feminism and motherhood

Stuart 2022-03-25 09:01:15

Through the recommendation of the public account "Voice of Feminism", I came into contact with this film. As a woman, I am very happy to see more movies like this.
What left a deep impression on me in the whole film was the dialogue between the heroine and her husband:
"If we had a daughter, what would her life be like?"
——"Like you."
[Like you, as a male A subordinate to the power and a victim of the capitalist, he lived a hard and silent life. 】
Perhaps it was the association full of despair that made the heroine firmly embark on the road of fighting for equal rights for herself and future generations.

Just as when I recommended this movie to my circle of friends, a friend in Germany replied: "Before hitting a horse to fight for the right to participate in social and political affairs, it is against ZF, against folk morality, and at the same time sacrifices Even if this right is won, but I have all the opportunities to enjoy it, I respect it." In the

end credits, it is very gratifying to see that women in our country have most of the equal rights with the founding of New China. For this alone, I am very grateful to Grandpa Mao! Of course, we should be thankful for those pioneers who shed blood and sweat in battle and work. Countless history tells us that in order to gain power, we must show strength. Gentle pleas may be exchanged for meager pity, but never true dignity.
In the following decades, we have also made significant progress in feminism in terms of ideas, education, and industry scope. However, in recent years, due to the influence of some zc needs and inert thoughts, some aspects seem to have regressed again. I hope this is just a temporary low tide in the spiraling upward spiral of society, rather than a sad harbinger of a big retrogression.

Surprisingly, in northern Europe, which has always been a role model for women's rights, there is actually a country like Switzerland that did not pass women's suffrage until 1971. Is it because the country is too small and its national political awareness is too indifferent? sweat……
However, even in a more advanced country like the UK, gender attitudes are still fairly rigid. A few days ago, an agency conducted a survey among children and asked them what their parents' strengths were. The results about fathers were varied, but half of mothers were "cooking". Cooking is not a bad thing, but if I have a daughter, I would never want her life to be such a conventional way of cooking at home that there is no choice.

Finally, let’s talk about the movie itself. It is well set from the perspective of small and big. It can make people feel the prejudice and absurdity a hundred years ago from the awakening of a lower-level woman and the comparison of things around them. Today's status is not easy, and find that there is still a longer way to go in the future.
But sometimes I feel that the perspective of the film is too small, and it is difficult to observe the whole picture of society. Probably in the early 20th century in the United Kingdom, the vigorous feminist movement swept the world, it is indeed difficult to show it in one film!

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Suffragette quotes

  • Emmeline Pankhurst: We do not want to be law breakers. We want to be law makers.

  • Inspector Arthur Steed: The fear is, they won't break, Sir. If one of them dies, we'll have blood on our hands and they'll have their martyr.

    Benedict Haughton: That must not happen, or Mrs Pankhurst will have won.