From the film No woman No cry, it has shown me the reality of the Womanhood and how hard it is to become a mother. In Korean culture, we also have the similar perspective on mothers like most places in the world as it shown in the film. Many people do believe that role of the mothers are to let go of their true identity as themselves and to be someone who is willing to sacrifice themselves for their child in order to earn the title a mother. In many cultures, even in western countries where it seems to be more developed and women seemed to voice out their opinions more, many women do go through the constructed mindset that our social institution have formed on the word Mother. Before watching this film, my perspective of mother was …show more content…
Furthermore, it mentioned that 90 % of death during pregnancy can be preventable. If I did not watch this film, I would have not known about this horrifying facts about women. Now I am more aware of this issues and I am able to see things from perspective that other women who have be aware of this issues. Hearing and looking at their situations compared to where I live allow me to realize how privileged I am to be living in the country where health care and support systems are available. In Bangladesh, women are criticized by the community if they cannot get pregnant. Women are viewed as if they are born to only give birth and that they do not have any values. I feel that the institution have objectified women as only child bearing being. That mindset that people have in women made me feel agitated. As I was watching the film, one woman from Bangladesh shared how not being able to give birth is her fault. If she was not able to become pregnant with her third child, her husband were to be with different woman because she did not fulfill her role as a good wife. The way husband views his wife seemed to me as if she had no value to him other than just someone who will give birth to his child. All the burden and the pain that she is having during her pregnancy is carried onto her and is for her to keep it all into herself. In my understanding, husband is just for her economic
Hearts and Minds is an American documentary about the Vietnam war. This documentary presents the different sides of the argument on America’s involvement in Vietnam. In film various interviews with military figures and other men are shown. Also interviews with the point of views of the Vietnam people. Many tones and moods are present in the film to show how the Americans role was in the conflict with the vietnamese. The film goes on to show the men that survived the physical wrecks.
The movie “Babies” was a beautiful film I loved it I actually watched it three times and could not look away it was a very eye opening documentary for me. It is about cultures and differences within them it was truly amazing seeing the different cultures and there parenting methods. I was truly shocked that these four babies are in four very different cultures but all of them were reaching their milestones and developing all around the same time. I would have never thought that the parenting styles would be so similar to each other. In the documentary each child was loved from their parents and family. Each family was very different but all still spent time with there baby and loved them. The film starts from them being born till they are one-year old it shows you how they develop from culture to culture. It shows attachment styles in all four cultures and the results were surprising.
I learned a lot from it I think the movie is helpful. I personally did not know
She’s beautiful when She’s Angry tells the story of the women's movement from 1966-1973. This documentary tells a story through the use of footage, photographs and interviews from the women who helped shape second wave feminism. There were a few key players during that time, such as Kate Millett, Susan Brownmiller, Frances Beal, and Betty Friedan. Throughout She’s Beautiful when She’s Angry these women discuss issues that were problematic during this time period, most of which still are today. A few examples are child care, rape, birth control, and the right to not get married and start a family. This historical overview of this time period reminds us that feminists continue to fight for many of the same rights, fifty years later.
My ideal view of a “mother-woman” is a woman who could equally take care of her children, as well as independently doing things on her own. For example, working or things of that nature. More than anything, independence is a very large trait in this “mother-woman”. This is because parenting is a two person job, caretaking should not be just the woman’s job, it is a team responsibility between both
The Hollywood movie Pretty Woman (1990) is about a prostitute in Hollywood, marrying an extremely rich businessman, in spite of her mutual distrust and prejudice. The movie contains the basic narrative of the Cinderella tale: through the love and help of a man of a higher social position, a girl of a lower social status moves up to join the man at his level.
Mothers are typically seen as kind, loving, and nurturing, at least in a perfect world, that’s how they are. Rather, in the real world many of us wish that is how all mothers are. Various situations can lead to a woman to be too mothering. It is a factor that transcends real life. This conflict causing dynamic is very prevalent in numerous stories, films, and plays. Two plays where it is shown in significance are Machinal and The Glass Menagerie. In both cases, the actions taken by the mother roles in the shows, resulted in some of the character’s roles ending in unfortunate events of some sort.
Throughout the film Do the Right Thing, we continuously observe racial conflict that builds up to such an extreme point that it leads to a fight for power. This movie portrays the struggles and realities of a neighborhood with white and black African American people. This can be seen in many instances for example when Buggin ' Out, Radio Raheem, and Smiley march into Sal 's and demand that Sal change the Wall of Fame. Another vital instance shows the height of power struggle. It is when the huge fight starts in the street and results in Raheem being killed by a white police officer.
For many years, Society has always been in favor of men and has cataloged women as mom as an easy way to call us with no offense. In reality, men believe that bringing a baby to this world is just a favor to a women in order to make its family complete, but most of the time men do not take care of the baby like women do. For example, when a baby born, women have less time to sleep. More specifically, if the baby cry in the middle of the night, the woman is the one who wakes up and go to check what happened with the baby while men continue their sweet dreams. Also, women lose its freedom because their baby becomes the foreground of their life and her friends start being part of the background; however, men do not think like that.
At every stage of life, our relationships and families present us with both joys and challenges. Learning to manage stress, to understand our own emotions and behavior, and to communicate effectively can help strengthen our own emotional health, as well as our connections to the important people in our lives. In fact, child abuse can result from physical, emotional, or sexual harm. While child abuse is often in the form of an action, there are examples of inaction that cause harm, such as neglect. Child abuse is widespread and can occur in any cultural, ethnic, or income group. The movie “Divine Secrets of The Ya Ya Sisterhood" depicts a classic Southern tale of hilarious sadness set in a sleepy Louisiana Parish. Sidda, the main character, annoyed by her mother's behavior which affected the relationship with her fiancé. She lived an unhappy childhood, and this led to an effect on the relationship with her mother negatively when she became adult and that explains how family bonds affect children when they become an adult which is referred to intergenerational
“In the United States, police departments must hire people without regard to race or gender. This has been the law for the past 20 years” (Appier par 1)
Western culture is very critical about Third World women and poor women becoming pregnant. This criticism comes from a society where women have the right to contraception more than others do and where abortion is a legal option for women.
Being a mother is to support your children all the way even if they choose to take the road you don’t want them too. Mother’s play a responsible role in children’s health, education and complete wellbeing. In the article, Mother Inferior? Hanna Rosin, the author talks about her mothering style, which is the complete opposite of Amy Chua from The Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother. Hanna Rosin would allow everything that Amy Chua wouldn’t allow for her children. Her idea of raising children were different, she wanted her child to be happy in fact she never pressured her child into doing anything. Hanna Rosin had some good points; however, some of her points I cannot agree with her. I agree with Hanna Rosin when she said
Filmmakers use traditional gender stereotypes to produce characters audiences can easily identify with by portraying conventional images of a person with identifiable characteristics. In previous years, the dominant representation of a women in film has been the passive, subjugated protagonist. However, through the development of female empowerment and added feminist representations of film, the female heroine transformed to become strong and independent women in her own right, as an individual character.
To me this movie really teaches you to stay strong, keep motivated and most importantly that anyone can be successful. This movie taught me so much about prevalence and how the power of good over comes evil. Those women prayed so much that they got so much accomplished and they got so many things to change for the better. In my future I will use this movie as a motivation tool and as a way to remind myself that even though times are hard they will get better you just have to hold on. Also in the future I will use this movie to show that anything is possible if you have help from those you love and believe in.