The lost lady and the feminism it reflects

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“When I was young I never needed anyone/ And making love was just for fun/ Those days are gone/ Living alone/ I think of all the friends I’ve known/ When I dial the telephone/ Nobody’s home/ All by myself/ Don’t wanna be/ All by myself/ Anymore.” As Eric Carmen spoke out the monologue of the Bridget Jones in the film Bridget Jones’s Dairy, unmarried 30s women, no matter how good they perform in their jobs, how successful they are, how comfortable and enjoyable their life are, feel insecure and obscure as they don’t have male spouses to rely on. In addition, Japanese writer Sakai Junko’s novel The Lost Lady, television series My Queen in Taiwan, and Women Should Get Married on Coming of Age in China, all focus on the unmarried 30s women’s life situation and dilemma, attracting concerns as well as attentions from society; moreover, mainstream media overreact and keep emphasizing the negative consequence of being single. However, I am in favor of the hot television series in America Sexy and City which motivates the women around the world never give in and limit personal choices due to age and surroundings but seek for true love and independence by showing the life adventure of heroines in their 40s in New York city. Even though this series also had a cliché ending that all characters harbor a warm family life, neither getting married or stay in stable relationship, which bring deep thoughts. How could the classic pop culture masterpiece final give in to the mainstream social values? I am arguing this kind of ideology that use “lost lady” or “leftover women” to describe educated unmarried females over 30 years old presenting on the media is narrow and stand for the masculine-dominated ideas. More or less, however, this phenomenon ref...

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... annoyed them to great degree. They used 3S women to describe the first generation of the modern women: Single, Seventies (the first group of lost lady were born in 1970s), Stuck (to laugh at them being stuck in relationship). It is totally unfair and unreasonable to use this label underplaying the independent feminist only due to females threaten to masculinity-dominated world. Being jealous and uneven to evaluate the huge leap made by female is a reflection of snobbish masculinity and has no positive impact on the development process of human being. On the other hand, this negative and unfair label can be considered as compliments or rewards of women’s efforts in the last few decades of fighting for a better life. But the ridiculous expressions in this book show the dominant idea is deep-rooted in people’s mind and female still have a long way to go in the future.

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