Note that women are mentioned here, not women. Therefore, this film is not about a biographical story about a woman, or a story about a mother as some people mentioned. It explores a deeper level of the female spirit of the entire era, and you can also understand it as "feminism."
Some people may say, can you just keep the definition of a thing so high, "feminism" seems to be a particularly extreme behavior? In response to this, I would like to say that since we want to "see the essence through the phenomenon", the essence is originally a process of pursuing the truth, and it should be examined and observed from such a height.
Then let's talk about it again, what is "feminism" in the end? Is it really so scary or is it so far away from us? How do the three heroines in the film express the theme of feminism? What help or significance does it have for growing women?
1. What is the so-called "feminism"? What do people misunderstand about it?
On Baidu Encyclopedia, the definition of "feminism" is, in the final analysis, one sentence-to achieve equality between men and women in all mankind. "Women's rights" are not "women" or "women strong". What it calls for is the power of free choice, which is the most fundamental and fundamental power in human nature.
What it wants to eliminate is the silly ideas of "how men should be" and "how women should be" in public opinion. We can pursue the same things, and we also recognize our differences. The same is that as independent individuals, we can cultivate any form of hobbies, we can choose to remain single or gay, we can enjoy "confined in the kitchen and love" or pursue career success, etc. The difference is that people and people There are indeed differences in ability, character, experience, background, luck, etc., and this difference should not come from gender itself.
Why do a large number of people in society, even women themselves, feel that feminism is terrible and radical? The main reason is that it is easy for everyone to misunderstand the following four points: ➀feminism believes that women are more powerful than men; ➁feminism only calls for power and does not bear responsibility; ➂feminism advocates "abolition of childbirth"; ➃feminism requires The male lead inside and the female lead outside.
Anthony Burgess, the author of the original novel of the classic movie "A Clockwork Orange", explained his point of view: "Through good is as inhumane as total evil, and the most important thing is the right to moral choice." Misunderstanding is nothing more than thinking that it is "complete feminism", which is an extremely wrong view.
In fact, what feminism pursues is only a society that does not need to call for feminism. This is exactly the same as the views of those who support homosexuality. "We" don't want to be discriminated against, nor do we need understanding and sympathy. We just hope that it can be ordinary, as simple as choosing whether to like apples or pears.
2. How should we understand the three heroines of different ages in the film?
After having a certain concept of feminism, we started to talk about the movie itself. Even as a film critic, the general way of writing may start with the film itself, and then naturally extend to the meaning outside the film. But following the "first principles", I personally feel that feminism should be explained first, so that we can have a clearer and more thorough understanding of many plots and roles in the film.
Strictly speaking, this film narrates the inner monologues and stories of the five characters. The film also involves a lot of angles, such as growth education, love mate selection, and special backgrounds in the United States. This is because it mainly chooses feminism. A main line, first temporarily set aside the other two male roles.
➀Julie’s 17-year-old feminist key word:
The background of the sex movie is in the United States in 1979, and the story fragments that happened to Julie vividly reflect the growing problems of adolescent women in China. I don’t know anything before the first menstrual cramp, the age of sexual intercourse is too early, and I don’t know how to contraceptively... These all show that the social consciousness of sex is still not open enough, and this It is extremely unfair to women, and even hurtful.
Julie enjoys physical relationships with others, but ignores spiritual comfort. To a certain extent, it is caused by the deformity and resistance to sex in her growth. But faintly in the awakening and loss of this youthful sexual consciousness, you can see her fascination with sex and her honesty with sex, she just wants to prove one thing: sex is not a product of shame, it should be beautiful.
Julie’s "ideal life": Abby will take me to the family planning center, I will continue to take medicine, I will go to New York University to study, lose contact with Jamie and Dorothea, I will stop talking to my mother, I Will fall in love with Nicholas, we will move to Paris, and choose not to have children.
➁24-year-old Abby’s feminist keyword: freedom.
This is my favorite among the three female character settings. Dancing wildly in punk music, using a camera to record everything around you, red hair and casual dressing, etc., as if all this is to tell you that women can still have this way of living. It is both exaggerated and delicate, and it is just right, never showing a little extra.
Abby is the most "pioneer" feminist in the film. At a gathering of friends, she unscrupulously uttered the word "menstruation" and tried her best to tell everyone that it really wasn't a big deal. She doesn't care about anyone's opinion. What she pursues is the freedom of life and all things that liberate herself.
However, fate told her that she could not have a child. This kind of blow was fatal, like depriving her of what was originally in her body. But, my dearest liberal, how can this stop her love of life, change another way, continue to live in her own volition.
Abby’s "ideal life": I will stay in Santa Barbara, two years later I will marry Dave, one month after my marriage, Carlota will die, one week later, Marx will die too, I will Working from the garage and then exhibiting in the local art gallery, I would go to pregnancy regardless of the doctor’s advice. By the time I was 34, I would have two sons.
➂Dorosia's 55-year-old feminist key word: celibacy
means celibacy that does not intend to get married and start a family. In fact, it is more accurate to use single here, but it loses some flavor. Dorothea only gave birth when she was 40, and soon after she gave birth to a divorce, she was strong and lonely in her single mother's life for more than ten years.
First of all, Dorothea only gave birth when she was 40 years old. She just followed the truest thoughts in her heart. When I like it, when I am ready, I will naturally do what I think I should do. These things don't require others to point out, and they won't bother with the gossips around them.
Moreover, after the divorce, she lived alone, and some people even labeled her as homosexual. However, in the bottom of her heart, she is just a mother who wants to give her son more love. Jamie repeatedly mentioned that Dorothea grew up in the United States during the Great Depression and went to air force school when she was young. In addition, Dorothea was the first generation of women to smoke in the United States. Her independence and strength were portrayed vividly.
Dorothea’s "Ideal Life": In March 1999, I would start to feel tired and confused. When I finally went to see the doctor, he would tell me that the cancer cells in my lungs had spread to my chest and Brain, I will try to teach Jamie how to deal with my stocks, but my notes will be almost incomprehensible.
3. What practical significance does "feminism" have for growing women?
Two books are mentioned in the movie, "Our bodies Our selves" (Body and Self) and "Sisterhood is powerful" (Attack on Women's Voice). Explained the concept of childbirth at home and female orgasm, which was very advanced and open to both the American society at that time and the Chinese society today.
I am not encouraging that we are going to read these two books or related women's books, but we should have a basic awareness of women's protection or being protected. Its role in the growth of women is no less than family education and school education, because it is a very important part of our healthy personality and emotional improvement.
Some time ago, it was not a matter of social controversy that the new version of the primary school sex education textbook was banned from being distributed. News about women of different ages being harassed or violated is endless. In addition to angrily accusing, why there are so many perverts in this world, should we think more deeply? The reason for this is that the feminism in this social environment has not yet awakened, and even in the hearts of some women, they There is no such awareness at all.
Start with a correct understanding of women’s bodies, cherish our uterus and breasts, and have a comprehensive and positive understanding of sex. On the road of pursuing love and career, treat yourself as an independent individual in the universe, and don't arbitrarily depend on external forces. We should be bold in pursuing love, just in front of love, or before being loved, we should have grown into a complete self. We should be bold in pursuing careers and money, but we have to understand in our hearts that all these are just tools to obtain for the ultimate freedom of time and inner belonging.
Please remember that whether it is in relationships, work, or life, strength, independence, and freedom, these sacred rights and great qualities should be deeply imprinted in the bones of every woman.
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