INCREDIBLES 2- A good take on Gender Issues

Incredibles 2 has a good share of gender issues highlighted in a subtle manner. The movie touches on the issue of male ego and husbands’ inability to accept wives excelling and performing better than their spouse in both career and home front. When Helen (Elastigirl) is offered a job to fight crimes and regain respect for super heroes, she is initially hesitant. The movie shows how women believe that they are indispensable to the family and that the men at home cannot fulfil their responsibilities. Bob while offering to take care of home and encouraging Helen to take the job offer, finds it difficult to believe that she has been chosen over him. He manages to keep calm and act happy but is shown fretting while he is alone. His frustration and fatigue increase when he is not even able to manage home initially. He is however shown making genuine efforts to learn and take care of home responsibilities well, and after a few stumbles here and there he does succeed. He addresses Violet’s social needs as an adolescent, Dash’s homework struggles, and little Jack jack’s constant need for attention.

The movie also fights some of the gender stereotypes. After we saw Shuri, the tech & brain behind Wakanda’s progress in Black Panther, Incredibles-2 brings us Evelyn Deavor playing the strong evil mastermind with tech and brain on a mission to discredit all super heroes.
Overall, it is a good movie with pleasant surprises on the balanced take on certain issues.

Downside: Out of 23 main cast characters in the movie, only 7 are female.