Lebowski Women

The movie really only has two women in the plot line. Two significant women that contribute to the plot anyway. Bunny and Maude Lebowski represent two extremely different women. Maude is the super feminist in the film that seems to hold all the power (money) from her father, while Bunny relies on an allowance given to her by her husband, The Big Lebowski, who receives an allowance from his own daughter. Basically, Bunny is a whore and Maude isn't. Maude has a wealth of power, knowledge and money. Her way of thinking seems somewhat transcendent throughout the film because of her extremist views on feminism and the role of men for women and women for men. Bunny is clearly the woman in the film representing the opposite side of the spectrum where she is relying on men for money and owing men for men because of her involvement in pornographic films she has made. I can't even find a picture where the two are together in the film because they're never even in the same scene in the movie. I mean, how further apart can the two be? Yet they have the same last name. Maude's father (at some point) must've really cared about Bunny in order to live with and marry her. It's interesting to think about the fact that these two ended up being so heavily associated with The Big Lebowski. Maude is the result of his first marriage and Bunny is his second marriage. The fact that these two extremes of women are present in the film make it almost impossible for women to fully identify with any single female character in the film. I, for one, don't heavily associate myself with Maude's extremist feminist ways or Bunny's encounters and repercussions of being a porn star. I think this may contribute to the fact that the film appeals so much to men. It's not merely the fact that there are so many men present in the film, but it's also the fact that it's so difficult to relate to the only two women.