Monday, in class, we discussed about how women have greater symbols than men. We said one of the symbols women have is being sought out and rescued, needing protection. In movies, women are always treated like we can't do anything for ourselves and need a man to come rescue us anytime we are in some danger, at all.
I watched a movie with my mom last weekend on Lifetime Movie Network. I don't remember the name of it, but it was about a woman that had a daughter who was killed. She began getting phone calls from someone who was going to kill another girl and it was her duty to save the little girl because what he truly wanted was to kill her. When she was away, her boyfriend, a detective, couldn't find her because she wouldn't tell anyone where she was going and he ended up finding her. He was so dead-set against her being alone without some protection. He didn't believe she could defend herself if anything happened, even when he had taught her to use a gun in the past. The whole movie just portrayed her as being helpless and not being able to defend herself without a man to protect her from any harm.
After watching the movie and having the discussion, I wondered if maybe woman really are helpless and need a man to defend them. I want to say no and we can do anything men can, but I don't know if that's completely true. Me and my roommate watched a movie where a mom killed someone to protect her children and my roommate said she could never do that even in self-defense and I was quick to say that I could do that in self-defense, even when I don't know if I really could. Are woman helpless and need rescuing when in danger, or can we do it ourselves?
I think part of the problem is that we're told we're weak, whether or not we are. We can't know what we'll do until the moment comes for action. I know that I'm a fighter when attacked, and that I take charge when someone's in danger. Just because those haven't happened to you doesn't mean you can't do it! You just don't know, and no one can know.
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