“All women,” I said, “have less safety, authority and choice in a patriarchal society. I defined patriarchy for them as “Father culture where fathers are the ones with the most power.” And then I asked them who they thought would have less power in that kind of structure. So as we casually strolled home from the theatre we had a lovely casual talk about patriarchy. Off the top of their heads the only mother roles they knew of were non-biological and abusive? Misogyny anyone? Then I asked them to think about movies that are about mothers: Tangled (Rapunzel), Cinderella, Snow White… all of whom are step mothers that happen to be raging assholes. We listed off some of the kid’s movies that are about a father/child dynamic: Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Twilight, Alladin, Avatar. We don’t see that very often, huh?” And I agreed. I took the boys to see Brave this weekend and it sparked an interesting observation by my 12 year old: “I totally wasn’t expecting this to be about a mother and daughter.
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