In society, women are often perceived as the weaker sex, both physically and mentally. In modern times, women have leveled the playing field between men and women, and feminism is a much-discussed topic, but for years, women have faced discrimination and prejudice both in life and in the workplace, because of their gender. This way of thinking has invaded the world of cinema. In their works, authors from each of the different sources address the limitations and liberations of women both on and off screen in 19th-century film and cinema. Not all sources are completely filled with information related to the research topic, but they cover and analyze many of the same points from different angles. Important points discussed in each source include the dominance of the male voice in cinema, the presentation of women on screen, and the influence of society on the status of female roles in cinema. A common concept in many sources is that men dominate the film. the industry both on-screen and off. According to the article Why There Are No Women in Movies, “men make the movies and relationships and roles are shaped from the male point of view” (Yates 226). This, compared to other sources, is a very valid fact. Coinciding with his view, Hollywood film critic Richard Corliss states in his TIME magazine article, Calling Their Own Shots: Women Directors Make it in Hollywood, that "the guys ran things – as producers, directors, bosses …” The men were behind the scenes. , they decided which storylines would be chosen to be made into films. They were at the head of the production companies and producers of the films. Whatever they said… it’s gone. Men were not only responsible for what happened on screen, but they monopolized positions off screen while we...... middle of paper ...... e. “The allure of the predatory woman in Fatal Attraction and other current American films.” Journal of Popular Culture 26.3 (Winter 1992): 47-57. Academic research completed. Internet. March 13, 2015. Mahar, Karen Ward. Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2006. PrintPomerance, Murray, ed. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: gender in cinema at the end of the twentieth century. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. Print.Quart, Barbara Koenig. Women directors: the emergence of a new cinema. New York: Praeger, 1988. Print. Segar, Linda. When Women Take the Lead: The Growing Power and Influence of Women in Television and Film. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996. Print. Yates, John. “Why there are no women in films.” Popular Film Journal 4.3 (1975): 223-234. America: History and Life. Internet. March 13 2015.