What's the most outrageous sentence you've ever heard?
Indians treat women like dogs.
Its heinous level can almost catch up with beating, smashing, looting and burning, murder and arson.
And behind the outrageous, there is a deep and terrible social phenomenon :
In India, the status of women is extremely low, women must submit to men, and even talking to others on the street requires the consent of men.
When it comes to the low status of women, as Chinese, we are well aware of it.
Because China before liberation also had this problem.
At that time, women were the tools to inherit the lineage. They couldn't eat at the same table as men, and they didn't have the share of women to study and educate.
Although China has developed to the present, gender equality has not been fully realized, but it is an undeniable fact that women are becoming more and more powerful and men are beginning to speak for women.
If I hadn't watched Indian films such as "Wrestling Dad" and "Mysterious Superstar" in recent years , I would not have known that in today's India, women are still living an unknown and dark life.
Their status is still very low. The purpose of every girl's birth is to marry a man, and then become a "slave" for a lifetime...
The most terrifying thing is that the "big aunt" that women come every month turns out to be a "shameful thing"? ? ?
If it weren't for this movie, I can't believe this myth actually exists in India!
Padman
Director: R. Balkin
Screenwriter: R. Balkin
Region of Production: India
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, Sonam Kapoor
Length: 127 minutes
The hero of the movie , Laxmi , suddenly realizes that his newlywed daughter -in-law is strange one day.
The family had a good meal, and the daughter-in-law suddenly stood up and hid in the room as fast as possible;
He was about to chase after him to find out what happened, but was stopped by his mother;
At night, the daughter-in-law moved directly to the balcony to sleep...
what's the situation? The young couple just got married and sleep in separate rooms ?
Under Laxmi's repeated questioning, the truth of the matter turned out to be that the "big aunt" of the daughter-in-law was here, so she could not contact anyone and had to be "isolated", including her husband...
What is this operation?
Is "Auntie" a contagious plague?
Still "isolated"?
Laxmi expressed a look of incomprehension...
When he accidentally discovered that the "mat" his daughter-in-law was using turned out to be a dirty and old rag , he couldn't bear it any longer...
How can you let your daughter-in-law use such a dirty and broken thing!
And there are endless troubles !
So, helpless and mixed with anger, Laxmi started the action plan to "save the daughter-in-law"...
Who is Laxmi?
Laxmi is a "wife-loving demon" !
In addition to daily greasy, Laxmi often brings various "surprises" to his daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law cut the onion with tears on her face, so he made a "monkey automatic onion cutter" for the daughter-in-law;
The daughter-in-law felt that the back seat of the bicycle was not comfortable enough to sit on, so he installed a "deluxe seat for daughter-in-law" for the daughter-in-law to enjoy;
Daughter-in-law likes flowers, so he went to the woods to pick a bunch of beautiful flowers for his daughter-in-law.
How could he, who loves his daughter-in-law so much, endure this kind of grievance!
First of all, he bought the sky -high "aunt towel" for his daughter-in-law.
But the daughter-in-law strongly refused and reprimanded him.
Then, he made a "pure natural homemade aunt towel" with low- cost cotton.
But after my daughter-in-law used it, the effect was obviously not very good.
Then, he continued to invest in production, and an "improved version of pure natural homemade aunt towel" was born.
Unexpectedly, this move was not only opposed by his daughter-in-law, but even his mother and sister at home began to stop him...
However, Laxmi's persistent will has become too strong to control.
Even though his family was against it, he resolutely chose to invest in research, and became more and more crazy...
Unfortunately, his good intentions eventually led to endless evil.
His daughter-in-law left him, his mother and sister hated him, and even the whole village regarded him as a "devil"...
Everyone advised him to turn back, but he refused.
So, the energy in his heart prompted him to leave the village and embark on the road of self-study.
Laxmi, who is powerless, has no knowledge to rely on, nor any technical support.
When he finally understood the ingredients and production principles of "aunt towel", he decided to buy a professional machine without hesitation.
So here comes the problem.
How expensive is a professional production machine?
Laxmi is just a mere civilian, how could there be so much money?
But don't forget who Laxmi is.
Laxmi is not only a "wife-loving demon", but also a "handsman" !
After several painstaking research and experiments, he finally developed a "Laxmi brand aunt towel making machine"!
With the machine, how to solve the problem that no one dares to use the produced aunt towel ?
The timely presence of a girl named Pari solved his problem.
With the help of his sister, he successfully pushed his machine to the "Best Invention" podium.
He also successfully won the honorary title of "Padman" .
Laxmi became everyone's hero overnight.
The villagers who once spurned him also began to regard him as the pride of the whole village.
However, when people learned that the reason for his award was actually a machine that makes aunt towels that symbolize the shame of women, everyone turned their faces instantly.
Are you still not satisfied with the award?
Still feel ashamed?
What do you still want from me?
What Laxmi once went through in her own home went through again...
Why can people turn their faces when they can say they turn their faces?
In the final analysis, it is people's deep-rooted and decadent thinking that is at fault.
Women's status is low, and women's "menstrual matters" are regarded as a "shame" .
Men and women, young and old, all have the same thought in their minds.
No one dares to stand up, and no one will stand up.
Therefore, sanitary napkins , a common necessity in the eyes of other countries, are not recognized as "shameful things" in India .
No one agrees, so no one produces it, so it is expensive, and no one will buy it.
According to statistics, there are 500 million women in India , but only 12% of them actually use regular aunt towel . If it weren't for this movie, I'm afraid none of us would be able to believe that this magical reality really exists.
And behind this magical reality, there are actually some people who are really trying to change.
This person is the character prototype of Laxmi in the movie:
India's "father of aunt scarf" - Arunachalam.
He used his own power to create a cheap "aunt towel", so that more Indian women can get rid of their troubles.
In the film "The Padman" , Laxmi's difficult process of making aunt's towel has been beautified by the artistry of the film, but in reality, what kind of difficulties and twists and turns Arunacharam has gone through, we simply ca n't imagine.
The most shocking part of the whole film is Laxmi's speech:
Women are strong, mothers are strong, sisters are strong, and the country is strong.
Men like Laxmi have already stood up to speak for women. Should women stand up and speak for themselves?
Change is possible only if everyone dares to speak up.
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