'I used to be snow white, but I drifted..'

The portrayal of women in the film industry can always be a touchy subject. (Especially in a class full of many girls....) When we were asked to talk about the stereotypical qualities in many female characters, the list was endless. Bunny boiler, constantly having PMS, needy, moany, you name it. Where on earth has this supposed view of women came from? An actress is pretty - she plays the slut. Shes ugly - she plays the geeky tomboy. You see it in all types of movies, and even when you really think a woman is a strong character, such as Ada suggested Angelina Jolie in Wanted - we realize that she is not a 'strong' character, she is simply a glorified, lifelike fantasy of many men around the world.
We had an interesting discussion on the female role models of Hollywood such as Cameron Diaz and Megan Fox. Personally I agree with Flick's point that yes, Cameron Diaz is a very savy business woman. She understands that she may not be the most convincing actress for a more 'serious' role and spares us the whole 'I want to be taken as a serious actress' spiel. She knows what shes good at, sticks to that, and makes a hell of a lot of money doing it. Why do some 'serious' role where you could be slated by the public, when you can do Charlies Angels and have an awesome time in the process? I know what I'd go for!
I think its a little unfair to judge celebrities at all on the way they appear on magazine shoots or on the red carpet, they are not being themselves, they are being the Hollywood version of themselves. Take for instance Megan Fox, when you see her in photographs going to the corner shop or whatever, she is always dressed down in jeans and a T shirt, not (surprise surprise) constantly naked. However, when you see her at public events controlled by the bosses, she's done up to high dough. The Hollywood system is a machine, it takes you, strips you naked (literally) and changes you in to something that people want to see. No one wants to see your fave celeb crush in a bean-stained 3 day old t shirt and jeans with no button. We want to see the glorified version of them, so we can lust over something we will very probably never have (apart from Katie Holmes, lucky b!)
In general I think its awfully unfair to judge these women on the types of roles they take or the clothes they are made to wear because if you were in their shoes, wouldn't you just do it to look a million bucks and get paid a million bucks while your at it?!