okay, am going to be contrarian. but I will also admit that my recollection of the episode is hazy as I watched it really late, wasn't paying too much attention to the scenes as I was playing on my phone as I had gotten unlimited lives for half hour. 🤣 plus, I haven't watched with subs and so I would have missed out on the specifics.
re: progressive men?
to be honest, I have no idea what people are referring to and what kind of guidelines or checklist we are looking for. the problem in my mind is that this is a western concept and we are applying to a different cultural mindset. there are bound to be clashes. this means that whatever this 'progressive' man is, he does not exist.
so you are going to have amazing contradictions -- you will have fathers go out of the way (with great effort like working overtime) to educate their daughters but then fret if she isnt' married or if she got divorced. now how is that progressive? you will have men who treat their wives really well but they don't bother to do a joint financial planning or take her input for their retirement; this means after his death, she is left clueless about their financial state -- now how is that progressive? we have men who don't feel threatened by their wife's job success but at the same time, they don't lift a single finger to help out around in the house. laundry, cooking, cleaning -- those are seen as woman's job. how is that progressive?
my point is that a person can display so called progressive thinking in one area and be completely backwards in another. it is a complicated picture and there is no cookie cutter mould or factory for 'progressive' men. he does not exist. instead, you are going to have complex personalities which result in fiery clashes.
thats why women of my mom's generation advise on lines that seem strange to those of us younger -- know when to reel in your fish and when to wait and watch. their advice basically means that you have to know what battles to pick and what to let go, how to negotiate with street smart (basically manipulate the guy to your will by making him fidaa over you) and where to placate to his ego/bossiness (so that you get him to agree on the more important things on your thinking but let him make calls in the less important decisions). my point -- it is complicated. so why would drama characters be any less? 🤷
Edited by mango.falooda - 3 years ago
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