Text Reviews: Why Women Kill, Sexual differences

There was a drama that was really popular in 2019 called Why Women Kill. The drama follows three women living in different eras: a housewife in the 1960s, a socialite in the 1980s and a lawyer in 2018, and how they deal with marital “infidelity” in different ways. This show not only reveal sexual difference but also depicts the cultural differences between people of different ages.
According to sexual differences, we can see from this drama in different ages, there are more or less repressed female consciousness. In the 1960s, Beth gave up her dream of becoming a piano player because her husband expected her to run the house and cook dinner. In the 1980s, Simone was unable to end her marriage to her openly gay husband because of public opinion. In 2019, Taylor seems to be the most independent female representative in the whole series. She has financial independence and an open marriage, but she never complains about her husband who has no job. However, if our roles were reversed, her situation as a woman might be completely different.
In the 1960s, Beth and Rob are typical of a strong-man, weak-woman marriage. Their nominally monogamous relationship is behind Rob’s constant infidelity and betrayal. Beth tolerated many times but did not get good results, so she chose to fight back.
In the 1980s, When it became public that Simone was in love with Tommy, an 18-year-old boy, it was Simone who was the first to be condemned. Despite Tommy’s efforts to explain that he was actively pursuing her, in the public eye the affair was just a ridiculous farce in which Simone used the female character to seduce Tommy.
In 2019, Taylor, the protagonist, is financially and emotionally responsible for taking care of her husband. This kind of excessive feminism is not supported by men, and the quarrel between two people often revolves around the fact that the woman is stronger than the man.
Why Women Kill shows how Social ideology or a deep-rooted historical side effect on women’s imprisonment. Despite the progress of culture, women still suffer discrimination from different aspects. Such discrimination may well end up, as the story ends, in murder. Despite for feminism , There are also microcosms of different eras. Although the show did not emphasize any ethnic content, the three protagonists with different skin colors reminded viewers of cultural differences and may think deeply about the status of women not only in marriage but also in the whole society.