Sexism In The Film Mustang
As a sociologist, I examined the movie named Mustang and in this essay, I will try to explain the actions of characters and the events that have happened in the movie by using the sociological imagination.
The relationship between the five sisters, the grandmother and the uncle is based on sexism, gender roles, also on the separation of spheres. In the movie, sexism can be seen in almost every scene, for example, the importance that has been attributed to the virginity of girls as it's the only important thing about them and the only thing that shows girls “quality”. Also, we can see sexism through the separation of spheres in the part where girls were forced to wear long dresses and learn how to cook in detail because for the society of the …show more content…
In addition to that, when the elders decide to marry the girl, the boy and his family come to see the girl as she is some kind of object which also represents sexism and male privilege along with the fact that the marriage is a decision that only boys can make. However, for girls, they cannot object to marry, they can only choose whom they marry. For example, when they say they will marry the two eldest girls, girls have no right to object this decision but they could choose to marry with their boyfriends as Sonay did. Also, the grandmother sees housework is more important than girls’ education so eventually, with the uncle, they isolate girls from the outside and teach them only the housework. Hence, since she has embraced the gender roles that have been attributed to women, she tries to impose those roles to girls by forcing them to marry once they reached a certain age, by teaching them housework, forcing them to wear long dresses rather than normal dresses that girls prefer to wear, and prohibiting everything that can lead a “moral corruption” among girls such as chewing gums, computer, telephone, makeup tools and every kind of revealing
The relationship between the five sisters, the grandmother and the uncle is based on sexism, gender roles, also on the separation of spheres. In the movie, sexism can be seen in almost every scene, for example, the importance that has been attributed to the virginity of girls as it's the only important thing about them and the only thing that shows girls “quality”. Also, we can see sexism through the separation of spheres in the part where girls were forced to wear long dresses and learn how to cook in detail because for the society of the …show more content…
In addition to that, when the elders decide to marry the girl, the boy and his family come to see the girl as she is some kind of object which also represents sexism and male privilege along with the fact that the marriage is a decision that only boys can make. However, for girls, they cannot object to marry, they can only choose whom they marry. For example, when they say they will marry the two eldest girls, girls have no right to object this decision but they could choose to marry with their boyfriends as Sonay did. Also, the grandmother sees housework is more important than girls’ education so eventually, with the uncle, they isolate girls from the outside and teach them only the housework. Hence, since she has embraced the gender roles that have been attributed to women, she tries to impose those roles to girls by forcing them to marry once they reached a certain age, by teaching them housework, forcing them to wear long dresses rather than normal dresses that girls prefer to wear, and prohibiting everything that can lead a “moral corruption” among girls such as chewing gums, computer, telephone, makeup tools and every kind of revealing