W.O.M.E.N

Last few days, we finished watching Hong Kong's serial drama. It's not a big deal but this particular story deeply inspired me. The awesome drama is Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles.

 

 

The storyline is about an English educated lawyer, Chung Cheuk Man (Arthur) who had 4 wives. All in all, he only loves 2 of his wives which were his second wives, Aisin Gioro Yee-yin, a Manchu ex-princess of the fallen Qing Dynasty and her fifth wife, Hong Tsz-Kwan, a famous Peking opera singer. With a large family, chaos always happen due to jealousy.

 

Coming from Chinese background, Arthur displayed a very possessive husband and dad. He wants to control everything. His possessive leads to the destruction of the family. Neither one of his wives were happy. Due to jealous, his second wife blamed herself for everything. He neglected his third wife, forcing her to seek for pleasure outside while her 4th wife, wanted to fight for women's right and disobey him. His first wife? She was left out.

 

This story taught me that women in the past were very badly treated. The power was all in the hand of a person with dick whom you married. We are no more than just a place to seek pleasure. Even if you want to divorce your husband, you have to get his consent. And a man can never treat his wives fair.

 

Women these days definitely were treated with equal rights just like men. We have the rights for education, employment and much more. We no longer need to sit in the kitchen, serving our husband and children.

 

Nevertheless, it saddens me to see that teenage girls these days don't appreciate the power within them. More and more girls gave everything up for the sake of love. Education, family etc. Is that really worth it?

 

Daily, in the newspaper, there's seems to be a fixed column for finding missing girls who ran away with their boyfies and never return. Do you know how worried is your family especially your Mum? It feels as if they no longer appreciate what other women in the past fight for. They, women in the past, wanted to be free, having equal access to education while you guys ended school early to just get marry because you're blinded by love and get pregnant. How shameful?

 

Behind the family's conflicts, there's much more in this drama. To those who wants to watch, here's the link with English subtitles. Hope this drama inspired you as much as it inspired me.

 

Be a women who is a as strong as an ox and as graceful as a swan. #GoWomen

 

"Hands that swing the cradle can rock the world"

"Tangan yang menghayun bunian mampu mengoncang dunia"