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Why is this movie praised for its relentlessly sexist theme?


At the start of the movie, the main character is a career woman.

She has not necessarily chosen this path for herself freely, and she does not appear to understand why she has to follow any career at all. However, she has been brainwashed (by feminism) into thinking that what she is doing is right and proper.

She is successful at her career (at first), and her male bosses are happy with her work.

The movie makes abundantly clear (in a very heavy-handed fashion) that this is not natural. There is a scene in which a baby is crying. The viewer is invited to believe that the proper thing for any woman to do would be to pick up that baby and comfort it.

Instead, heartlessly, the character ignores the child's needs to pursue her own career.

Despite her apparent achievements in completing the tasks allocated, the movie makes clear that she finds her work unfulfilling.

In a change that the viewer is apparently expected to welcome, she turns her back on her job and her independence (the van). She wanders aimlessly, until she is able to find a man to look after her.

She inspects her body to contemplate how she should use it to pay back the man for taking care of her, and enabling her to stay at home.

Unfortunately she discovers that she is unable to give the man his proper reward. Just when she thought that the proper and natural order of the universe had been restored, and she could live a woman's life with her man, she realises that she is not a proper woman after all. Proper women can have sex with men.

When she realises that she cannot have sex with men she realises her life is worthless. (After all, there is no other form of sex).

It's now time for the movie to end her. The character was unable to profit from the valuable lesson that she learned, but perhaps her story can help female viewers to avoid the mistakes she made.



Why do people say that they find this movie's nasty message appealing?




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I liked the use of the word "Heavy-handed" that's how I knew the OP wasn't serious.

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Very confused. The OP says the main character is a "career woman". Are we talking about the same movie?

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