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The Cement Garden
1993 · Film · 101 min
Directed by Andrew Birkin
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.
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> film Cement Garden
A minor point, but it's a book by Ian McEwan. He also wrote Enduring Love and Atonement (also great films).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cement_Garden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan
The quote is from the film Cement Garden, and Charlotte Gainsborough is the one saying it. It was sampled by Madonna. I've thought about it before.
If a woman dislikes a boy who looks like a girl, it's not because she hates her own gender. It's simply because most women prefer a masculine man. She's likely going to give up a huge part of her life to have children, and wanting someone physically capable of protecting her (even of she doesn't need that much protecting) is important. Hence masculine is considered attractive and society values attractive people.
If you think this is just someone trying to defend traditional gender roles: I'm a guy who occasionally women's clothing, bakes, spends massive amounts of time in commercial dance classes, has done pole before, and looks great in booty shorts. I'm just being real. Straight women - the vast majority of them - find masculine men attractive and it's not because they hate women.