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© 2023 Global Journals Volume XXIII Issue III Version I 41 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 C Gender Representation in Female Superhero Movies research can be informative and useful documents for him or her. In this study, only Hollywood films have been taken as samples. Although it was not possible to take more samples and discuss details due to time constraints. Outside of Hollywood, Japan, Turkey, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France make superhero movies. It will be suggested for future research to discuss gender representation in other superhero movies outside of the United States. Declaration of Competing Interest I declare that I have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could influence the work reported in this paper. A cknowledgment Pursuing this study has been an interesting learning experience for me. I was able to learn so many updated and new things. 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