CHAPTER THREE AT YINYANG COMMUNITY CENTRE

The image at the Yinyang Community Centre shows people involved with the Chapter. Much laughter on occassions, particularly popular is the section on discussing female masturbation in India.
Jennifer fox in this section does find time for herself with a friend (female).
The group, certainly a mix of cultures, ages and a lone male who stayed for the entire screening.

DISCUSSION SPARKS
Jennifer has a secret lover and a boyfriend. What sexual values in different cultures are paramount?
Although there is an underlying rule never take a married lover, is there more OR less ‘freedom’ risk in this type of affair?
• How is the image of woman constructed in your society? Why is calling someone a “whore” the ultimate insult? • Discuss how the words whore and bitches are currently utilized in your culture.

DISCUSSION SPARKS • What do you know about India? • What are the sources of your information? How credible or comprehensive are those sources? • How did this segment challenge or affirm what you believed to be true about India?

Audience response was robust, lively and brought out personal preferences and discussion on Social structures, historical and contemporary.

CHAPTER TWO AT HUANGHUA STUDIO

The screening of chapter two at Huanghua studio had an audience including two males and filmmaking students from Tsinghua University.
One male received a telephone call and had to leave, then the second said he was hungry and left with his girlfriend.
What is interesting about the chapters is that stimulating and cross discussions take place once the audience are free to say whatever they choose.
I proposed discussion questions and the discussion takes on a life of its own.
Debates on the issues flow back and forth until there is quietness and they are thanked for their input.
These questions were the discussion sparks for this Chapter:
The three influential women in Jennifer’s life said don’t get married, in their perspective would this also mean don’t have children?
Does a woman need ‘a husband’ to have children?
• How does reproduction limit women’s choices? • Beyond biology, what makes someone “ready” to have a child? • How does thinking of oneself as “ready” differ for women and men?

CHAPTER ONE AT THE HUTONG

The Hutong is a quaint Cultural Exchange Centre South of Yonghegong (Lama Temple).
About 12 people came along to the first screening titled 'No Fear of Flying'.
As we waited for the audience to arrive introductions circled through the group.
People from South Africa, China, France, Greece and Australia drank tea and watched the film.
Jennifer offers a very indepth educational guide to the film and the six Chapters, available on her website.
Discussion Sparks throughout the guide ask questions with respect to issues, situations and aspects of the film.
After reading the Brief I posed my own questions.

Jennifer refers to her father as being 'Free'. He left the house everyday and did the things he wanted to do, whereas her mother with five children was tied to the washing machine and domestic duties.

Jennifer wanted to be like her father, to be 'free'.

I asked: "What is freedom? Is one ever 'truly free' of any commitments?

The discussion went around with input from various of the women. Freedom is having choice, to be able to make choices and decisions about ones own life. Although commitments in many forms exist, even for the single mid career woman, she can choose to stay with a commitment or not. Freedom is not necessarily being or not being married or in a relationship, it is often within the person and having an attitude to make their own choices. Freedom was described as perhaps being in the sky in a plane OR like a bird that can 'take off' and go wherever it chooses. One woman wish to travel to experience life in other countries with other cultures and thought she would not marry until later. she married at 23 but decided not to have children because of her wish to travel. Her husband asked why then did she marry which made her stop and decide that marriage also did not fit into her plans.