It seems that a girl's journey to become a different woman from her mother depends on the level of comfort she finds in being same-sex with her. Healthy use of aggression has an important role in a woman’s life. In other movies of that era also, anger is only expressed by male characters in a penetrating way, while female anger is either expressed by “manly” women, or eroticized through creation of “femme fatale” characters, or thrown into obscurity and darkness. Here, we see that the female aggression is repressed, and she is portrayed as in need of a man to be protected or even exist. Right after this scene, which reflects male violence and domination, she says “Don't worry, I'm ready for anything that comes from you, as long as you don't leave me”. In one scene, the protagonist is raped by her fiancé, with her head stuck in the car window. A striking example may be given from a famous Turkish movie “Iffet” (Chastity, 1982). These female characters have no choice but passively remain silent or manifest their anger implicitly. Women are shown as scared, fragile and naive, always in danger of being crushed by men. ![]() Till 2000's, Turkish movies mostly portrayed victimized and helpless women in threat of masculinity. Now, I would like to give some examples about woman’s aggression depicted on the screen from a male gaze. But what about females? In the face of intrusive masculine aggression and social expectations, it seems as if women have no choice but either to express “their dark side” implicitly or repress it, in accordance with the nature of female genitalia. Thus, male aggression is often expressed by directing it outward. ![]() On an anatomical basis, the visible positioning of the male genitalia and its penetrating function opened a way to understand the little boy's primary experiences, needs and drives. In a patriarchal world, men are defined on an individual basis, whereas women as an extension of men.
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