Refute those pseudo-feminist views that say this film is actually a patriarchal (patriarchal) halo

Ariel 2022-03-23 09:01:52

Those who think this film is not promoting Indian feminism can only show that they have not watched the film carefully.

First of all, India's preference for sons and daughters is far beyond your imagination, so don't expect a Mulan Mulan to appear suddenly.

Second, the low status of women is not only in the concept of men, but also in the concept of women themselves, so the two daughters initially thought that women should have long hair and wear saris happily waiting to get married. It was not until they saw that the bride who attended the wedding expressed the injustice in her heart, helpless and powerless, that they knew that their father had good intentions.

Third, their father was the first to oppose the secular vision and advocate the rise of feminism that women can also win over men. Remember, in the beginning, this father was also patriarchal. He hopes to have a son to help him win the gold medal, and he is also a person who has been improving his thinking. But he did change later. He met a fellow before the game. The fellow said that his youngest daughter also wanted to be like geeta, and then the male protagonist told geeta, you only have one strategy for tomorrow, that is to make everyone remember you, Qian Qian Thousands of little girls will change their lives because of you. From the beginning, he just hoped that his descendants would win him a gold medal, and finally the eldest daughter gave him the gold medal, but he personally put the gold medal on the eldest daughter and said that he was proud of her. This action is meaningful, it means that he really understands that his daughter has the same feminist rights as men.

Fourth, many people say that the two daughters were forced to obey their own life trajectories under the power of their fathers, not their own will at all. I think I didn't watch the film carefully. The daughters had resisted, set the father's alarm, pretended to be injured, surrendered... Later, after listening to the words of the tragic bride, I made up my mind to go to the wrestler. way. Do the two daughters really don't want to be wrestlers? No, from the very first time they felt that others insulted them, they could break through the stereotype that women should be insulted, punching boys, and the eldest daughter lost her first match to the young wrestler, and couldn't wait to ask when the next match would be, Want to win it back. Just know that these two sisters are the seedlings of the rise of feminism. My father really wanted to train them as wrestlers, not just to finish his dream, nor to see that they had the talent for fighting when they were young, but to see that they had the fighting spirit to resist fate.

Fifth, many people say that the heroine finally won the gold medal, but there is actually a great father behind it, that is, the great patriarchy (male power), but in the last game, her father was trapped, she remembered As my father said, my father can't protect you all the time, but he can teach you to protect yourself, which is really the finishing touch of the whole film. The oath-taking moment for the real rise of feminism.

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Dangal quotes

  • Mahavir Singh Phogat: You have to fight in a way that people will remember you. If you win silver, sooner or later, you will be forgotten. If you win gold, you will be an example, And examples are given, child... not forgotten. See those girls? If you win tomorrow, you will not win alone. Millions of girls like them will win along with you. It will be a victory for every girl who is considered inferior to boys; who is forced into household chores, who is married off to just raise children. Tomorrow's match is the most important one. Because tomorrow, we are not fighting just that Australian, but all those people who think lesser of girls.

  • [from trailer]

    Mahavir Singh Phogat: All along, I was desperate for a son so he could win a gold in wrestling for India. But what didn't occur to me was that gold is gold. Whether won by a boy or a girl.