From the recent news " Ali female employees were assaulted", "Wu Yifan sexually assaulted female fans, shaved and bald female fans, etc." Topics keep appearing, and every news is shocking. There are endless incidents of objectifying, degrading, and even marginalizing women. We have reported them again and again, but we have forgotten them again and again.
At the 24th Busan International Film Festival , the movie "Old Woman" attracted much attention, and this film is about a 69-year-old The woman was sexually assaulted by a 29-year-old man.
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In cases of sexual assault,In addition to child sexual assaults and group sexual assaults with disabilities, there are also senile sexual assaults. According to the survey: 18% of women who are raped each year are over 60 years old . Statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice reveal the situation of elderly sexual assaults: about 71% of elderly victims were sexually assaulted in nursing homes, 15% were sexually assaulted in the offender’s home, and 12% of elderly victims were sexually assaulted in their homes. Sexual assault, of which 2% were sexually assaulted in adult nursing homes. Behind these survey data are the elderly groups that are often overlooked.
The film does not focus on guiding the audience’s feelings of resentment through the events of the film, creating a realistic and realistic perspective for the audience. think.
Only women know women better. "Old Woman" director Lin Shanai, as a female director, has more empathy for the recovery of women's psychological trauma after being violated, and the handling of cases. She did not choose to tear the scars of the heroine. At the beginning of the film, she used a black screen and dialogue to show the process of the old woman being violated.
The heroine Hyojeong usually loves swimming and maintains a good body. Temperament and clothing are among the best among her peers, and she has to work as a nurse when her children are not around.Lives with writer Nan Dongren.
When she went to the hospital for rehabilitation, she was assaulted by a male nurse. After
was violated, she chose to report the crime. But her appeal was questioned because they believed that young men are less likely to sexually assault older women . The male nurse denied all of this and insisted that their sexual behavior was consensual.
Xiaozhen did not give up the appeal. In the days that followed, she still worked as a caregiver and lived as usual, but the traces of the violation have been with her. The hand injured by the sexual assault gradually healed. She looked carefully in the sun for a few times. Although the wound on her hand would disappear, the psychological shadow lingered.
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In the cases of "Wu Yifan sleeping fans" and "Alibaba employees being violated", the perpetrators of also used "intoxication" and other methods to make the victim unconscious . This kind of sexual behavior that does not seek the consent of both parties has already constituted sexual assault. In subsequent investigations, the man will always use the excuse of mutual consent to try to avoid responsibility.
The reason why Xiaozhen’s appeal was suspected. The court rejected the arrest warrant for the male nurse because Xiaozhen’s age made them not believe that she would be sexually assaulted. In the film, Hyo-jeong asked the police, "If I were a young woman, would that person be arrested?"
span11 no matter what his identity is age, gender, skin color, race, etc. have nothing to do with being sexually assaulted. machine. The arrogance of straight men lies in,I can't stop talking about sex, I'm very picky about women's looks and figures, and I'm particularly proud of my reproductive organs. When a woman is violated, they will first judge whether she is worthy of the violation from the external conditions of the woman.
What the film wants to express is also the growing aging trend of South Korea. South Korea has become one of the countries with the most serious aging problem in Asia. As of the end of 2019, South Korea’s aging population over the age of 65 broke for the first time 8 million people, accounted for 14.9% of the total population . The writers in the film Nam Dongren and Xiaozhen are both elderly, and he also took on the task of assisting Xiaozhen. The elderly face the same dilemma. The director tries to use Nam Dongren's role to assume part of the audience's psychological expectations and get in close contact with the victim's situation.
In the film, Xiaozhen did not succeed in appealing. Finally, Xiaozhen put a stack of paper with the report letter on the roof and let it go by the wind. When the sky full of paper falls into the street and passers-by pick it up and watch it, will they believe what happened to the elderly? We do not know, the film also came to an end at this time.
Maybe when the judicial process is useless, we can only save ourselves through public opinion.
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