Wonderful movie. The world after gender reversal is absurd, but it makes you sad, because you find that you didn't realize the existence of these gender asymmetries in the real world before.
In such a feminist society, women occupy important positions in society and companies, while men work mainly as cleaners, secretaries, waiters and full-time husbands; women wear suits and trousers, cut short hair, and even bare their breasts, while men have long hair, Make-up and hair removal; men's body appearance is criticized and pointed at by women; men's nudity appears in advertisements and posters and becomes a consumer product; It is very common that men will only be inexplicably slapped by the mistress, complaining but can’t do anything; women swear, flirt with men, and talk frivolously, but men can only cry; men are urged to marry by their parents, experience sexism in the workplace, and wear fake bras Take to the streets for masculinity.
Then you realize that in a real feminist society, women can live so well. Because when you have the right to speak in your life, someone at home does housework and takes children to serve you, drives a sports car, and picks up handsome guys, it is naturally better than going shopping and beauty just to pursue a refined appearance without being discriminated against or doing. Housework and taking care of children are just to meet people's requirements for a "good wife and good mother". The appearance of life is much more exciting! I hope this is how human society will continue to develop and the destination before its destruction hahahahaha.
Everyone's self-positioning is formed in society. Although the male protagonist has been resisting, he has gradually integrated into such a world and recognized his role. Therefore, the source of the difference is not nature and genes, but the environment and concept.
Aesthetics is also a profound topic. Do you think a world where "women are not women and men are not men" is really better than it is now? And how are the so-called "man-like" and "woman-like" formed? Ancient Chinese men also wore long hair in a bun, and women's "smoking suit" was a revolution brought by YSL until the 1960s. Is the aesthetic that girls should be like fairies naturally formed, or has it taken root in your heart as a product of the patriarchal era?
Aesthetics is first and foremost a personal pursuit. For example, my makeup is really not for men, but to make myself look better than before; at the same time, aesthetics is more of a pressure from social concepts. Stomach + crazy construction every day is possible, blindly pursuing thinness makes many girls add unnecessary troubles and waste unnecessary energy. Aesthetic standards turn women into commodities. It is undeniable that in modern society, beauty is still the biggest standard for women in the marriage and love market.
But under the lens of the film, the time women spend dressing up is used to create value in the workplace, while men have long hair, shawls and manicures to lose weight. The close-up of the movie in that world is also the man's buttocks. After 90 minutes, you Discovery: Such a man is also very beautiful, right? You've gotten used to this aesthetic, the sense of superiority in picking and nitpicking men who are objectified as commodities. Therefore, what the film assumes is not a society without aesthetic standards, but a society with reversed aesthetic requirements. After all, the body structure is almost the same. Why can't the aesthetic point of women be applied to men? It is only necessary to strengthen the appearance rate of certain organs, looming and showing X tension.
Aside from the freedom that a feminist society brings to women, there is another very interesting question, that is: would women like such a society? (Men certainly don't like it) Can women really give up the pursuit of appearance, body, and the benefits brought by their "second sex" status (such as not having to take on the director who makes money to support the family, society's overall low perception of women's ability and success)? request, etc.)
Whether it is the division of labor in the workplace, the mode of marriage and love, or aesthetic standards, power is hidden behind the strengths and weaknesses of different genders. This is also the essence of what the so-called men and women are fighting for. Because women have fewer job opportunities, I can bully you in the workplace without fear of you leaving; because the age of women is the price tag in the marriage and love market, so I can play with you and spend time with you, after 30 years old, I will continue to look for 20 years old and you have no one to marry; I can ask you to get dressed up because it's a buyer's market and you're picking you. All this is naked power.
It all depends on what kind of world you want, what is normal and normal is not necessarily right. The direction of human society development is an interesting topic, and we can't see the end, but this vision of change and improvement is what we need.
Another inspiration of this film is that even if gender roles cannot be switched in reality, women can at least understand the power and convenience that men's roles give them, and perceive in which situations they take advantage of this, so as to do so. Better defense, of course my ideal is for society to evolve so that women can live as freely as men.
After watching the movie, I happened to watch Sister Riding the Wind and Waves, but I felt uncomfortable. A movie that can change your mind is a good movie. This movie took 90 minutes to do. In the variety show Riding the Wind and Waves, in addition to the requirements for sister's face and figure and not getting old, even the fortitude and unrestrainedness of women deliberately displayed in the performance is actually only possible in a patriarchal society, because showing fortitude just brings a kind of resistance The attitude of oppression; it is easy to understand the situation of men in a feminist society with the idea of this film. And the real equality is: you don't need to show your strength, you don't need to show your charm, what I am, what I am on the stage, I don't need a person, my 50-year-old face shows what I should have when I was 50. The wrinkles on my body and the fat on my body don't affect my voice. Up to now, the original intention of the show Riding the Wind and Waves has been completely lost. For the sake of traffic, the program orientation has still moved towards the public aesthetic standard.
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