According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2021, the time it takes to achieve global gender equality has increased from 99.5 to 135.6 years due to the continued impact of covid-19.
The Guardian even reported that the COVID-19 pandemic "ruined a generation's efforts at women's equal rights."
We think that men and women have gradually become equal, but women's plight is far from this.
The documentary I'm going to tell today, which uses calm images to record the stories that women are experiencing, those who are fair and unfair, those who have been insulted and damaged—
"Woman"
"Woman" is an inspiration and comfort for female audiences. For male audiences, it is also a window for men to better understand women.
The director of this film, Jan Artis-Bertrand, is a super French documentary filmmaker, with few works but stable performances, and high scores.
In 2009, he directed "Homeland" Douban scored 9.2 points, and in 2015, "Human" Douban scored 8.9 points.
This time, Bertrand and female director Anatasha Mikova co-directed "Woman", with a Douban score of 9.1.
The documentary's film crew traveled to 50 countries and recorded one-on-one interviews with 2,000 women about themselves, depicting a huge and shocking picture of "female beings".
"Woman" seems to be complex, but the context is clear.
The film starts with the female body, gradually enters the discrimination suffered by women because of gender, to sex, love, fertility, occupation and appearance, and finally to the violence suffered by women.
The whole film is not all accusations or negative emotions, but also mixed with the pride of being a woman, the joy of sex, the enjoyment of marriage, the expectation of childbirth, career success and so on.
Unlike many film and television works, "Woman" does not try to win sympathy through sensationalism or "weakness", but objectively records the encounters and personal views of a large number of women in various aspects, rational and diverse.
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The film begins with a woman in tears in her eyes, a survivor of sexual violence and human trafficking. She is also the Guinness Book of Records holder for the longest triathlon.
She was an unusually brave and strong woman, running through the mountains, running through the desert, diving into the sea. But all of this made her feel more frightened than the moment she said what had happened to her.
"I was really scared. I want to break the silence. I now finally understand that silence makes everything possible.
Violence grows in silence, and when we avoid talking about it, people always say that the victim has no voice, of course we have a voice, but you don't want to listen to our story. You silence us. ”
What we have to do is to break the silence and let the world hear the voice of women.
Female, first and foremost physiological.
Some people rejoice at their first menstrual period.
Some people hate their female bodies.
Because as the body develops, the father will sexually assault her and will control her.
Because at a certain age, they will be forcibly sent to be "circumcised".
"I don't just blame women for all this, I blame it on the whole macho society, and it keeps reminding me that I'm a woman."
Since ancient times, the torture of female bodies has been various: corsets, small feet, circumcision, lip plates...
Why?
Because they're women, that's all.
After talking about the body, the film naturally slipped into the discussion of sex.
Some women enjoy sex very much and can talk about sex generously, but some women are very shy and unwilling to say it. There's no right or wrong, just different attitudes.
There is no shortage of harmonious sex.
The woman with a happy face talks about her husband and the sex between the two.
"Every time I had sex he would make sure I had an orgasm first." But such men may be rare animals, because many women do not know what orgasm is all their lives.
If a man sees this and doesn't know what to do, don't be nervous, one woman gave the standard answer: "Step by step, you can bring a good sexual experience." Not the sooner the better, the fiercer the better. ”
Physical pleasure, on the other hand, may be more based on psychological resonance.
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When "Woman" went from sex to love, I was really moved because of the story of an old grandmother.
She was beautiful, and even her old age had not been able to detract from her beauty in the slightest. Her tone was so peaceful, yet so sad.
"On my wedding day, I wore a skirt, it was a pleated skirt, and I also wore a nice shirt sewn on the skirt, and the shirt also had nice folds. That day, I was beautiful like a painting with beautiful curves. It's not really pretty, but it's already the best for me. ”
"I was very happy, happy to rush out of the clouds. My handsome husband was standing next to him, and he was a talented man. I was so dizzy that I couldn't look at anyone directly, not even my parents, and I loved him like this, overflowing with words. ”
There must be some people trapped in this blissful love, and beautiful love must also exist, but some people have not met, and the end of love and marriage is a chicken feather.
What about the children?
Yes, women, are often associated with their mothers.
But does a woman have to be a mother? Does it have to be a wife?
Not really.
You can refuse to have children, you have freedom of the womb, it is your right.
Most women, however, end up becoming mothers.
Some people will question themselves: "I wonder if all I do is to have children, then why should I learn?" ”
Someone will also become a mother early and will have many children.
Because their parents never told them to take birth control, they only told them that if they were touched by men, they would have children, and their husbands never wore condoms.
They can also get pregnant unexpectedly, but because of the legal prohibition, they have to travel thousands of miles to other areas to miscarry.
Women are no worse at work than men, but they suffer from all kinds of gender discrimination in the workplace.
It turns out that women can also become parliamentarians, cabinet members, prime ministers, scientists... They do a variety of jobs in all walks of life and contribute their own efforts to the development of the world.
But because you're a woman, you have to put in more effort than men to climb to the same position as men.
It is worth noting that "Women" also appears three Chinese women:
The first woman, in her childhood, was persuaded by her mother to give up the opportunity to study to her brother.
The second woman, who was older and unmarried, was urged to marry by her mother, who was afraid that no one would take care of her later.
In the third place, she burst into tears at the camera, telling her story of being forced to have a miscarriage.
The reason for this is not clear in three words. Gender equality still has a long way to go.
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Pain and tragedy never distinguish between gender, but women are destined to go through more tribulations from birth.
The first menstruation, the first childbirth... These small, innumerable, even disapproving pains, are silently brewing and happening.
The women in "Women", they come from different races, different countries, they have different skin colors and different looks, but they have a common name: women.
Makeup without makeup, plastic surgery without plastic surgery, youthful aging, healthy diseases ... This is the community, and it is also each living individual.
In these true stories that strike the heart, we can see their pain, their tenderness, their strength, and their beauty.
There are as many kinds of beauty as there are in the world, there are thousands of kinds of beauty, and each person's existence itself can define one.
Be yourself，Proud to be a woman！！！
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