He Didn't Mean That...Did He?

"In other words, women characters in film are usually presented as objects or as Other to the male protagonist and for the pleasure of the male viewer. Such objectification is mitigated only when strong women film personalities take over the role, making of it something not intended by writer or director" (Donovan 226).

It seems like everyone else thought was Donovan was pretty crazy, and I have to say this seemed a little out there. So is he saying in this quote that in movies when women are not portrayed as objects or as having a role less than the male actors involved, that this is caused only by the actress taking on the role and not originally inteded by the writer or director?

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