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Image courtesy of a post at Tribe<\/a><\/p>\n The second James Bond flick experienced as part of my daughter’s media education <\/a>process reminds me why we took as long as we did to get around to working through the series.<\/p>\n Movies take on a new context when you watch them with your kids for the first time, as you see the film through their eyes. \u00a0Two aspects of the movie in particular seemed archaic by today’s standards and would appear foreign to someone my daughter’s age.<\/p>\n One is the fear of the Cold War. Even when I was in the U.S. Navy 20 years ago, the Cold War with Russia was all but over. \u00a0By today’s standards, running home emergency drills to hide in backyard bunkers seems silly.<\/p>\n The second aspect was the love ’em, hit ’em, and leave ’em approach to women. \u00a0In one scene where Bond discovers the love interest is with the enemy, he gives her a slap across the face, to which her immediate response is “I love you, James!” \u00a0Sir Connery himself\u00a0acknowledged\u00a0in what I am sure is a\u00a0regrettable\u00a0interview<\/a> that sometimes women just need a slap.<\/p>\n I was introduced to Connery’s Bond in my single-digit years. \u00a0I dreamed of Swiss army knife suitcases, wondered if Russia would press the button, and thought macho adult men would get the women if they just smacked them around a bit.<\/p>\n Three decades on, I don’t have a\u00a0fold-able\u00a0rifle but do carry my laptop in my backpack, the Cold War is no more present than “weapons of mass destruction”, and my daughter is disgusted at Bond’s treatment of women.<\/p>\n It is good to see some things change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"