"We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!"

Betty Friedan's quote speaks with the need for gender equality in the media. She is revealing her frustration that, regardless of the progress made in the past forty-five years, individuals still think of movies from that era when they think about gender equality. She is describing the timeless films starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, which featured strong female characters and relationships between males and females that were based upon mutual regard and understanding. Friedan's quote highlights the need for more contemporary films that represent men and women as equal partners, which reveal relationships in between the genders that are based upon mutual regard and understanding. It is a call to action for filmmakers to create more movies that show the progress made in gender equality in the previous forty-five years.