This image a movie poster cover for the 1982 Film the thing in the top is says "The ultimate in alien terror." Giving me the impression that women are to be feared more then men.
Why are there no women in the movie?
The reason there are no women in the movie is that they are trying to show that men are a dominant force. All the men are trying to survive while the Thing is trying to assimilate them. The Thing represents all the women we get this sense when the Thing is trying to attack the dog at that moment it looks like a vagina trying to absorb the dog in.
What is the significance of its ability to take over people?
The ability to assimilate it self represents the ability of birth. It can not do it alone just like a women can't make a baby without a mans sperm. It need someones dna to be able to reproduce. This ability to reproduce seems terrifying in the movie.
Good point referencing The Thing as a woman. it is ironic to note that in a sense, the thing "impregnates" the crew.
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