This is an argument that could lead to an endless debate, but a few points struck me that evening. For example, men are still paid a higher wage in some jobs. Women are expected to be replaced when they go on maternity leave and do not return to their original post on occasions when they return. In some countries, women are still heavily exploited in terms of labour.
Although, aside from this, women do have equal opportunities and in Britain at any rate. They have the same chance to go to university, they can please themselves just as men do and are not bound by social constrictions, although some jobs still retain a man or woman stereotype. Back in the early 1900s, women had little for to claim their own and the film certainly emphasises this. They had rights over their children. Only in 1925 was a law established to secure women's right to see their children. This issue is particularly addressed in the film and certainly saddened me.
As for the film itself, I thought it was an in-genuis piece of drama, with Carey Mulligan offering an exceptional leading performance. The film offers a great perspective on how working class women got in involved with the suffragette cause, contesting previous conceptions which suggest that this was an exclusive middle and upper class movement. The extent to which women went to declare their message was shown to a great, with rather harrowing scenes that shocked me and left me in ore of their selflessness and bravery.
I know we have had an election rather recently but seeing what these women endured to gain us the right to vote, encourages the idea that all women should use their vote even in ode to those women, even if you take no interest in politics. Seeing this masterpiece will influence you to exercise this right, or will provide you with admiration for women of the early twentieth century.
