I have to admit that as an ordinary woman born and raised in mainland China, in daily life, when the word "rape" is mentioned, I would intentionally or unconsciously replace it with another word "rape"-just like this In the film, when accusing three rapists, the defendant's lawyer proposed to replace "rape" with "intentional assault"-it seems that "violence" is more acceptable than "sexual violence"; it seems that the victim's embarrassment The situation can be alleviated. Moreover, I am not the only person who thinks this way. Most of the women around me talk about "rape" in public, as if it makes them feel that their dignity has been insulted, and their knowledge and wisdom have even been affected by this. The terrible words canceled out. Not only is the word "rape" embarrassing them, but even more embarrassing is that the process of talking about this behavior (let's call "rape" an act rather than a crime) often embarrass the interviewer, let alone, When a victim confronts another person and another group of people, he tells the story and details of the rape, and tells it over and over again-in the eyes of most Chinese women, how uncomfortable it is! Therefore, during the process of watching the movie, the question I have been thinking about is, if this happens in China, the victim is a Chinese woman, and the rapists and abettors are a group of Chinese men, what will happen next? It is so difficult for a Chinese woman to even say the word "rape" frankly. It is hard to imagine that she would stop a car and go straight to the hospital to cooperate with the forensic examination and to cooperate with the counselors, lawyers and police officers who came afterwards, and then return to the bar to identify it that night. The criminal, and after all this is done, he can still pretend to walk into the house calmly and tell his cohabiting boyfriend all this, eager to get a little comfort. What would happen if it was a Chinese woman? Maybe she would never go to the hospital at all, even though she was scarred; maybe after the police and lawyers found her, she would deny it and pretend that nothing happened; maybe she would never tell her boyfriend of the hurt and pain she had suffered. , Even parents and girlfriends; not to mention, let her testify for herself and tell the judge and jury what happened that terrible night. why? The answer of many women is that I can't afford to lose this person. As far as my life experience is concerned, the "cannot afford to lose" situation does not seem to have changed much because of the differences in the family economic background and education level of Chinese women. Since we were little girls, most of us have been taught that "rape" is a very dirty word, so dirty that it can't be said from a girl's mouth. And if a girl is raped, then her life will be completely ruined, and no man will marry her. , Unless she kept a secret at the beginning and pretended that nothing happened, so that both the family and herself can retain the reputation of "innocence". Innocence = happiness, being raped = not innocent = unhappy. Not only rape, even sex is also a secret that cannot be told. Although there has been progress in adolescent sex education in contemporary Chinese primary and secondary schools, there are still blind spots in many places. The educators themselves have very conservative sex concepts. Our traditional culture and upbringing do not allow women to talk more in public. Talking about sex is simply a slut. Before a woman gets married, she must be a "Bing Qing Yujie" virgin, and young ladies like Cui Yingying who have a private meeting with Zhang Sheng and Yunyu must not be publicly "advertised". Daiyu and Baoyu can only watch "The West Chamber" secretly. Once Daiyu accidentally quoted one of the words and sentences, Baochai discovered that it was a sincere admonition in private that "The Story of the West Chamber" was a banned book in Daguanyuan, and it was an obscene language. In fact, according to the strict traditional definition, Baochai can't be regarded as a real lady of everyone-because she has long known the so-called "cloud and rain". A true lady, until the wedding night in the bridal chamber, should be completely ignorant of her own body and the body of the opposite sex from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom. Even today, some young girls with higher education around me still think that denying their knowledge of sex can get the reputation of "purity". Their way of thinking is that ignorance of sex = purity. And seeing the dew-point scenes in the movie, there is a festival of intimacy, if there are other people present, they will all scream in exclamation, covering their eyes, it seems that I am not pure when I see it. It’s not hard to imagine, see the accused In that completely realistic rape scene, they will feel that their eyes and brain have been actually raped. When we talk about "rape" in our TV series and movies, it is usually replaced by an old lady wiping tears with her hands, and reluctantly saying: She, she was ruined! Or, the victim himself, ashamed to death, said: I, I was insulted by him! It is difficult for them to face the word "rape", and it is difficult for them to face the matter of "rape". Of course, we all know that the real reason is that the audience is difficult to face directly. The fate of the raped heroine is usually that the happy life with the hero is in vain and will never be able to live a happy life again. (The heroine may become insane or commit suicide because of this, the hero may abandon her because of this, or find a bad person to avenge her and take his life instead). Since you must be ignorant of sex, your attitude towards rape must be vague and ambiguous, knowing that you don’t understand, and knowing that you don’t know. In fact, the topic that women of all ages (the younger the more frequently) privately talk about is: What should be done if they are raped? Most people's countermeasures are: they will tell their mother, but they will never let the fourth person know about it! The three people I know are the victim, the victim's mother, and the perpetrator. Police officers, prosecutors and lawyers are certainly not included. And when everyone heard about it, which of the girls who transferred to another school was raped. This incident seems to be a stimulant and phobia bomb, and the conclusion is: this girl is too miserable, if I change to me, just kill herself. The remarks of "suicide immediately after being raped" are very lethal. If a girl says "I will not commit suicide, I will definitely report the crime", while she is praised on the surface for being brave, she will definitely suffer more secretly. Many accusations and suspicions, "She must have a problem." It seems that after being raped, it is not the perpetrator who deserves to die, but the victim who is no longer pure and innocent. Unclean = guilty. I must ask, can women who have not been raped bravely confess the criminals, bring them to justice, and then face the history and future of life, find themselves and find happiness again? the The accused answered me bravely, there is indeed such a woman, but she is not a Chinese woman. I also want to ask, what if the heroine of this movie is not Foster, but a black actress? Perhaps the topic of this film will be stronger, and the purpose of discussing social issues will be more obvious, but obviously the director has not "experienced" this way. He has not arrogantly mixed up all the embarrassing hot topics. Because the contradictions between the characters and the plot set in this film are sufficiently tense and topical-an unscrupulous woman VS a cowardly cowardly man, a victim VS a rapist, and a female lawyer VS a male prosecutor. These oppositions have presented the audience with sufficiently complicated relationships and possibilities for thinking. Although this is a standard melodrama, the dramatic tension has not reached the original intensity. Perhaps, I kindly believe that the director wants to weaken the power of rhythm so that the audience is not overly indulged in the plot itself. Think more about the social issues raised by the movie? From this point of view, although the five-minute line-drawing rape passage can leave a mark in film history, it does not have many aesthetic innovations, and is more of a socially critical thinking.
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