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How are males represented in the true story of "Rise of the Foot Solider?"

“This is your last chance for a f***ing peaceful night, deliver the f***ing pizza she wants or your mum and dad will be down the f***ing morgue at four in the morning indentifying your f***ing body.”[1]

Historically, there has always been this assumption that men are the ruling sex and women are just there to wait on them and please their sexual desires. However, this study will contemplate this argument and see whether this stereotypical view of “Men nurturing their society by shedding their blood, their sweat and the semen"[2] still exists by focusing on the representation of males in a contemporary text. The root of this study is based on a true story called "Rise of the Foot Solider" which was produced in 2007 and directed by Julian Gilbey. The film illustrates the true events of the Range Rover murders that occurred in Essex in the 80's. The film is solely based around Ricci Harnett (our main protagonist) and the life of turmoil that he went through, along side with him his hooligans and his fellow bouncers. For Harnett “aggressive male behaviour is accepted as a normal part of everyday life"[3] as each day he is faced with violent conduct to protect himself, his dignity and his power in order for him to make a living.

[1] Rise of the Foot Soldier.
[2] Gilmore D 1990: pg 230.
[3] Lewis G 1983: pg 11.