One user on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu shared a guide for how women can test their boyfriends based on their reaction to the film.

For some women in China, “Barbie” is more than just a movie — it’s also a litmus test for their partner’s views on feminism and patriarchy.

The movie has prompted intense social media discussion online, media outlets Sixth Tone and the China Project reported this week, prompting women to discuss their own dating experiences.

One user on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu — a photo-sharing site similar to Instagram that’s mostly used by Gen Z women — even shared a guide on Monday for how women can test their boyfriends based on their reaction to the film.

According to the guide, if a man shows hatred for “Barbie” and slams female directors after they leave the theatre, then this man is “stingy” and a “toxic chauvinist,” according to Insider’s translation of the post. Conversely, if a man understands even half of the movie’s themes, “then he is likely a normal guy with normal values and stable emotions,” the user wrote.

  • @T4V0English
    21•11 months ago

    Like, even in the end they admit that they will not give the Kens true equality, just enough that they basically won’t revolt again.

    That example isn’t really accurate, they say the Kens eventually will be given the same representativity as the women in the real world. That line is more of a jab against gender inequality than anything.

    • TheDankHold
      -2•11 months ago

      Sure but it’s still them making a conscious choice to keep oppressing a group until an unrelated reality fixes their shit. Doesn’t sound like they’re good guys at all tbh.

      • @T4V0English
        8•11 months ago

        Sure but it’s still them making a conscious choice to keep oppressing a group until an unrelated reality fixes their shit.

        I hope you see the irony in that phrase.

        Doesn’t sound like they’re good guys at all tbh.

        This isn’t Star Wars my dude, not everything needs to be good vs evil. Sometimes there’s even room for satire.

      • @Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        4•11 months ago

        Yeah the movie doesn’t paint them as good guys though? The narrator comes in and states that they aren’t at that point, and stereotypical Barbie leaves because she can’t see herself as taking part in such a system anymore.