The American black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street directed by Martin Scorsese was released on December 25, 2013 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie. Although at first glance, The Wolf of Wall Street seems like a film about excessive cocaine consumption, long evenings filled with men smoking cigarettes, large portions of alcohol consumption, numerous sexual escapades with various women and even the occasional dwarf toss, the film is deeply rooted in gender perception within the Wolf of Wall Street genre. The word “gender” is anchored in a similar category to “gender,” which is a word defined as referring to cultural codes and regulation of human sexuality. Gender is constructed through the use of genre codes. It's essentially both about how women and men are represented through specific genres and the diversity between other more male-oriented genres or genres aimed at women. Ultimately, gender is used in an attempt to define “appropriate” gender (Giannetti & Leach, 2011, p. 53). The Wolf of Wall Street's use of genre prescribes specific gender roles to the narrative film that are associated with the film's close ties to the drama, comedy, and crime genres. As a dark comedy film, it often attempts to shed light on dark topics like sexism, rape, drug addiction, etc. The Wolf of Wall Street tells the story of Jordan Belfort, a successful stock broker building his empire on deception and lies and his excessive use of drugs and exploration of women. Noted in Yvonne Tasker's Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema, Goldie Hawn says this about the role of women in the film industry: "There are only three ages for women in Hollywood: baby, prosecutor District and Driving Miss Daisy” (1998, p. 3). While Haw...... middle of paper ......o, Theodore, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson, R. NevittSanford. 1950. The authoritarian personality. New York: HarperGuannetti, L. and Leach, J. (2011). Understanding Movies (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Canada Inc. Gerring, J. American Politics Quarterly. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications., 1997. Print. McGowan, Todd. “In search of the gaze: the Lacanian theory of cinema and its vicissitudes.” Cinema Journal 42.3 (2003): 27 - 47. Print. Sturken, Marita and Lisa Cartwright. Practices of looking: an introduction to visual culture. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Print. O’Shaughnessy, M. and Stadler, J. (2012). Media and Society (5th ed.). Victoria 3205, Australia: Oxford University Press. Willis, Sharon. High Contrast: Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema. Durham NC, USA: Duke University Press, 1997. Print.