Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The lonely women in this world

Last night the movie theatre in the Fuso Szulc had a show.
It was a documentary film about a day in the life of a family.
Made with a simple camera by the grandfather.

We saw how the mother woke up the two children, had them dressed, served them a hearty breakfast and had them go to school.
How the father woke up and had breakfast to go on his bike to his atelier where he worked as a sculptor.
The mother who washed the dishes and made up the beds.

There were also scenes of the two children at the Steiner school and the mother going to visit the husband in his atelier.
After which she went singing in a choir.

Later the children returned home and the whole family had dinner together.
To go peacefully to sleep.

The documentary was made for private use and can't be seen by the public.
Only the persons involved in this video have a copy.

One major thing can be noticed for an objective viewer.
Which is the role of the mother.
She has to work really hard.
To have the family live properly and effectively.
The mother is the axle and the centre around which everything turns.
Every day it is the same procedure, waking up the children, getting them dressed, serving them breakfast, getting them to school and if she could not have this devotion and discipline, things would get completely out of hand.

But what is probably the hardest part for the mother is that she shows absolute interest in the children and the husband.
How was it in school today?
What did you learn?
How was the meeting in your atelier?
And no one, not the husband and not the children, ask: and, mother, how was your day?
And no one, not the husband and not the children, say: what a delicious food did you cook for us tonight.
And no one, not the husband and not the children, say: thank you for taking so good care of us.

The woman works hard and gives herself completely to her husband and her children and gets very little back in return.

The video then shows how she plays the piano when the husband and the children are away and she is alone at home.
She plays the piano very well and it is a work by Eric Satie we hear.
The camera travels to the view of the garden from the window and shows a weeping willow and a blossoming laburnum tree.
The viewer is caught in a feeling of sadness for this woman who has made everybody close to her a total priority in her life.
But she is alone.



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3 comments:

Dawn Pier said...

You write: "The woman works hard and gives herself completely to her husband and her children and gets very little back in return." Oh but you are wrong. She gets much in return. She gets the satisfaction of knowing that her children are well cared for and that her family is supported in a positive manner. There is nothing wrong with what she does, until someone sticks their nose in and says "oh, but you must feel so unfulfilled, so unappreciated." Then everything goes to hell as thoughts about the value of what she is doing turn negative. It is all in how the task is approached! Stop this liberal "the role of mother is empty, meaningless and lonely" BS. It is a ruse perpetrated by the feminist movement that has made every woman since unhappy and confused.

Anonymous said...

It seems to me this Dawn Pier is not married and has no children. Otherwise she would never make such a ridiculous statement as she does now.

Frieda.

Anonymous said...

Sister Dawn! Good what you say. Bad how you put it. Let us not degrade ourselves calling opponent's opinion bullshit.
Jane, Boston.