The male-dominated ideology exploits women’s bodies while simultaneously using morality to crush them into the dust. You can only choose to be either a lofty saint or a fallen whore. And once you choose to descend, you are simultaneously consumed, exploited, and despised.
Patriarchy is also internalized among women: a former teammate mocks a failing companion to reinforce her own psychological identity, while the relationship between the manager and Mima resembles that of mother and daughter. Patriarchal society demands female compliance, and within this system, the mother becomes an agent reproducing patriarchy, disciplining generation after generation of women to obey and reinforce patriarchal thinking. Through this “maternal” form, patriarchy penetrates even deeper into women’s inner lives, further shaping their anxiety and fragmentation.
In a society saturated with the male gaze, a woman’s “reality” may never truly be her own; it is merely another constructed script, made for others to watch.
从女性视角切入，揭示了社会对女性角色的二元化期待，她们被迫在“高洁的理想形象”与“被标签化的堕落形象”之间选择。一旦尝试突破框架，既可能被过度关注和利用，又常常伴随社会的轻视和指责。
影片也描绘了女性内部的复杂关系，前队友通过嘲笑失败同伴来巩固自身认同，而经纪人与主角的关系则如母女，呈现出父权通过“亲密关系”延伸到女性心理的方式。母性在此不仅是关怀，也成为维系与再生产社会规范的力量，使女性在内心深处被规范和分裂。
在充斥着外部凝视的社会里，女性的“现实”常常不完全属于自己，而是一种被建构、可供他人观看的存在。
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