Fourth ; Research - Fun Fatale Mathilde is becoming a centenarian this June. Born in 1919, a year after WWI in Palestine, she was forced to marry at the age of fourteen. After a couple of attempts to run back to her parent's house, she finally understood how the system worked. Instead of running away to her parents in Jerusalem, she escaped to 'Eden Cinema'. The first cinema of Tel Aviv exposed her to an image of a different kind of woman. A temptress, a"man-eater", femme fatale - a woman that chooses her own path and does not commit herself to anyone or anywhere. She made it her vocation to become a banker's wife, though never trusting the banking system. She married seven times and had countless affairs, always kept on flirting as a remedy for sadness, longevity and control of her own life. She made sure to hurt the system that caused her pain where it hurts the most. There is nothing more scary for the patriarchal order than raising a child that is not biologically yours, under false pretences, inheriting your money and property. Mind you, bankers do not enjoy giving money to strangers. An interesting fact to notice; my grandmother, mother and myself were disinherited by our fathers. I guess that that's the price you have to pay for disobeying. Macabrically, all three of them, were named Jacob (Ya'akov).
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As a girl, I learned to reject pleasure and to associate it with guilt, shame and repulsion. Paradoxically, even my grandmother that was herself led by pleasure (at least from the outside) enforced the patriarchal regime. She caught me playing doctor and patient with my friend when I was about 5 years old. She was furious and told me that if I kept on doing such horrible things, blood would come out of my private parts until I'll bleed to death. Can you imagine how scared I was when I got my first period?
