In the film noir genre, women are represented as the lower individual because in those times women would not have been seen as an equal to a man and they would not have the same rights. Therefore, the woman in the film noir genre was seen as a sneaky, promiscuous character who would do anything to get her way and wouldn't care who she hurt along the way. The femme fatale is therefore a seductive woman whose charm ensnares her lovers which would often lead them into comprimising, dangerous and deadly situation which were most associated in film noir during the 1940's to the 1950's. Their responsibilities of women were to look after the children, the keep of the house, working in the kitchen and to cater the men when they got back home from work.
On the other hand, the men were shown as competely different individuals because in those times they were the income and they were the ones that had to keep the money coming into the home because obviously, the woman would be working at home and raising the children. However, in film noir villian would normally be a male character because the viewer would imagine it being more realistic if it was a man because they were always the one who were outside of the house. Also, the hero would be seen as a man because it would have been easier to make the woman the seductive character instead of the male. So, this type of man would have been vulnerable and that is one of the main reasons the seductive femme fatale character would have been able to get him to do anything she wanted. The viewer also can see that the male character has an unfulfilled passion or desire that not even themselves are aware of.
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