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[krickets]

Am I the only one who can see the male "actives" in Dollhouse? Alpha? Dead naked shower guy, what's-his-face-who's-name-I-can't-remember-if-that's-even-his-real-name, random dudes walking around and crawling into their hole in the floor just like the females?

Is it like selective gender blindness?

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[crickets.livejournal.com]

No I don't honestly think so.

Maybe the issue is just that it's shown at all and the way it's shown. Women are "marginalized" and "objectified" and "victimized" --- all words used as a way to feminize their suffering I suppose. I do think women are treated differently in this (and other) media when it comes to that sort of thing -- not completely, not always -- but I don't necessarily believe it's always as bad as it's made out to be. And it feels that no matter what people do it's always wrong. There should be a handbook.

The message can be "this is very very very bad and wrong." But many don't care about the message -- just the means of getting there.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

There should be a handbook.

LOL Could you imagine the fights over who got to write it and what it would say?? I think academic feminists would actually start putting out contracts on each other. /o\

This conversation has reinforced my resolve to give the show a chance and see where it goes. Let's just hope it doesn't get dramatically grosser and harder to actually watch?