Cu acest text am participat la Concursul OneLove. Nu s-a pus problema să cîâștig. Problemele serioase nu interesează pe nimeni.
Did you ever asked yourself why, in most romance films and books, the story is told from the male side? A male shows his adventures in order to conquer a beautiful, but often indifferent, girl or woman.
When the story is told from the female side, it is about a tragedy, like Anna Karenina’s. But even such stories belongs to the past. Lately, not even female tragedies are depicted on the screen. Because they are not only incredibly sad, but boring. Who want, to see a woman on screen, except in the role of sex object? Any other role is anything else, but entertainment. A woman’s story is depressing. Everybody know her fate. She will fail in any field, especially in love. An adventure means risk, chances of winning, but in the case of a woman, there is almost no chance. And if a woman really “wins” (is it the proper word for that?), that is she remains with the man she loves, her fight is not based on boldness, courage, imagination (except to situation when it implies a cunning game). Her weapons are sacrifice and deceit. Anyway. she sacrifices her feeling in this endeavor.
An intelligent woman, a woman who had a deep understanding of this world, doesn’t believe in love. She may believe in luck, it is the only hope for her. It is the hope of slaves and people with no real power. If she is lucky, she has a chance to meet a man able to fall in love in her. But her love doesn’t matter. Men don’t need the love women need. They need a precious or at least useful object. If a woman becomes stressful with her feelings and desires, she’s not useful anymore.
My story is as banal as possible. It is about a young man, from a matriarchal culture, who falls in love with a cultured, modern and beautiful western woman. He displays an incredible passion for her, but soon he learns to be entitled and to feel superior to her. A man is able to learn his patriarchal importance very quickly. Patriarchy always wins, and love is not unisex.