Blog Four
In the movie, it was very clear that men generally have more power than women in their everyday lives. Whether it was the man selling jewelry on the streets or the young boys in Alice’s class, the men in the movie had very dominating characteristics. The women in the movie seemed to almost depend on the men’s actions to define them as women. Alice’s mom’s friend was very dependent on her boyfriend for happiness. When he left her, she was very upset and began to be very foul towards men. I think that this lady was a very bad example for Alice’s and was a bad role model. She gave a very distorted look at what being a woman should look like and how women are supposed to act. This is also a form of teaching gender. I think this was a very extreme case of overtly teaching gender.
In the movie, Alice is confronted with many limits of power. A prime example of this is when her mom’s friend decides to dress Alice and do her makeup. Alice is being taught how women should dress, not how she feels comfortable dressing. When she left the house, she was confronted by many men making comments about her looks. She feels uncomfortable by the comments of the men but at the same time, I feel she felt like it was just the way it should be and this was ok behavior for the men. I also don’t think she felt it was ok to defend herself against any of these men. She would have learned that from her mom’s friend as well. When they passed her ex-boyfriend on the street with another girl, the lady didn’t say anything or defend herself, teaching Alice to not confront men.