Blog 3

 In the movie Bend it like Beckham culture creates a conflict with the main character. In Bend it like Beckham Jess is a girl in an Indian family living in England. Women in the Indian culture are supposed to learn to cook and sew and do domestic work. Jess has other plans in mind she wants to play soccer. Her mother is horrified because Jess not only is disobeying her parents but is also showing skin and shirking on her domestic responsibilities. She thinks that because she is playing soccer she has disgraced the family and will never get a husband. Her mother thinks this because of their culture.