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Am I the only one that found this movie sexist?

posted 12 years ago by cmr1188
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What really bothered me was his excitement when he found out he was having a son. What if he were having a daughter? Are we living in China? A child is a blessing regardless of what sex it is but I felt that because it was a SON with a penis, it magically became better. Also when his friend's wife gave birth to another girl and his statement that they would just have to keep trying minimized the worth of his new daughter and his other three daughters, in my opinion.

[–] angelprincess6879 12 years ago

I don't think it was so much that it was a boy. I think it just finally hit him that this is a real child. They say a woman becomes a mother when she finds out she's pregnant and a man becomes a father when he holds his baby for the first time. But for Samuel, he didn't really feel like a father until he found out it was a boy and that's what started it. Then when he saw the ultrasound, he saw his baby and it became a real person for him. That was his child and it was like an epiphany for him.

Real love is FOREVER!!!!

[–] deweynoodle 12 years ago

Agreed with the above poster. It wasn't the fact that it was a boy, I think it was that finding out the gender made the baby more 'real' to him. BOth times I was pregnant, I definitely felt like the whole thing was more real once I found out the gender. After that you can actually say 'he' or 'she' as oppsoed to just 'the baby' or 'it'. Also, I think his real joy was shown later when he watches the ultrasound video, and says "his little hearts beating". Aw.
I did think it was a little harsh what Tom Arnold said about his new daughter when Robin Williams says "She's yours" and he angrily says "No, she's not! NO she's not! I've already got three girls". I get that it was more so for humor's sake, and the classic dad wanting a son thing, so I didn't take it too seriously though.

Meh.

It's just like Gandhi said, "A smile don't cost nothin', Sugar"

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

It wasn't the fact that it was a boy, I think it was that finding out the gender made the baby more 'real' to him.

Yes, the parenthood concept finally begins settling into his consciousness. The movie is rather pedestrian in parts, but not sexist.

[–] Yabeina (185) 6 years ago

No, it wasn't when he was told he was having a son. It was when he saw the heartbeat of the little vermin on the screen, after he was in shock from his lover walking out on him.

[–] emma-eriksson90 12 years ago

No you're not the only one. I totally agree.

[–] shrilltrills 12 years ago

No, it was just that for the first time, he was seeing it as a child. It finally became real. It would have been the same reaction if it had been a girl.

On Scrubs, when Dr. Cox and Jordan found out their baby was a girl, it was a very similar reaction to this one. In fact, in the narration, the revelation that the baby was a girl was described as the kind of news that makes everything okay no matter how horrible the situation is. Nothing to do with sexism, everything to do with the child becoming more real in the parents' eyes.

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[–] greatdarkspot-1 11 years ago

Lots of guys prefer sons to daughters, at least in the abstract. And plenty of women want daughters. I don't blame him for being excited when he found out he was having a son, I would have reacted the exact same way (and in fact, did in reality).