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<blockquote data-quote="Onto" data-source="post: 15594" data-attributes="member: 5218">If a woman feels that creating a home, caring for her husband, and raising children is imprisonment then I don't see her as marriage material.I'm really surprised some would view that as trapping her in a jail cell.&nbsp;&nbsp; Poor girl.&nbsp; :verysad:You know what, I shouldn't be surprised. It's the cultural viewpoint of modern-day America.&nbsp; A good example of it is this scene from Lord of the Rings which I bet wasn't in the original story.[MEDIA=youtube]Wpk4VqGO_Us[/MEDIA]Let's analyze that scene a bit.&nbsp; You have the young woman with a sword in her hand.&nbsp; The sword is a symbol for power, and that of the lethal kind.&nbsp; Look how she's admiring and smiling at it.&nbsp; How she loves to wield it and when a potential suitor tries to bridle her, how does she react?The cage is a metaphor for the traditional role of women.&nbsp; She depicts it as horrific and robs her of the valor of being her own, independent woman.I can't see how a woman watching a scene like that doesn't raise some kind of question within her, and how she wouldn't recognize the answer it's providing.&nbsp; This is just one scene in popular movie, but there are other movies and TV shows where it's the entire theme.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Onto, post: 15594, member: 5218"] If a woman feels that creating a home, caring for her husband, and raising children is imprisonment then I don't see her as marriage material. I'm really surprised some would view that as trapping her in a jail cell. Poor girl. :verysad: You know what, I shouldn't be surprised. It's the cultural viewpoint of modern-day America. A good example of it is this scene from Lord of the Rings which I bet wasn't in the original story. [MEDIA=youtube]Wpk4VqGO_Us[/MEDIA] Let's analyze that scene a bit. You have the young woman with a sword in her hand. The sword is a symbol for power, and that of the lethal kind. Look how she's admiring and smiling at it. How she loves to wield it and when a potential suitor tries to bridle her, how does she react? The cage is a metaphor for the traditional role of women. She depicts it as horrific and robs her of the valor of being her own, independent woman. I can't see how a woman watching a scene like that doesn't raise some kind of question within her, and how she wouldn't recognize the answer it's providing. This is just one scene in popular movie, but there are other movies and TV shows where it's the entire theme. [/QUOTE]

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