In the movie The Stepford Wives and in Freud's The Sandman, there is a reoccurring theme of the 'ideal' woman. I find it interesting that the desire for a perfect woman has to be a mechanical version. The reason that I find this interesting is that are these aspects of women in fact feminine qualities that all women have but just lack in daily executing them, things such as poise and beauty and homemaker? Or are these aspects of women grossly over idealized by men and their desire to have someone to do it all for them and make them feel like a 'man'?
With that idea in mind, it begins to beg the question when looking at these productions, if in fact the 'ideal' woman is not really ideal but rather a misconstrued perfection that turns into a living horror. In theory these men wanted something to appease their visual appetite and ego that they could 'do it better.' I guess my question is, why are women chosen to be the ones perfected rather than being the ones perfecting? And when it comes to fulfilling the male ego of being 'in-charge' or in these cases the 'creator' where is the line?
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