Men – Men in Pan’s Labyrinth are represented as the more powerful and authoritative figures, though it’s shown in different levels as the Captain, who obviously has the most power being the leader, he is more emotionless and has a more cold persona, compared to the Doctor, who has a warm and caring persona, and he is seen as one of the hero’s in the film, helping the mother and getting involved in helping look after the opposition.

Women – Women in Pan’s Labyrinth are seen as inferior to the men. They appear to have less power, such as Ofelia, being forced to live with the father of her mother’s unborn baby, Mercedes who the Captain uses to do his household jobs, and Ofelia’s mother, who is weak because of the pregnancy so is unable to do anything to help her and Ofelia escape. Ofelia and Mercedes both break the rules so end up holding more power than the males because of their role in their society. Like Ofelia is the princess of the fantasy world, and Mercedes holds lots of power for the opposition as she is on both sides so knows more information that can be used to help them.