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"Movie: Bend It Like Beckham"
04/19/2003 Entry

In line with my posts yesterday I went to see a movie that is very much about gender, and in particular, about how a young woman's aspirations for a future career are constrained due to pressures from her family to conform to gender stereotypes. Bend It Like Beckham is a British movie about an Indian immigrant family living in Britain with two daughters. The older daughter is ready to get married. The younger daughter wants nothing but to focus on playing soccer. Her family is very opposed to this idea. Rather, they want her to concentrate on preparing herself for a life as a traditional Indian wife. For example, her mother keeps insisting that she learn how to make a traditional Indian dinner.

The movie touches on all sorts of topics. Beyond gender stereotypes and pressures to conform, there's a good deal of focus on various sexuality issues, we see the challenges faced by an immigrant group and some interracial issues as well. I went with a group of nine friends and we all enjoyed it a lot.

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