The Representation of Women in Relation to The Cabin in the Woods (Goddard, 2012)

Jeremy Tunstall's 4 character roles for woman are domestic, marital, consumer andsexual. In The Cabin in the Woods, the character Jules fits the 'sexual' category, as she makes out with a stuffed wolf's head. Non of the other character types suggested by Tunstall seem to apply.
Dana is pretty typical of Clover's 'Final girl' theory. She manages to survive till the end of the film by fighting back and by being rescued a few times by other characters. Another aspect of the final girl theory that backs up the idea of Dana being the final girl is her gender fluidity. Dana is an androgynous name, her dress sense is quite tomboy-ish(especially if compared to Jules). She also tries to take her textbooks with her to the cabin, in case she 'gets bored', suggesting that she is quite academic. Another reason she falls into 'final girl' is because throughout the course of the film, she does not have sex, although, she is not virginal as we are told near the end of the film. She is not the slutty, drunk one, nor the one taking drugs. However, in this film, Marty manages to survive mainly because he has been smoking weed, leaving him unaffected by the chemicals and pheromones that have been released into the environment by those controlling the situation.
Jules' is turned into a horror archetype through physical and mental transformations. The very first transformation we are subject to is her dying her hair blonde. The blonde dye had been treated by the Chem Department, in the underground facility, with a slow acting toxin that retards cognitive ability. She had also been sprayed with a pheromone mist during her stay in the cabin. This ended with her becoming more 'sexualised' than before, as shown when Marty dares her to make out with the wolf's head. She quite happily walks up to it, flirts with it and then passionately makes out with it, which surprises everyone else. 
Mulvey's male gaze theory is exemplified throughout the film in a variety of ways. The main character that is subject to this is Jules, after she becomes 'The Whore'. This is shown through her dancing by the fireplace, the camera slowly goes from her feet, up to her legs and focuses on her bottom for quite a while. Another example is during the scene with Dana and Holden, when they first go into their rooms. Holden takes a painting down because he does not like it, to discover a one-way window into Dana's room. He starts to watch her for a little while, the camera focusing on her getting undressed, but then regains his morality and bangs on the wall to get her to stop. Another example of male gaze involving Jules includes the point where her and Curt are about to have sex in the forest. The camera focuses on them, and to enforce this idea of male gaze in a very self-aware way, the two technicians are staring at the screen intently while this is happening.
As I have mentioned before, there is a point within the film where a one way mirror is discovered. This pretty much represents the idea of voyeurism through POV, however, Holden is too gentlemanly to watch without stopping Dana. This backs up the idea of him being a 'scholar' character with him being respectful towards women. The reverse of this also happens, with Dana watching Holden undress, and then covering up the window. This may be to represent the idea that women also get pleasure from watching people. During the film, we are made to be watching the technicians watching the college students. At one point, the technicians say something along the lines of 'We need them to have sex to get the viewings up'. This gives the impression that people would watch things for to get pleasure out of it. I think this could also be a slight dig towards the general public, suggesting that many of us will watch things more willingly if there is some sort of nudity. 

In The Cabin in the Woods, women are represented in a few ways. Jules is represented as the slutty blonde, providing the satisfaction towards heterosexual males. Dana is represented as the more 'pure' academic, although we know she is not virginal. However, we could also say that she is also there to provide satisfaction towards the male audience due to the one-way mirror scene and perhaps the scene where her and Holden are making out on the couch(although she does state that she doesn't feel comfortable going 'further'). Wendy Lin, one of the technician's from the Chem Department, is represented as quite moany and could be seen as being a 'consumer' based on Jeremy Tunstall's theory. I think this because she doesn't seem to agree with the ritual but still places bets on what monster she thinks the group will choose to release. She also joins in with the drinking although she states that she wasn't doing it to celebrate. The other female character is 'The Director'. She is the one who controls the facility responsible for the keeping of The Ancient Ones. We do not get much about her, but with the meta-fictional nature of the film, her title may imply how she is not unlike the director of a horror film with the Ancient Ones as the horror fans and audience.