Surrender to the rules of the game in a patriarchal society-consciously or unconsciously

Icie 2021-12-26 08:01:40

I just watched this film today. Because it’s Women’s Day on March 8th, I don’t talk about the narrow and distorted human nature in the film. I only talk about the tyrannical tyranny and the women who are struggling to survive by relying on patriarchy. Poor and hateful.
In the small world created by the film-a remote and closed town is equivalent to a small world (somewhat similar to the scene in "Dog Town", the houses in a town are almost arranged on both sides of a small street Almost all the residents of the town appeared on the stage, and each of them almost represented a class of people with distinctive labels in society), and the traces of patriarchal thoughts were flooded in almost every corner and every age, from the little boy Stewart to Pharmacist, to the mayor, so there is no need to express too much. In fact, as the child of a scumbag father, Kate is not taken seriously because she is a girl.
In this small town, women are in a subordinate position. However, even so, it is as if everyone is a maid but has to fight for who is higher and lower. The women in the small town keep belittling their kind and elevating themselves. This This is where they are sad.
The only anomaly in this small town, Kate, who returned home with good looks, used it to fight back, and it was precisely the capital that women should be most proud of—beauty. Whether it's full breasts, unruffled hair, or exquisitely fitted clothes, they all show the beauty of women. Obviously, the other women in this small town did not realize the capital they had before Kate arrived, and we know that capital is power. (Ironically, the only person in this town who could recognize the beauty of women was actually a transvestite man)
Sadly, when they realize their beauty and can use it freely with the help of Kate, they don’t use this power to fight back and fight for their reasonable status. What they do is actually compare each other and trample on each other. . In essence, they do not have the consciousness of resisting patriarchy. They are accustomed to living under the domination and oppression of patriarchy. They are even utterly willing to change their image in order to please men, to please men without hesitating to lie and frame, To please the man to inform the betrayal, to please the man and close one eye to the betrayal, to please the man to endure domestic violence, to please the man to watch his daughter being exiled but choose to pretend to be mad and stupid... However, oppression will inevitably make them seek release So, there are some people who are obsessed with cleanliness, some are lovers, some are eager to let their daughters marry a wealthy family to raise their status, some are slanderous and seek superior consolation, some help to abuse the weaker people to prove their worth—— This is the ugly face of a sick character.
Today I saw an article in the circle of friends, criticizing the unbearable banners that were hung up in colleges and universities on Women’s Day. The title is "Happy Holidays to Girls". It is actually sexual harassment/what is true gender. equality? (Is this really a university? You guys are highly educated!) I don’t want to criticize the nasty language of self-righteous patriarchs. Just like the evaluation of this film, I actually didn’t scold the man in it. How disgusting. I just want to be able to slightly awaken some girls who are immersed in the patriarchal society, (I believe those banners must be written with the help of girls), as women, we have power, compared with the 1951 in "The Tailor" Women in small towns, in addition to beauty, women now have knowledge, ability, vision, courage, and many other powers. so~Why do we have to abide by the rules of the game in the patriarchal world? Let the man who talked about the banner of "Stop doing atomic bombs, come home with me" on the Tsinghua campus~~

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