Yet because the only way these outlaw martyrs can reclaim their freedom is to nobly strike
back against a society characterized by male - propagated
sexism and objectification — in one of many instances of overkill, a truck driver, besides simply gesturing obscenely to the women, even has mud flaps with silvery nude women decals protecting his truck's tires — Thelma & Louise «s feminist call to arms winds up sounding woefully simple - minded.