Julia Roberts is one of my favorite actresses. Her "Eat Pray Love (2010)", "Runaway Bride (1999)", "Stolen Heart", "Never Compromise Erin Brockovich (2000)", "My Best Friend's Wedding" My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), "Pretty Woman", "Notting Hill" and so on.
I like this movie that reflects the awakening of women's consciousness and the pursuit of self-worth.
When I was a graduate student, during the last postgraduate defense, there was a girl in literature whose thesis topic was "Women should finally return to the family". I don't know which novel she chose to support her topic. She was the one most discussed during the defense, because this topic is not esoteric, and everyone can participate in the heated discussion. It really has an elegant meaning of academic discussion and discussion. All are false.
Study, everyone understands. Talking about academic pursuits is nothing more than finding a good job and marrying a good partner. Some people have quietly screened out the classmates of the same level when they take some big classes in the first grade. And that girl, after graduating, naturally returned to her hometown, worked and got married, which not only met the value judgment standards of this society, but also fit the theme of her thesis. According to her tutor, she found a good job, and she came to this conclusion because the school later received political review materials from the unit she was about to join. The so-called good!
Therefore, this film reflecting the awakening of women's consciousness in the United States in the 1950s is still very suitable for us today.
No matter how good a woman is, in the eyes of others, "no man wanted her. She is at least 30. I guess she never wanted children. Says: "Women like Katherine Watson don't get married because they choose to." Still someone would retort: "No woman chooses to be single of her own accord. /No woman chooses to live without a home." These words come from the mouth of Betty, who has the deepest poison of consciousness in the film, and who has been brainwashed most thoroughly by the patriarchal society and her mother's various concepts. It is still very familiar to this day, and it is more of the same sex. mouth, like those middle-aged women in "Wild Horse" who are the most faithful defenders of patriarchal social values.
And it was Betty, after she believed all of these, which she regarded as the standard of life and used to practice and guide her life in her life, thinking that she could achieve her ideals, be perfect, and get what she wanted, but in the end her husband cheated and was abandoned by her mother. In the end, he was finally forced to awaken. This is the so-called "beautiful looking" perfect life, which is not taught until it hurts.
Like Betty said, "She's smiling, but is she happy? She looks happy, so what's the point? /She is smiling. Is she happy? she looks happy, So what does it matter?" And being her The mother of a mother, doesn't care whether her daughter is happy at all, "The important thing is not to tell others, the ugly thing is not to be publicized. / The important thing is not to tell anyone. Don't wash your dirty laundry in public." A perfect illusion to live for others to see.
In "The Gate of the House", what caused Jiuhong a lifetime of pain was her second grandmother who disliked her because of her brothel background (just like those who forced their daughters-in-law to give birth to boys are mostly ignorant and determined grandmothers), even her daughter did not give her She raised her, so that the mother and daughter did not recognize each other, and even the daughter despised her. The tragic fate of women in the context of the times, because the persecution of the same sex is more difficult and more tragic, she is not alone. No one here is a victor, they are all victims.
The male group, as the vested interests, should adopt an attitude of acquiescence and approval to this same-sex persecution. For the convenience of domination and the fear of not being able to control women, they prefer to be attached to the submissive, rather than the higher pleasure of two independent, equal people having a spiritual level of communication, and would rather have a doll puppet. It's not just women who are hurt by backward gender perceptions.
Once the contempt that women suffer is deeply conscious in them, they despise themselves and each other. --Kate Millett, "Sexual Politics"
"The self-hatred and self-loathing of the group, the contempt for oneself and for one's peers, is at the root of the repeated propaganda, no matter how subtle, of the inferiority of women. , in the end, women believe it too."
And for self-realization, marriage is only a small part of life, not the ultimate destination. Everyone's mission in this world is to make this life worthwhile and realize self-worth. As a human being, the most important thing is to have the right to choose oneself, rather than being told what to do and when to do it.
The more practical issue is equal opportunity and equal pay in the workplace. Perhaps part of the reason for these inequities is also caused by women who use the excuse of "I want to take care of my husband and children" and use the family as a shield, and then find some reasons for themselves not to be motivated. This will be a vicious circle. Gender equality still has a long way to go.
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