Superficial Liberation in Get Carter

Superficial Liberation in Get Carter

Anna on the bed – The scene where Anna is lying on the bed giving herself sexual pleasure whilst Jack is on the phone to her shows the superficial liberation for women because we see how she is trying to pleasure Jack but stops when another man walks in. She says to Jack that she will finish tomorrow but he says no to her and makes her wait until he is back home so that he can share the pleasure. At the start of the scene it looks as though Anna may have some control over her body but Jack immediately shoots it down because he sees her as an object and that she should wait to satisfy him. Jack thinks that she shouldn’t be allowed to satisfy herself because he sees her as something that is only there to satisfy men and keep them happy. Anna is there to serve Carter and not herself because she says that she will finish but Carter tells her no and makes her wait for him because he doesn't allow her to pleasure herself.

Glenda’s Sex Scene- When Glenda is driving the car and Jack is looking at her sexually we see that it might be Glenda in control and not Jack because she is driving and when Jack is thinking about her it may have been her choice and she may have asked Jack. We see that this is wrong later because when they are in the bed after they have had sex we see that Glenda is lying there lifeless like Jack forced her into it. This shows how she has not benefitted from the experience and she may not have even wanted to have sex with Jack but Jack saw her as an object and used her like she was a doll. This all comes together to show how women where not liberated in any way because they where still used as objects. The only thing that has changed for women is that they are now driving men around. They are still used as something to serve men and not serve themselves just like with Anna on the bed.