A movie, taste the taste of life.
When it comes to the movie "The Godfather", we will rate it as "an epic of growth for men".
The opening of "The Godfather"
From it, we see the Corleone family's cherishing of family affection, their adherence to the bottom line, their unity, and their courage in the face of chaotic and turbulent patterns.
godfather
We see the deceit among the major families, we see the poisoning of human nature by money and power, we see the decline of the old generation of godfathers and the rise of a new generation of godfathers.
Vito with his three sons
As a romantic gangster epic, the protagonists in the play are mostly men, known as the bible of men. We can feel the struggle and pain of men in various decisions and temptations, but the few women who appear in this group also touch my heartstrings.
I see the humility of women in this era.
They are the targets of violence,
After Vito's daughter Connie suffered domestic violence, this poor woman actually took the fault of her husband's domestic violence on herself and interceded for her husband
They are the bait of the conspirators,
Carlo uses Connie as bait to kill Sonny
They are duckweeds who live on their husbands,
Connie confronts Mike about her abusive husband's death
They are the victims of this struggle,
Mike's bodyguard is bribed to plant a bomb on the car to kill Mike, accidentally killing Mike's first wife, Apollonia
They are the subject of funny in after-dinner conversations.
When it comes to women, vulgar descriptions
They have to endure their husbands' infidelity,
Sandra witnesses her husband's infidelity and still chooses to give in
They are isolated from political rights,
When men talk about things, wives are kept out of the door
For them,
The highest rating was: "She will be a qualified wife." ”
The Godfather is set in the 1940s and 1950s, the end of World War II.
Combined with the social background at that time, we know that until the end of World War II, the status of women in the United States was very low. In the area of employment, they are discriminated against;
employment
In the United States, we all know that for a long time it was a colony of European countries, and at this time women in the United States were basically housewives, and almost no one would choose to work outside the home. It was not until the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century that the number of women working outside the home began to increase, and the employment direction was mainly textile and civilian, but in fact the number of employed people was less than 30% of the total number of women.
Not only that, but the government at the time, under the employment pressure of the Great Depression, also enacted cases restricting the employment of married women. At that time, public opinion unanimously believed that if the working men could do the job, there was no need for women to take on the job. It is only when the man is employed that the woman is eligible for a job. Such an environment can be described as very harsh for women.
marriage
In the United States before World War II, women's marital status was also pessimistic. At that time, marriage was even similar to ancient Chinese marriage, mixed with interests, and family, religion, social background and even reproduction became the main factors considered in marriage at that time. At that time, women did not have the autonomy to marry, and most of them arranged marriages for the family.
In such a marriage, women have no right to speak, and men become the absolute masters of the right to speak in the family because they can obtain the source of living materials, and their family status is also unshakable. Even after the twentieth century, when women went out of the house to obtain a certain source of income, it was difficult to achieve true equality in marriage.
At that time, men would even attribute the breakdown of the family to women, and even if it was caused by their own infidelity, they could find the absurd reasons for the lack of attractiveness of their wives.
educate
"A woman's talentlessness is virtue." This sentence was not only recognized by ancient China, but also by the United States of that period. Stoke once divided women's education in the United States into six categories, only one of which was actually completed through school, and the remaining categories had a special purpose, that is, to train women to be qualified and excellent housewives. We sadly find that they are placing women at the level of the family, not at the level of society.
Women from commoner families rarely had access to formal education, even the ladies of the nobility, who were exposed to education that we did not think, but was limited to the artistic level, that is, the so-called aristocratic education used to maintain the face of high society.
It was not until the 19th century that the first girls' high school in the United States was officially opened to the public. Later, the number of colleges and universities opened to women increased, but education was still tilted. Women's education is still limited to the tutoring disciplines of liberal arts and teacher education, and the basis for obtaining admission opportunities is very small, and most of them are still monopolized by high society, and they have not achieved true equality and universality.
I think that the women who lived in that era were helpless, limited and oppressed. We face up to the physical, psychological and even thinking differences between men and women, which is the beauty of the differences brought about by gender, but it is by no means the reason we use to discriminate and restrict each other. The development of society and the development of mankind are inseparable from any gender, please treat everyone around you fairly, whether it is gender difference, age difference, racial difference or social status difference, I think this should not become a barrier between people.
Cohabitation earth, each of us has the right to enjoy equality!