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Feminists Thelma and Louise?

By definition, "Feminism" is the belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes. In Thelma and Louise, I don`t think there was ever a thought of being equal with th mankind. Au contraire, I would say "revenge" became their one motive on the road. Being betrayed by men, both women found an opportunity to get even with any men that did no treat them like ladies. It shows a big weakness since they never get even with the actual men that hurt them. Epecially for Thema, it was probably like a liberation since she`s been abused for so many years and called useless by her own husband.
By blowing up the "naughty" driver`s truck, they were of course giving him a lesson and teachiing him how he should treat and respect a woman. But let`s think about it; although they had all the right reasons to act in such a way, the fact tha feminism is the equality between men and women, will the reactions be the same if Thelma and Louise were men and the truck driver a woman?? I don`t think so. Their actions were driven more by revenge than equality or fairness.

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