It was a turning point, a shock. All of a sudden this woman, who we sensed wasn't content with life nor her cake, leans down to comfort the woman who irritated all of us. There was silence, then a few "what"s and "ohh"s and then suddenly, out of the blue, she kissed the woman. The room was temporarily filled with confusion. What just happened?

From the beginning of the movie, it is obvious that Laura has trouble being accustomed to life as a mother and a wife. Although she loves her family, the orderliness of her family structure makes her unhappy. From the outside, her family is living the American Dream, but in a single day, Laura comes to understand her dissatisfaction as a family-wife, as depicted by the cake she makes. The cake that she makes is dedicated to her husband, similar to how the majority of wives during the time period were dedicated solely to their husbands. Her hard work when making the cake and her need for perfection in order to appease her husband represent the ideals of wives during the 1940s. The cake doesn't turn out the way she hoped; this reflects her discontentment with her life. Her life, like the cake, doesn't fulfill her expectations, and from this point, she desires to change.

Laura sees this same kind of discontentment with life in Kitty. From the outside, Kitty seems to love her life and her riches. However, she soon reveals that she is unable to have children and needs to go to the hospital for her procedure in her uterus. Kitty herself is struggling to fit the needs of society as a wife. She becomes emotional and aware that she is not fitting into the ideal family structure because she is incapable of conceiving. In a way, the kiss becomes a way of the two women understanding each other. They both sense that they do not fulfill their husbands nor society. The idea of two married women kissing in itself becomes a figure of flight from societal standards. By kissing Kitty, Laura dissolves her family structure. Furthermore, The kiss becomes a source of unity, for she is not alone in feeling incapable to appease society. It is her escape.