The First Wives Club

This past week I watched the film "The First Wives Club" starring Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and Bette Midler. The movie follows the story of three women who have to deal with the hardships of their husbands leaving them for younger prettier women. The idea portrayed is that in society men are expected to have the young looking "trophy wife" and that after a certain age women are past their prime. This idea is degrading to women everywhere and makes them feel that they are over the hill once they reach a certain age. It expresses that once women start to look old that they are no longer wanted and are replaced. However, the characters within the film chose to stand up against this societal idea and get back at their husbands. They stood up for women and showed that women do not grow out of their prime. Women are smart and men should appreciate the wife they have and not going looking for someone who is young and looks like they are in their twenties.