In this post I will be explaining the Sex Role Traits of Hal Cooper aka the black hood, one of the Main Character in the teen Drama Riverdale using the Items of the Bem Sex Role Inventory.

 

Hal Cooper is one of the main characters/ villains in the show Riverdale. Throughout his time on the 4 seasons we have seen him develop as the sweet and caring father to Betty and Polly, to the aggressive and sadistic serial killer the black hood. For all he has been put through with his father and the tragedies that happened in Riverdale  so long ago he has some very strong traits that I’m excited to uncover.

 

Feminine 

Not Susceptible to flattery- Hal is not someone who is going to take shit from anyone in the town of Riverdale, he also rarely receives compliments especially after he is arrested for being the black hood.

 

Loyal- The whole reason he started to purge the town of Riverdale to get rid of all the towns “sinner” is because his father was the murdered of the original crime and murder of Riverdale and his mother had it drilled into his head that he needed to continue the purging. Even this isn’t something good to be loyal to he is still loyal.

 

Childlike- He is still holding onto the talk that I mentioned above which we can assumed originally took place when he was around the age of six we can assume he has some childlike tendencies.

 

Masculine

Forceful- The black hood is not someone who killed the people he did quick and easy. He was someone who fed on the suffering of people, he kills his first victim with a violin bow, thats not an easy and painless death. Not to mention whoever survives his first attacks he threatens to come back and finish the job. We see this when he comes back and kills Midge and puts her body on one of the sets on the opening night of the high school musical.

 

Willing to take a stand- He truly believes that the town of riverdale will be better off if he cleanses the town of all the sinners. The people who he attacks is Fred who is married and was having an affair with another married woman, Hermione, who’s husband at the time was in prison. His next victim was Moose and Midge, they were dating and making out in the back of Moose’s car high in Jingle Jangle the local drug of choice in the high schools, they were then shot and they survived. Ms. Grundy did not survive the bow incident, and the list goes on.

 

Willing to take risks- He was willing to sacrifice his life, his family and his career to do what he though he needed to do which was cleanse the town of sinners and that the town needed to be better and he acted on that saying.  He risked everything for himself, but also is family, including Betty not getting into Yale because of him being her father.

 

In Conclusion 

I think Hal Cooper aka the black hood definitely is leaning more towards the masculine side of the Bem Sex role inventory list . He is someone who maliciously and sadistically killed and tortured the people in the town of Riverdale for the simple reason that he is going to do better for the city and the city will be better without them.

Shared by: A.M.
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