The problem of fertility is a common topic of all mankind. Forty years of reform and opening up, the population of China and the world has expanded rapidly, from 4 billion to 7 billion. Rapid population growth will bring about a "demographic dividend", attracting population-intensive industries to inject together, rapidly improving the living standards of the population, and rapidly growing national wealth. But the population grows to a certain extent, and the negative effects keep coming. The most direct one must be the deterioration of the living environment, the high crime rate, the high housing prices, and the gradual decline in the family happiness index.
Therefore, there is China's "family planning". Although there were many problems brought about by this national policy at the time, it forcibly suppressed the explosive growth of the population to a certain extent, and ensured that fewer people enjoyed the dividends of reform and opening up, and people actually felt the improvement of their living standards. Otherwise, the increase in income will be completely offset by having more children, the enthusiasm for struggle will be reduced, and the pressure of life will make parents completely breathless.
Of course, some people don't think much about it. They don't think that "having fewer children and more trees" is for their own good, but think that having more children can "nibble children". Children can work and earn money for their parents, fight for more government benefits, and older children can also help take care of children. As for how to provide children with a good quality of life, and let them eat well and live well, it is completely out of their consideration. They don't know how to use contraception, and they don't care how they raise their children.
"Why Home" is such a movie. Although the people in Lebanon are living in dire straits due to the perennial war in Lebanon, Zane's parents in the movie are completely unaffected by the war. What to do if the child has no place to live, put a blanket on the place and let the children huddle together, head to feet and feet to head. Parents have sex next to each other at night without any shyness, and the child can only pretend not to hear it. What if your child doesn't go to school, your parents don't want you to go to school at all, they just want you to work to earn some money to support your family. What should I do if the child does not eat well, what to eat, whatever is put into the child's mouth, the nutritional value is forgotten.
Is the life of the protagonist Zane's family miserable? Even worse, the black female workers in the film are from Ethiopia, have no legal status, receive lower wages, and live in shanty towns, where they cannot take care of their children, so they can only hide in their luggage and secretly feed a mouthful of milk. Black female workers went to prostitution for legal status, were arrested by the police, their children were sold without taking care of them, and their lives were in desperation.
So the question is, why have children, why so many?
Originally, the right to reproduce is a basic right of the people and a constitutional right. None of the world's three major religions have doctrinal provisions restricting fertility. Buddhism "does not kill", Islam is famous for its ability to give birth, and Christianity is also against abortion. Whether you are poor or rich, you have the right to have children. However, how many you have is within your decision, and it is also related to the gap between the rich and the poor. To a large extent, the number of children determines the quality of your life.
The film attributes the extra children to the selfishness and insensitivity of Zane's parents. The excuse of the parents is, why are you so unconscience, have you forgotten our upbringing kindness? Forget how hard we work, it's all your fault for not living up to your expectations and embarking on the road of crime.
Is this really the reason? The movie reveals it all from God's perspective.
Of course, parental incompetence is one of the main reasons. Parents have no concept of family planning at all. The younger sister gave it away at the age of 13, married a wretched man, and gave birth to a child with heavy bleeding just crying, and then the parents gave birth to another. Ironically, he also had the same name as his dead sister. The son has been away for many days, and he does not call the police to find him. The child is beaten and scolded as soon as he comes back. My father only knew about alcoholism, and my mother only knew how to cry, cold-blooded to the extreme.
In fact, the religious reasons are deep-seated. Middle Eastern countries basically believe in Islam, and their religious beliefs are estimated to be prolific, and they oppose abortion. Therefore, there is no such thing as contraceptive birth control. If you don't give birth to more than three, you are ashamed of being a Middle Easterner. What should I do if I have more babies? I sell things on the street, send water and gas, and I can earn some money to buy wine for my father. Why not give birth? In case there is a child who is in good spirits, it can also make the big family's dog go to heaven. Healthy physical and mental growth of children, who cares?
The poverty and weakness of the country are also the reasons for the hardships of children's lives. The whole environment is like this, with long-term wars, frequent civil wars, and foreign invasions. The toys that children play with are all wooden guns, and their postures are very professional. You wouldn't be surprised if they joined a terrorist organization one day. Although Lebanon has no deserts, it also has no oil. The people were having a hard time, thinking only of fleeing to Northwest Europe as refugees. The country has no hope, the people's life will not be good, and the children will become victims.
For our country where "family planning" used to be a national policy, this movie is also very meaningful.
The Zane siblings were like mountain kids in the 80s and 90s. Parents are desperate to have children, just want you to go out to work early to earn money. Earn money and come back to feed your parents, build a house, marry a wife and have children. When the children grow up, they continue to work, raise their parents, build houses, marry wives and have children. On the other side of the mountain that cannot see the end, the future can be seen at the end.
Black female workers correspond to the new citizens of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Of course, these new citizens have higher education, stronger labor ability, and work in white-collar or even golden-collar jobs. Works on Financial Street and lives outside the Fifth Ring Road. Wearing a brand-name suit, holding a Starbucks and crowding the subway. Have a baby? Be powerless. Female Jinling took a few months off to give birth to a child. When she came back, she found that her job had been replaced, the project had been taken over, and the bonus was far away. The man Jin led his wife to give birth to a child, and he is still on a business trip. He probably won't even see the first side of the child, let alone take good care of the mother and child.
Having a child is a matter of rights, but also a matter of autonomy.
For families, whether poor or rich, you have the right to have children. But for urban men and women in the new era, when to give birth, whether to give birth or not to give birth, is a matter of autonomy.
But it's one thing to have rights, it's another thing to be accountable to yourself.
A movie can read a lot of content. Some social problems, such as extreme poverty caused by overbirth, exist in the Middle East and also in the Mainland. Some parents are irresponsible to themselves, and even more irresponsible to society. They are not qualified to have more children. Zane's parents were like that, and so are the couples around you.
Facing the faces of Zane's brothers and sisters, do you still have the courage to have a second child when you are the right age? Are you really ready? Have you settled your financial accounts, bought a house in the school district, and have the strength to buy a house for your child? After thinking about it so much, you're probably either suffering from anxiety or just as insensitive as Zane's parents. Whatever it is, let’s talk about it after birth, there must be a way for the car to the front of the mountain.
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