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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Extended Reading
  • Robin 2022-03-17 09:01:06

    In addition to the wonderful performances of a group of British actresses, this teacher played a straight male cancer brilliantly and knelt down...

  • Nyasia 2022-03-21 09:02:44

    I was trapped too much by the trailer, I thought it would stir the hearts of thousands of women and women's friends, but I didn't expect to finish the story quite calmly. But it may also be my prejudice. The feminist movement has not ended so far. This is not a vigorous revolution, but a long journey for the growth of the entire social consciousness.

Suffragette quotes

  • Sonny Watts: I took you on, Maud. Thought I could straighten you out.

    Maud Watts: What if you don't have to?

    Sonny Watts: You're a mother, Maud. You are a wife. You're my wife, and that's all you're meant to be.

    Maud Watts: I'm not just that anymore.

  • Maud Watts: [voice over, letter to Inspector Steed] Dear Inspector Steed. I thought about your offer, and I have to say no. You see, I am a suffragette after all. You told me no one listens to girls like me. Well I can't have that anymore. All my life, I've been respectful, done what men told me. I know better now. I'm worth no more, no less than you. Mrs. Pankhurst said, "If it's right for men to fight for their freedom, then it's right for women to fight for theirs." If the law says I can't see my son, I will fight to change that law. We're both foot soldiers, in our own way. Both fighting for our cause. I won't betray mine. Will you betray yours? If you thought I would, you were wrong about me. Yours sincerely, Maud Watts.