Sexism And Oppression In Film

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The male protagonist experiences a wide variety of sexism and oppression within the film from women. At the start of the film, he is strolling his pram and opening his mailbox. At this moment a female asks him about the building meeting but seems to disregard his opinion and backhandedly says ‘I should really be talking to your wife’. Seeing females as a more serious or smarter gender in this society and that men’s opinions do not matter.

When he was on his bike riding on the road, a stranger attempts to engage in oral sex with him after yelling obscene and offensive phrases like “You prick let me suck your d**k”. After his clear disgust and tells her to stop, the stranger proceeds to call the day ‘Prick day” in regards to his attitude. After he rejects her, she starts scrutinizing his appearance, calling him tacky and essentially saying that was an issue because she needs ‘hot’ guys. She continued, saying he was enticing her with his shorts; “Think I don’t see you, sitting there shaking your a** in my face!”.
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A gang of girls nearby begin to make comments about his backside and about how handsome he is. The male protagonist confronts them about the remarks, they brush him off and retaliate back with rude comments calling him ‘fattie’ and “w**nker”. He tells them go away and how do they think they can talk to him like that, asking for mutual respect. They proceed to imitate him and make additional sexual comments. As they’re leaving he calls them ‘Dumb b**ches”. As he is walking through the alleyway, he is assaulted with a knife and sexually assaulted by the gang of

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