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termitesisagrandslam · 2 years ago

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all these old movies just like... constantly spouting shit about women and how they are manipulative teases and nags and weak but also hold so much power over men. and the scenes they'll use to demonstrate this is like... a woman sweet talking her husband bc he's angry and wants to murder her. like never is there any acknowledgment that a woman may use her "feminine wiles" or w/e bc she has no other power and is at the mercy of the men around her. no instead it's like "wow u can never trust women, sure makes me want to rape and murder them (which im able to do w relative impunity). clearly us men are under their thumb"

#it's just really exhausting #movies and tv are STILL misogynist ofc nowadays but god i cant imagine growing up surrounded only by movies #i cant imagine growing up w media that was constantly portraying women like that #to that degree #watched one silent film where the woman was 'modern' and social but NOT villainous or having an affair #AND she kept using her brain about stuff #and i was like 'wow this is so different' and guess what it was made by a woman #literally like her acting like a human person was super notable #watching 8 1/2 last night like im sorry it's beautiful and well made #but im so done w cheating middle aged men characters who are simultaneously #fucking and also fucking over and condemning the 20 yr women in their life #whose sole purpose in the film is to be young and gorgeous and to motivate or depress or inspire the guy #literally at this point would rather watch a movie with an all male cast w no mentions of women bc then at least i could pretend #but nope these filmmakers are fucking obsessed w women and obsessed w lead characters who treat them like shit #and so many of them are in film bc they want to do something new #and it's like ok how about something new u can is not be a misogynist?? bc that would be against the grain actually #misogyny #rape mention

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