Well......
I have mixed feelings when I watch the media coverage, TV
segments, etc about her.....
Something makes me have slight discomfort.......
I think the society, or at least the media.......has just simply
pigeon-holed her into "MM Lee wife" or as a "PM Lee mother"
This is making me a little worried......or maybe "worried" is
not the right word.....I dont know how to describe it......just
mixed feeling....
In my opinion, it may send the wrong message.....
A woman is a person.
It is outdated and unsuitable in the modern era to pigeon-hole a
woman into "someone's wife".......or "someone's mom"
I think many feminists would understand what I'm talking about
here.....
But in the same time, I understand that she is 89 years old, she
is a product of her time, the time when women mostly do not enter
the workforce, and mostly be identified as someone's wife, or
someone's mom, and is supposed to devote her life to her family and
thats that, thats the life for a woman.
So....
I dont know......I just feel awkward....
Media coverage, newspaper, TV, talk to her as a supportive
wife.....talk about the love story of the young
couple....etc.......
So this is the "definition" of her....
I'm just thinking, to a certain extent, this is unfair and
unjust.
Because she is a person, but even in her death, her obituaries,
and the way she is remembered, is how she is such a "good
supporting person" for another person, the male, the husband.
Is this really life for a person who is a woman in this
world?
This makes me uneasy.
I wish the media would stop or at least reduce such outdated
archaic depiction of "a good woman" , and maybe talk more and
emphasize about other aspects, even things such as her involvement
in the charities, or arts, or culture, or health promotion, or any
other things, would be more suitable and preferable, otherwise I
humbly and seriously think that those TV programs would negatively
effect emancipation at a subtle level.
well, I think she chose to take a back seat and let her husband
run the show. but that's not to say, she has not contributed.
Personally, I do not know her, but I do believe she did her
share of good works but she always went about it quietly.And that's
good for her.
irregardless of how the media paints her, no one will really
know her like her family or feel the pain like her family.
Goodbye, Mrs Lee.
