"My defense is not for myself, but for my fellow women."

Joanny 2022-04-19 09:02:36

"If women could get the right to vote..." "What would you use it for?" "Do the same thing as you."

In the film, violet was ridiculed by passing men "You must really want to be a man", at that time in their opinion "becoming a man", "becoming" that group that seems to be inherently superior means a freak woman The whimsical, in the words of Mary Wollstonecraft, "Those who look at them philosophically must be like me, hoping they can be more masculine." Courage that was thought to belong only to men , strength, talent, and morality are covered and sacrificed by the prescribed "beauty" in women. Most women think that they are only weak, need mercy and cannot stand up to resist. Therefore, "doing the same thing as you" sounds like a fantasy to her husband. This is a right that should not be distinguished. It can only be realized by women themselves and stand up to protect it.

Mary Wollstonecraft, who defended the rights of all women in a letter to the former Bishop of Orton, Talleyrand Perrigo, "I appeal with unwavering humanity, sir, for my argument It was ruled by a spirit of selflessness—that I defended not for myself, but for my fellow women."

After reading this book and watching the film again, I can't help but cry. We feel not only because they have suffered such inhuman abuse, but also because of this, we think that today we are dependent on the predecessors and revolutionaries of countless feminist movements hundreds of millions of times Running and shouting and fighting bravely.

Today we discuss feminism in the wider public sphere — things seem to be getting better, but not. Because prejudice, insult, and devaluation of women have long been "inherited" into the collective unconscious of the nation, it may be hidden in casual words and behaviors, and in the fear of single women walking at night in the subconscious.

This is an "unfinished history", so we must "never compromise and move on."

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  • Emmeline Pankhurst: We do not want to be law breakers. We want to be law makers.

  • Inspector Arthur Steed: The fear is, they won't break, Sir. If one of them dies, we'll have blood on our hands and they'll have their martyr.

    Benedict Haughton: That must not happen, or Mrs Pankhurst will have won.