Brokeback Mountain
Thursday, 13. March 2008, 01:30:58
This movie portrays the concept of bisexual, queer, sexual fluidity, and its phenomena. Queer theory pushed even further, arguing that sexual identities, desires, and categories are fluid and dynamic. Using the certain place (Wyoming) and time (1963), the author was intending to show that this kind of relationship (bisexual) has been occurring since along time ago at the very traditional society. According to the movie, fluidity of identity changeover from heterosexual to homosexual and homosexual to heterosexual and so forth, according to time and space – when they get together in Brokeback Mountain and when the get married. Subsequently, it was changing over again when they met each other again after 4 years. Fluidity of desires is also the same thing. They got desires with the same sex when they stay together on the hill. But, Ennis can get desire also with their wives. Jack was interested to young lady when he hung out in the bar, and later on they were married.
Although bisexual have played an important part of their lives, they often have had to hide their bisexuality because of a lack of acceptance from society because of social stigmatization. For example, when Ennis was young, his father has ever showed him a dead body in the ditch. Actually, he was killed by some body because their society does not accept him as a queer.
‘Sexual rights are a fundamental element of human rights”. Sexual rights also include the freedom to choose, when, how, and with whom to be sexually active and engage in sexual relations with full consent. Thus, regarding bisexuals, society should not judge them based upon the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that a patient should change his/her sexual homosexual orientation. In this movie, both Ennis and Jack cannot achieve their sexual rights because not only society does not accept that kind of relationship but also Ennis’ wife does not accept Ennis’ relationship with Jack.
According to this movie, for sexual health issues, Jack and Ennis were not only have sex between both of them but also having sex with their wives. We do not know whether either Jack or Ennis got STI. But, if so, it will spread to their wives. We know that Jack has ever have sex with sex worker in Mexico, so he is possible of getting STI. Moreover, there was no scene mentioned about using condom during their sexual activities.
Related to gender and health, women are suffering because of men’s attitude to put women as subordinate. Actually, it is not only physical health but also mental health toward women. In this movie, it is clear that both their wives are victim of their husband. Especially Jack’s wife, she never knows that her husband has other partner outside. On the other hand, related to gender role and power relation, all activities that Ennis wants to do seem never consider about his wife. He put her wife as his subordinate. He will do whatever he wants to do. For example, we can notice the way he bring his two daughters and enters the grocery store where Alma works. He gives them to his wife and goes somewhere.
Although bisexual have played an important part of their lives, they often have had to hide their bisexuality because of a lack of acceptance from society because of social stigmatization. For example, when Ennis was young, his father has ever showed him a dead body in the ditch. Actually, he was killed by some body because their society does not accept him as a queer.
‘Sexual rights are a fundamental element of human rights”. Sexual rights also include the freedom to choose, when, how, and with whom to be sexually active and engage in sexual relations with full consent. Thus, regarding bisexuals, society should not judge them based upon the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that a patient should change his/her sexual homosexual orientation. In this movie, both Ennis and Jack cannot achieve their sexual rights because not only society does not accept that kind of relationship but also Ennis’ wife does not accept Ennis’ relationship with Jack.
According to this movie, for sexual health issues, Jack and Ennis were not only have sex between both of them but also having sex with their wives. We do not know whether either Jack or Ennis got STI. But, if so, it will spread to their wives. We know that Jack has ever have sex with sex worker in Mexico, so he is possible of getting STI. Moreover, there was no scene mentioned about using condom during their sexual activities. Related to gender and health, women are suffering because of men’s attitude to put women as subordinate. Actually, it is not only physical health but also mental health toward women. In this movie, it is clear that both their wives are victim of their husband. Especially Jack’s wife, she never knows that her husband has other partner outside. On the other hand, related to gender role and power relation, all activities that Ennis wants to do seem never consider about his wife. He put her wife as his subordinate. He will do whatever he wants to do. For example, we can notice the way he bring his two daughters and enters the grocery store where Alma works. He gives them to his wife and goes somewhere.
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