Even people who are not medical students know that giving birth to a child is the result of the cooperation between men and women, but for some reason, since ancient times, the responsibility of giving birth to a child has been anchored on women. When a child is born, it is a man. It is the woman's fault that the seed of a woman cannot be born. Even with the rise of modern science, this traditional thinking has not been completely changed.
"Love Without a Trace" is such a work, with a modern cultural shell, but the core is still traditional, it reflects the traditional bond between women and fertility, and the status quo of women's low status.
Raj and Puglia were originally a loving couple and had a happy life, but after an accident, Puglia lost her reproductive function, and then they found Mandu, a dusty woman, and asked her to give birth to a child for Raj.
The film depicts the feelings of the three people very delicately, especially focusing on embodying their great love, but this so-called great love everywhere reflects the shackles of male superiority and female inferiority.
After Puglia lost her fertility, she was full of guilt towards Raj, and the suggestion to find a surrogate was also her initiative, which shows Puglia's virtue. It is a very regrettable thing that a woman is infertile, but Puglia's regret is not that she cannot be a mother herself, but that she cannot carry on the line for her husband. Her philosophy is quite Chinese-style "there are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no future is the greatest" logic. In this unfortunate incident, she never thought about herself. In order to take into account the dignity of her husband's family, she also rejected the method of artificial insemination, but proposed that the husband and the surrogate mother have direct sexual relations to conceive, which is equivalent to giving up the blood relationship between herself and the child, as long as the husband can have offspring , the idea that it doesn't matter if you have biological children or not, further embodies the traditional bond between women and fertility: everything is only for men to have offspring, and women's own feelings are irrelevant. At the end of the film, when Puglia "generously" retained Mandu and served a husband with him, the film's praise for male power reached its peak. The so-called great love in Puglia is actually the maintenance of women's rights for men.
Conversely, if a man is infertile, can he accept his wife to have a child with another man and raise it by himself? I am afraid that out of ten men, nine and a half would not agree, because in the traditional concept, the purpose of having children is to inherit the blood of the patriarch, and it is meaningless for a wife to have children with other men.
Although both men and women may suffer from infertility, women are very generous here. According to the manager of an orphanage in China, couples who come to the orphanage to adopt children are basically because the man is infertile. Fertility, the man will not adopt orphans, but choose to change his wife.
Therefore, in the traditional concept, it is irrelevant that a man is infertile, adopting one or simply being a DINK, women are guilty of heavy guilt, they must share their husbands with other women, or simply withdraw from the marriage, in order to make up for their sins .
Don't think that these arguments are outdated and alarmist. In a recent news, there was a similar incident. The husband could not bear children, and the daughter-in-law proposed adoption, but the mother-in-law rejected it. Not only that, the mother-in-law also asked the daughter-in-law and father-in-law to happen Sexual relationships are used to inherit the lineage... In order to continue the paternal bloodline, the dignity of women can be trampled at will! !
Mandu's role is even more interesting. As a prostitute, she was spurned by others, but then her image was sublimated by inheriting the line for Raj? It seems that "mother is more expensive than the child" works just as well in India, and having children can even wash away the stigma on prostitutes. However, this is not enough for the film. At the end of the story, Mandu promises Raj that he will stay with him for the rest of his life! ? I really can't compliment this kind of "big love". Why can't Mandu start a new life and find new feelings after getting paid for surrogacy? Obviously, the patriarchal thinking has begun to play a role again. Compared to this, I appreciate Hollywood's "Titanic" more. Although the love between Ruth and Jack will last until death, the film did not let Ruth die alone after Jack's death, and Ruth married later. , the enlightenment of Western culture is reflected in such small details!
Raj is depicted in the film as a man full of humanity. Although his wife was infertile and he had no idea of leaving her, he accepted the surrogacy plan proposed by his wife with just a little shirk, although the film continued to emphasize his devotion to his wife and that he was not right Mandu's empathy, and even having a relationship with Mandu, were only successful after Puglia's tricks, but they couldn't hide that he betrayed his marriage in order to inherit the family - he slept with other women. The most terrifying thing is that Raj has no guilt about it. He never thought about the huge sacrifice his wife made in order to fulfill himself. When facing the prostitute Mandu, although Raj was respectful, he was equally sincere. He never thought about Mandu's grievances in this relationship. He seemed to think that money could explain everything to Mandu. When Mandu offered to keep his chastity for him, what he showed was moved instead of rejection and dissuasion.
Salman Khan, who plays Raj, uses his innocent, handsome and innocent face to interpret Raj's thought of male privilege as a matter of course. Of course, it is undeniable that in the patriarchal system, Raj has undoubtedly done a very good job, but this is far from enough. The great love he shows is itself an original sin.
The film tells a story that happened in modern times, but it reveals the traditional atmosphere of male superiority and inferiority to women everywhere. The only thing that shows progress is the thinking of the male protagonist. He does not seem to be so macho, but what I want to say is that the status of women Ascension ultimately depends on women's self-awakening, not men's conscience discovery.
The film also touched on a sensitive topic, the phenomenon of surrogacy. Surrogacy has not only formed an industrial chain in India, but also developed very well in developed countries in Europe and the United States. In this regard, my opinion is that one of the important issues of modern feminism is to oppose the use of women as reproductive machines. At this moment, women rent out their wombs. Phenomenon, how to note? Doesn't this mean that women are by default a fertility machine? At the same time, sperm banks for men to donate sperm are also booming. Does this mean that men are actually fertility machines? In this way, men and women are equal.
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