For me, the best part of the film is the few scenes between RGB and daughter Jane, who represent different periods of feminism. The RGB seeks legal equality, arguing that protests are important, but cultural change is meaningless if the law doesn't change it. Jane's generation took to the streets, demanding change.
The way the two pursued women's equality was influenced by the era in which they lived. RGB lives in an era when even if he entered Harvard Law School by his own efforts, he would be despised. He could not get an offer even if he got the first excellent grade in the class. And Jane lived in an era that allowed them to take to the streets to seek their rights. At the welcome dinner at Harvard, RGB felt the principal's contempt, and could only go back in a humorous way; while being molested by the workers on the street, Jane didn't choose to endure but directly scolded it back. No one is right or wrong in what they do, and it reflects the cultural influences of different eras that they have been subjected to. Just like the sentence in the film: Judges should not be affected by the weather, but by the culture of the times.
The road for women to fight for their rights is very difficult. A hundred years ago, many predecessors failed on this road, but just because they lost a hundred years ago, is there any reason not to fight for victory? Lawyer Kenyon said that if you want to change the world, it is better to place hope on the next generation, not just the next generation but each generation.
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