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.
從女性視角切入，揭示了社會對女性角色的二元化期待，她們被迫在“高潔的理想形象”與“被标簽化的堕落形象”之間選擇。一旦嘗試突破框架，既可能被過度關注和利用，又常常伴随社會的輕視和指責。
影片也描繪了女性内部的複雜關系，前隊友通過嘲笑失敗同伴來鞏固自身認同，而經紀人與主角的關系則如母女，呈現出父權通過“親密關系”延伸到女性心理的方式。母性在此不僅是關懷，也成為維系與再生産社會規範的力量，使女性在内心深處被規範和分裂。
在充斥着外部凝視的社會裡，女性的“現實”常常不完全屬于自己，而是一種被建構、可供他人觀看的存在。
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