Many more positive images of Chicanas emerged at this time. In conclusion, Hispanic women have often been portrayed negatively in films, and most often, their characters purpose has been solely as potential sexual conquests for men, particularly Anglos. Some images, for various reasons, improved as time went by, yet others worsened. However, Latinas have a long way to go to reach equality in portrayal, even with their female counterparts. Hopefully research and studies of this kind will alert the general public to these issues.
Negative images continue to have a negative effect even today.
In the future, advances must be made to correct the damage that stereotypes and false images, created by Hollywood, have caused in the twentieth century. Bilingual Review, 1994. Ramirez Berg, Charles. Westview Press, 1998. Rodriguez, Clara E. Latin Looks.