The movie, The Bone Collector , begins as a prime example of the exception. On of the main characters in this film is Amelia. She meets Lincoln Rhyme, ex-cop and forensics expert. He pushes her into the field and she is taken through sets of mystery-murders, until the mystery is solved in the end. Here is how genderism is displayed.
Amelia is shown as cop.
Not an unusual job for a woman, but it is a job that many women are not expected to be in. She has a boyfriend, but makes it clear to him, that she is not in a relationship where she wants to commit herself. That is a typical male characteristic. She is a not a pushover, and her role as an inner city cop shows that. She does a lot of things that a typical woman may not do.