Response to "gender in 'the black dahlia'"

On top of the (very poor) representation of bi-sexuality in the Black Dahlia, the film’s portrayal of women in general was far from pretty. Of the four main female characters, not one is someone I would want to emulate. We have Scarlett Johansson, who plays the unfaithful, money-hungry sweater, dependent on men from start to finish. Then there’s Madeleine - perverted, incestuous, manipulative - completely lacking of moral rectitude. Our third leading lady, and perhaps scariest of them all, Madeleine’s mother, is a stunning pillar of deranged hysteria. And lastly, there is the “Black Dahlia” herself, basically a prostitute that gets sliced in two, drained of her blood, etc. etc. Empowering, no?