-comprehension-the-complexities-of-gender/. Marshall, P. (director). (1992). A league of its own. [DVD].Rozema. (2014). Course notes.