Complicated Women discussion

From 1934 to around 1960, movie studios willingly subjected themselves to censorship. From 1934 through the 1940's, women were shown in movies as independent, intelligent, witty, and wise. That was the golden age of women like Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell, Katherine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Joan Crawford, Claudette Colbert, and Barbara Stanwyck, to name a few. Since censorship was abandoned, women in movies have become,in the main, objects for sexual gratification, worth only in terms of sexuality.

Should we bring back censorship? How can we make women in movies more independent and intelligent and not just sex objects? Can we do this? Is there any way to present independent women to the adolescent male audience most movies today are geared to?