Jeffrey Iron Bear
bloom4mee - I see your point, and a interesting spin and glimpse from your perspective. Reflected well in this film is the reality of a community, and indeed parallel to a number of clans here in the U.S. where some of the cultural/relational/identities in such occurances are found all over. In my culture, as with many Native people's respect for the female is central to our connection to Tunkasila Wakan Tanka Nagi. However, male and female are guilty of such a comparison of similar interdynamics; (i.e. how and why we think the way we do), the relationships, reactions or respected traditions of how life is and was then colloquil and meloncholy. Interestingly, much of who we are individually melds and demonstrates how far the generation gap of all people's reflect post WWII, Vietnam, Desert Storm, etc. How much those relationships and our understanding of the world around us has evolved is within this and every story told presently. From where you are, I understand your perspective, and intuitively, no one is exempt. I don't particularly like invoking the word, evolve; I simply used it here as a precursor, lol. It takes two to tango...and understandably, genders, male or female will protect their own, as we should. It depends upon where we come from and how our perception, understanding and application of our experiences take shape and are formed thereafter. Thanks for stepping up, hoksila!